Excellent location (close to a shopping center and 10m for center of town). If you would like to go to Serra da Estrela but stay close to shops and restaurants, it is a good place to stay. It has a indoor swimming pool free of charge and a spa with massages (paid). The breakfast it is very good (one of the best I ever seen in a hotel). The rooms are very confortable and warm.

The Hotel Tryp Dona Maria is situated on a newish road system on the outskirts of Covilha so our sat nav had a bit of a problem finding it. However, once you arrive on the dual carraigeway that goes past it, it's pretty hard to miss - next to the Lidl supermarket. We stayed here with 2 friends for 2 nights and found the hotel spotlessly clean and quite modern, although rather understaffed. Getting served at the bar is a bit of lottery as to whether there will be anyone around to serve, usually not. The few staff that they do have there though are very nice, helpful and friendly (as we found most Portugese people to be), we were booked in quickly & with the minimum of fuss by the pleasant young girl on reception. The room / bathroom was incredibly clean and access via 2 lifts to all floors was good, so no complaints there at all. We ate here for both our 2 nights stay and the food was excellent and very well priced. In addition to breakfast (inc in room rate & good vlaue) we opted for the buffet dinner both nights and all 4 of us were very impressed with both qualtiy of food and the service from the staff. Parking here is either on the front in the hotel's open car park or underneath in the underground car park. Both come at no extra charge whch was refreshing as most hotels these days charge for car parking! Be warned though that the underground car park access is quite steep and tight to get into. Our friends were travelling by motorcycle so they appreciated the security of the undergound car park. The only downside of our stay here was the town of Corvilha itself. As part of a sightseeing tour there's simply nothing to do or see here. Our enquiry for anything interesting to see / do at the tourist information office was met with a shrug and, "We have a park - and a church, we also have a museum but that's closed today". The park was a small bit of grass verge with a few benches and the church was moderately impressive at best. There is skiiing in the nearby mountains though so we assumed that more goes on here during winter than summer. In fact the best thing to do here is skip mooching around the town altogether and take a drive out to the mountains. To use a word I hate - they are truly "awesome". As hotels go though, the Tryp Dona Maria is excellent value.

A bit out of town but only a 15 minute walk from train station. Next to a Lidl supermarket and close to a big mall with a food court. Hotel has fine rooms, some of them with great mountain view. Breakfast is decent. Didn't try the indoor pool - read that you have to wear a swimming cap. Free WiFi was unstable and slow. Staff friendly. A good choice at a very low price (paid around 40 Euro a night).

very well run hotel. Very good evening meals with friendly helpful waiters. Reception staff very helpful and will even draw map for guests, in fact they have prepared maps for town centre and also for ski station