The Tivoli Coimbra claims four-star status but that seems a bit optimistic to me. However, even if considered as a three-star hotel, it offers good value, with double rooms available for €76.00 including breakfast if you know the right questions to ask (hint; say that you are arriving in Coimbra by train).

The hotel is part of a rather ugly concrete development that stands on a busy street corner on the northern edge of the town centre. The area is busy and safe, but lacks any charm whatsoever.

Think of this as a four-star hotel and you will be disappointed. However, judged as a three-star hotel it does most things reasonably well. One area of concern is the ventilation of public areas, as one smoker can quickly make a large area quite unpleasant.

I stayed here in November 2005 and thought it was a decent, comfortable "business style" hotel. The staff were very friendly, breakfast was decent, the rooms a good size, beds huge and the whole place in decent condition.

It's not far in to the centre of town, and there are decent restaurants nearby. Rooms on the front are a little noisy as there is a main road below, but then they have the good view over the town.

Overall, good quality for the money if a little "faceless".

I stayed one night here, after having been some days through the north of Portugal.

As everything in this part of the country the hotel was extremely cheap and old fashioned, but clean and well located.

The breakfast was great and it has indoor swimming pool. The room was large and the reception and the bar were correct.

The only bad things could be the bathroom (it was large but old) and the sights (Coimbra seems a very bad preserved city and all the narrow buildings were filthy, so our room had sights to a stinky backalley)

Anyway, we watched the other hotels of the city and this was probably the best.

Hope this helps.

I have stayed at this hotel three times. The rooms were quite large and very clean. The bathrooms were large and had marble walls and floors. They were exceptionally clean. The staff at the front desk and the restaurant were all very accomodating. I ordered a bottle of wine for dinner. After finishing a small glass I reached for the chilled bottle and was promptly interrupted by the waitress. She told me that it was her privledge to serve me and proceeded to refill my glass. The evening meal was very good and the breakfast buffet was wonderful. I hardily recommend this hotel.