Country: Portugal
Co-ordinates: 40.001366N, 8.199622W
https://www.searchforsites.co.uk/marker.php?id=49395
Good for: Visiting Coimbra and getting a wash done (+ you can pretty much guarantee getting in, even on Easter Sunday!!)
Address:
Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 3030
Questions:- (This review is from the point of view of motorhomers driving a Bessacarr E769 tag axle – 8.56m)
Relevant Post:- Driving the N2, Portugal’s answer to Route 66
Detail:
We stayed in April 2024
Came as needed to do a wash (several others doing this). Must pay up front (ACSI 23E+ 1E tax pp) Just paid 1 night to start (and left it at that..) Rain didn’t help the feel of the site; it is scruffy, muddy & uncared for. Facilities fine but toilet paper must be collected from the wall outside (!), also soap (dispenser empty). At least we managed a wash. Staff very friendly. There is a 2nd, older, m/h area on row 2; CWD behind the water fountain. We wouldn’t return.
Coimbra itself is well worth a visit – we found that we were easily able to park, for free, alongside the river opposite the bus station. A bit of a walk to visit the town but a good option as the campsite really isn’t suitable (in our humble opinion anyway)
What’s the site access like? Easy enough – not far off the main road. You do have to pay before entering the site proper, and if you don’t find a pitch on your first go round you have to be let back in….
How much is it? We paid 23E + 1E tourist tax per night in April 2024
Services?: All services available, but you have to search for them.
What’s the area like?:
Not a lot going on in the immediate area, but apparently it’s easy to get the bus into Coimbra. I think it would be fairly easy to cycle in as well.
Would we return?
Not in a million years 😦
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