Hostel Cidade Velha in Lagos

zuletzt aktualisiert am 05.01.2010

Residencial Cidade Velha is in the centre of Lagos, just two minutes from the beaches, and ten minutes from Lagos Bus Station or Lagos Train Station. We are located on a quiet side-street, right in the heart of the Old Town of Lagos. In fact, 'Cidade Velha' means 'Old Town’.

All our rooms have private bathrooms, cable TV with 42 channels and direct dial telephones. Most rooms have air conditioning and balconies with sea views. There is a comfortable lounge area (with a roaring log fire in winter), area and a bar for our guests.
Internet access is available in the lounge, and guests are welcome to use our sunny courtyard for sunbathing or to relax at any time.

Cidade Velha is open all year round, our reception is open 24 hours a day. Our family-owned property has recently been renovated to a very high standard, and we offer you a friendly, peaceful and pleasant place to stay in the heart of our beautiful city.

Wegbeschreibung

...FROM THE BUS STATION
Walk towards the main avenue of lagos, once at the avenue turn right and keep walking, you will pass a petrol station, a fish market and several cafés on your right. Keep walking untill you get to the main central square where you will find the statue of Dao Sebastiao. Take the road which is in between a money exchange shop and a gift shop selling alsorts of items such as fancy toilet seats, kites and beaded curtains etc, carry on walking up the road, you will pass a small square with a cafe then a jewelers on your right and again several restaurants and cafés. When the street stops being pedestrianised you will find us on the second road on your right. This is called Rua Dr. Joaquim Tello. You will also see a sign for the book shop 'loja do Livro'. Take this road and you will find us, we are the second gate past the book shop.

FROM THE TRAIN STATION

When you get off the train walk towards the river, cross the pedestrian bridge and the main avenue (Avenida dos Descobrimentos) to the other side of the road, turn left and and keep walking you will pass a petrol station, a fish market and several cafés on your right. Keep walking untill you get to the main central square where you will find the statue of Dao Sebastiao. Take the road which is in between a money exchange shop and a gift shop selling alsorts of items such as fancy toilet seats, kites and beaded curtains etc, carry on walking up the road, you will pass a small square with a cafe then a jewelers on your right and again several restaurantes. When the street stops being pedestrianised you will find us on the second road on your right. This is called Rua Dr. Joaquim Tello. You will also see a sign for the book shop 'loja do Livro'. Take this road and you will find us, we are the second door past the book shop.

DRIVING FROM FARO AIRPORT

Take EN 125 direction Portimão /Lagos. After about 6 km take the exit marked A 22 for Lisboa / Portimão/ Albufeira
Stay on A 22 for about 80 kilometers until you see signs for Lagos. Be careful not to take the exit marked Lagos Este, take the exit directly after the Lagos service station. Follow the signs towards Lagos and you will reach a roundabout. Take the left off the roundabout towards Total Gas Station and continue on until you see the second rotary with a big black ball and take a left down to the bottom of the windy hill. At the bottom take a left and you will see a huge dirt parking lot across from a park. Park there and walk through the old city wall. There should be a café ahead of you and the road will fork so take the left carry on walking you will pass a small toy shop and a bar called the Three Monkeys. After the Three Monkeys bar take the first on your left and you will find yourself walking up a steep road which then inclines down again keep walking we are the second on the right after the cinema.

(you may bring your car to the door of the Residencial Cidade Velha using the directions described above but there is virtually no parking actually on our road)