With tastefully appointed rooms featuring interesting local art, as well as an attractive rooftop garden, the Coimbra is the only genuinely decent hotel in the city - though you'll pay dearly for the privilege of staying here.
Taken over by rebels during the recent civil war, this graceless concrete monolith has definitely seen better days. Rooms are large and have balconies, but are definitely frayed.
Located in the old Portuguese quarter, this hotel has definitely seen better days - think rickety fixtures and crumbling plaster. That said, it has newish beds and air-conditioning.
This state-run hotel offers pleasant-looking bungalows set on peaceful, leafy grounds a little removed from the town centre. Unfortunately, rooms were looted during the war, and so are neither comfortable nor particularly clean.
The Jordani is friendly and offers digs with running water, TV, small fridge, and a generally dependable power supply.
Located near the port, above an export business of the same name, this place has slightly decrepit rooms with furnishings that date to the 1960s. This is as good as it gets for this price range.
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