Guest House Eça - Centro Histórico Leiria

Very good location. Clean place. Nice kitchen. Very friendly owner, helped us too much💪💪

wonderful host! great location

Very friendly host and comfortable room.

Being in the center of Leiria social (night)life, there was quite some noise from the street at night. It comes with the great location :-)

While looking up accommodations in Leiria that would work for my stay, I stumbled upon 3 equally good choices, one of which was Guest House Eça. The other two had breakfast buffet options, but due to its proximity to my places of interest and better amenities, I opted for Guest House Eça instead. Upon entering the building where it’s located you would notice immediately it’s old, a bit musty, but the guest house was different altogether – the decor was modern and functional at the same time. Usually with this type of accommodations the photos are an exaggeration of the actual facilities, except I was pleasantly surprised to experience the opposite. You get exactly what you see online, no corners cut. The host was super friendly and helpful, and the other guests with which I shared the common spaces and bathrooms were also kind & welcoming. I only stayed for a night, went for a walk after arriving close to 6 PM, and by then the city was starting to light up and come alive. It was, all in all, a wonderful experience. I would also like to mention that the host was exceptionally understanding. The morning after my stay I had to leave early to attend to my appointments, which extended until the late afternoon. Although I had already cleared the room of my belongings, I had to leave one duffel bag behind that I was planning on picking up around noon, and informed the host well past the check-out time. He said it wasn’t a problem if I collected it later as my afternoon schedule was slightly unpredictable, so I ended up being able to get my bag from the guest house around 4:30 PM. Almost 5 hrs after the supposed check-out time. I must have been a headache but the host held on to it and reassured me it wasn’t a problem. For this alone it’s not hard to see you would be in good hands, if ever you decide on staying in the guest house.

Due to it being situated right in the city center, at night there were tourists and passersby whose chatter are audible from the bedroom even with the windows shut. The next door guest, during my stay, was also up until well into the night and was conversing with his companion, and I could also hear that. It didn’t really bother me as I can sleep even with background noise, but it may be a dealbreaker to other guests who prefer the quiet.