Residenza Dutzu - Aparthotel Leiria

Wonderful little apartment that sits right at the center of the city. You can wall to everything - groceries, cafes, bars/restaurants, the castle (although it is closed for repairs rn). Cecilia met me in her cute shop below the apartment and walked me through the building and showed me how to use the key codes. She is very friendly and helpful. The building is well maintained, stocked, and has all the Portuguese charm one could ask for.

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Perfect location to explore Leiria. Cecilia is very helpful and kind. Many nice little restaurants that are reasonably priced around.

A bit noisy at night, but this is expected given the location.

Residenza Dutzu was the perfect choice for our visit to Leiria. The apartment is excellent, centrally located in the heart of the city with plenty of restaurants nearby. It's also just a short walk to the castle. Cecilia was a wonderful host, always ready to help with any questions about the town.

Residentza Dutzu is in a central location in Leiria old town near the castle, shops and cathedral. It has a very convenient self service laundry next door. The proprietor Cecilia runs a gift shop under the apartments too and is available daily. The bedroom had a big comfortable bed and the bathroom was small but modern. However, on our first morning the toilet cistern stopped working. We let Cecilia know and she replied the cistern was fine but that we had pressed the buttons on the cistern wrongly. We were very nervous about using the toilet and the next morning it stopped working again. There is clearly a problem with this and hopefully Cecilia will sort this for future guests. The wifi was good but the TV had lots of missing channels.

Cecilia showed us how to use the number combination lock on the street door and then a different number lock on the apartment door. She emphasised that we had to use these in a certain way to prevent problems. This involved turning a lock clockwise or anticlockwise and not more than a half turn. Then she insisted we try this in front of her. If we don't follow her instructions, she would have to come out and reprogramme the locks. We found the instructions baffling and were nervous using these. It did affect our stay. Comfortable chairs to sit on in the evening is important to us but the apartment just had four folding hard wooden chairs which weren't very comfortable. The apartment came with a terrace to sit outside but we found this was accessed by climbing wooden stairs and crawling out of a small window! We've attached photos. We are an older couple in our late sixties and didn't attempt to climb out of the window. You need good mobility to tackle this. There was a table and chairs on the terrace but it hadn't been cleaned and extractor fans from the laundry downstairs blasted the terrace with humid steamy air! We also noticed the towel rail hadn't been put up properly and came off the wall. Some of the bath towels were old and worn. We could see our hands through them. Finally, the soundproofing was poor. We could hear people talking and 'getting friendly' upstairs!