From Britain, Holland or Belgium
One enters Portugal and on the IP 5 you bypass Guarda on the left heading for Celorico da Beira.
!!! Just before you get to Celorico keep a look out for the turnoff to Coimbra and the EN 17 !!!
You will enter the edge of Celorico and come upon a roundabout. Go 3/4 way around it, thus effectively turning left. A little way further is a road turning left again. Take this and drive down the hill for approx 100 m to turn right onto the EN 17 towards Coimbra. You will drive through many little villages and pass the turnoff left to Gouveia to eventually reach the big town of Seia lying left, on the slopes of the Serra da Estrela. Nearing Seia one will come to two roundabouts one after another. At the first one take the 2nd exit (thus straight ahead, on to the 2nd one) At the second one takes the first exit (thus straight ahead past the petrol station and up the hill) towards Coimbra.
From here you drive towards Oliveira do Hospital (approx 14 km). Nearing there you will pass the big smoky wood factory on the right, then another Lidl on the left. Carry on straight ahead. Another 500m further is a turnoff to the right to Oliveira do Hospital, DO NOT TURN THERE but carry on straight for another 5km until you see a sign left to Avo and Covilha (N 230). Follow this road through Vila Pouca da Beira. In Ponte das Tres Entradas you cross the bridge and turn off left to Alvoco das Varzeas (still on the N230 direction Covilha). After 3,5 km there is a sign Quinta da Moenda on your right. Follow the small road to our house, down by the river.