Guest User
July 18, 2023
This is a lovely hotel in a beautiful location overlooking the river. The staff are very friendly and helpful and the breakfast, taken in the cafe where they also serve delicious looking cakes, is excellent. The swimming pool is set in lovely grounds and the terrace overlooking the river is a wonderful place to enjoy a cool beer or to linger with a coffee after breakfast. Amarante itself is a lovely town with a range of restaurants and tapas style bars serving great food at incredibly low prices. It also a good base for exploring the Douro Valley and trips into Porto which can be reached in 40 minutes on the bus. Definitely better than driving! Two minor quibbles. Our room was very small, which would have been ok for a couple of nights, but got a bit cramped during a four night stay. The free public car park is directly below the hotel, but the entrance road to it is quite difficult to find and it is quite a tortuous route down to it. Once you've done it once though, it's fine. Overall, a great experience and highly recommended.