Hotel Sao Joao de Deus by Ridan Hotels Reviews

This hotel is using a former convent / army barrack site. Its definitely historical, therefore most items look ancient. However, toilet is spacious with bidet, bidet faucet & bathtub. Hot water needed some time to heat up during shower. NO toothbrush, paste, razor provided. Just hand wash and shower liquid soap, 2 paper cups and a hair dryer. Indeed, the towels are in need of replacement. NO kettle in the room as well. Small TV is new, channels include cartoonito, France24, TLC, AXN, Biggs, Euro News, syfy, TRT world, sports etc. There is a gated carpark for about 20 cars and its FOC. We just parked our car here and explored the city by foot. This historical building is interesting for kids to explore, kind of feel like staying in a Castle. There is NO lift for higher floor rooms and Swimming Pool. 1 122 The breakfast was alright. A coffee mqachine. Ham, cheese slice, eggs, mushrooms, fresh fruits, bread, viennoiserie psstry, pastel de nata. Room rate fluctuating too much. I will still consider to stay during off peak season.

Good location, easy parking, great staff helped us understand the unique history of the hotel.

Pros: good location with walking distance to key tourist sites in the old town, to the coach station (part of the way pedestrians have to share the road with motor vehicles); Attractive garden and roof top swimming pool; In house restaurant available; Cons: facilities may not be well maintained, some furnitures and hooks fixed to the wall are loose; Noise comes from the wooden ceiling mostly at night, maybe some birds living on the celling?

Not a friendly hotel

A very good hotel in a great location, although its 4 stars are already a little tatty.

Beautiful, very large hotel in a prime location. A bit dated, but we like that, hopefully they will never modernize. Everything was in good condition, also enough power outlets in the spacious room. Don't take an inside room! They looked very uninviting. We would have liked to stay another night, but the price had suddenly gone up enormously (while there were many empty rooms).

It’s a good place with unique characteristics. It retains a lot of historical sofas and chairs. There are a lot of things you can do here and there. I’ll stay here next time.

Good service, reasonable breakfast and facilities in need of renovation and layout.

Professional and friendly service. I expected a little more from the historic rooms.

The receptionist speaks very good English and enthusiastically introduced the history of the hotel. The hotel was renovated from an old building in the 17th century. The room is spacious, but there are too few sockets. You can only unplug the TV to charge. The sound insulation is not very good, and you can hear the sound of cars passing by outside.

Historic hotel, well located. Good service from the reception staff.

Affable staff, good location... pay more attention to the number of guests per room so that the number of towels and amenities is adequately provided.

Overall pleasant and friendly.

Bien situado en la parte de arriba de Elvas. Parking propio. Personal amable