Axis Viana Business & Spa Hotel

We had a fantastic stay at Axis hotel! The staff was incredibly welcoming and went out of their way to make us feel at home. Our room was clean, comfortable, and had everything we needed for a relaxing stay. The location was perfect, with easy access to local attractions. We especially loved the breakfast and spa. Can’t wait to come back!"

I stayed at the hotel for a total of 12 days with my parents and my 21 year old twin brother during the Christmas and new year period. We came from the uk. The hotel was super clean with all the hotel staff and cleaners being super friendly. The restaurant staff were always smiling and very welcoming. The restaurant food was amazing with lots of selections for breakfast and different food options for dinner. The desserts weren’t great but that’s probably subjective to my taste. The beds were super comfy and they put out food on the days that they weren’t doing dinner for the hotel guests in the lobby area (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day) and they gave us chocolate and a bottle of champagne on New Year’s Day! I am an experienced powerlifter competing at a very high international/ national level. When I found out that there was a gym I was so happy as I was originally going to pay to go to a gym as I prepare for national championships. The first gym supervisor was suprised by my strength but he was quite accommodating. The guy on the 2nd and third day, danilo was super rude and started arguing with me telling me that I wasn’t controlling my deadlifts and making too much noise (suprise suprise, I’m in a gym 😭) even though I controlled it so much so that I barely made noise and my hand ripped from thr grip on the bar. He kept staring at me the whole time and being rude. I will personally be writing a letter of complaint and by brother (who is new to the gym) and I were both very uncomfortable by their rude comments and staring. I explained to him that I was a powerlifter and asked him prior to deadlifting if I could. He said I could if I didn’t drop it from height and agreed that naturally it would make noise especially as I was repping 140kg paused. The lady on my last day helped me with a new exercise I was trying and was super lovely, trying to help me set up my equipment. I understand that the gym had strict rules but overall I had a really bad experience as it felt like I was being stared down all the time and watched whilst no one else was. Bring a swimming cap if you would like to go swimming too!! The spa was a surreal experience!!

Portugal bike tour Very swish establishment, great central location, restaurant adequate but best to eat out to get the best of local cuisine. Breakfast filling but coffee and orange juice a bit lacking in taste.