Amarante hotels

Pros: Located in a quiet neighborhood with a beautiful view from the house. Very friendly landlady, we got some local cheese and delicious wine upon arrival. We really enjoyed our stay here.

Pros: Everything especially the verandah where we sat watching the sunset.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Such a unique experience. Mrs Luisa, our host, welcomed us the minute we walked in with wine and cheese. Her house is a perfect blend of modern and antique. The room was gigantic and the breakfast so charming and personal . This truly feels like we spent a night over at my grandma's place had I had a Portuguese grand mother. Highly recommended.

Pros: Luisa was wonderful. She greeted us as we drove up with hugs and a warm welcome. She invited in and served us cheese and wine. What a nice start our stay. The immaculate rooms were huge, and had everything that you could possibly need, we felt like royalty. The breakfast was great, fruit, cake, eggs what every we could want. Luisa was the perfect hostess, making us dinner reservations, and tea when we came home. The Villa is close to the wineries and not far from Porto (about 40 minutes).

Cons: Everything was perfect, there wasn't anything that she could improve on.

Pros: Beautiful location , lovely apartmant , very nice staff

Pros: Louisa, our host, welcomed us with openned arms. The rooms have 12 foot ceilings, all equiped with outstanding wooden furnitures of great value, beautifull chinas et details. Includes a breakfast that would fill 7 lions... Louisa will offer you more than you can take.

Pros: I'd seen the previous reviews and how people describe Casa do Fontao as impressive, fabulous, elegant, wonderfully luxurious, gorgeous, an absolute delight. For my partner, our 2 friends and I, each and every word is correct and more. How someone has rated this family-run guesthouse as average is beyond us? Really, I don't know what you're looking for if its only average. Our 2 bedrooms / bathrooms were both enormous and elegant and we had a choice of several. The whole build is stunning, very old charm, lots of wood and old-style masonry. Clearly it was a place of beauty when it was built and it still is. As for our host Luisa, she just can't do enough for you. Bless her she even offered up her husband as a free taxi service to take us to a restaurant at night, an offer we politely declined. When you arrive at Casa Fontao, Luisa takes you out onto a veranda (which looks out across a wooded valley) for local cheese and wine, the perfect pick-me-up after a 9 hour drive from Murcia in Spain. The breakfasts were a continental feast of cold meats, cheese, bread rolls, pineapple, melon, strawberries, oranges, yogurts and cake. Tea and coffee pots are bottomless! Luisa wanted us to have scrambled eggs as "the English like eggs". We weren't bothered but she brought a plateful anyway! Charming! Seriously, we can't rate this stay highly enough. If you're visiting and staying in Amarante, in itself a charming medieval town in a quiet part of Portugal, then look no further than Casa do Fontao.

Pros: Dona Luísa was the nicest host of our trip. Always helpful and kind she carefully welcomed us to her home. She greeted us with a bottle of local green wine and cheese with biscuits, served in the beautiful balcony. After a lovely stay, Dona Luísa prepared us a varied, colourful breakfast with fresh fruit, cake and local bread. A great experience!

Cons: Depends on your home decor preference - If you’re looking for clean, minimalistic decor this is definitely not your place since the house maintains a rustic, late XX century style.

Pros: The hotel is nicely located, with well-designed common areas.

Cons: A hotel with such aspirations should think about its approach to guests and the object's operation. Our room was in front of parking and was dark. There was no lamp at the top, and the small lamps next to bed were so badly chosen that it was impossible to read a book or newspaper. The hotel did not warn, that there are more apartments with swimming pools being built in the area, so if someone is looking for silence, he will not find it here. The hotel also did not warn that it organizes parties for children (communion party). As a result, kids run shouting around the grounds, so that you can not rest even by the pool. For unknown reasons, the person cleaning the leaves starts working at 8 am using a loud leaf blower. It is a pity that the hotel did not look after such things, because it has potential, which has not been used yet.

Pros: Great fun staying on a wine estate, combined with good food, great wine and wonderful views! Some of the best sunsets I have ever seen...

Cons: They are still building new rooms, so a bit noisy at 7am

Pros: The location, staff and overall quality was excellent.

Cons: As we were traveling with a young dog we had to have room service and the menu was limited and food a bit disappointing. I suspect the restaurant was good but cannot comment

Pros: I reserved wine tasting wrong date, but wine steward give us good explanation for several kinds of wines with sophisticated local dishes at dinner. And sparkling wine at the breakfast was incredibly luxury. Food was fantastic too.

Cons: Spa and dressing was not bounding, guests need to walk beside of reception.

Pros: Stunning views, such great value (anywhere else and this would be four times the price). The barman Jose is really friendly and kind, as are all the staff.

Cons: Absolutely nothing

Pros: Excellent value for money. Facilities all brand new. Big and comfortable rooms.

Pros: Comfy beds, a fantastic family set up with two adjoining rooms, indoor and outdoor pool. Everything very kid friendly.

Pros: AMAZING experience! Booked this amazing experience for a birthday surprise to my Mother and I'm speechless with their feedback, pictures and videos! Staff was super dedicated, friendly and highly professional. Top experience and the SPA is highly recommended. A big thank you to all the persons that I've exchanged emails in order to prepare this surprise booking to my family. Thanks for becoming dreams in reality :)

Cons: Not being there! :)

Pros: Beautiful location in the vineyards, great ambiente, spacious room, very friendly staff

Cons: Nothing

Pros: The view is spectacular.

Pros: Very central , traditional and clean

Cons: Corridors and elevator a bit noisy

Pros: Stayed 4 nights and used the hotel as a base to see the surrounding area and Porto. The breakfasts were good as were the dinners. Visited Porto for one day which was 1 hour away via tolled freeway (only 4 Euro). The countryside around Amarante was worth visiting as well as Amarante itself

Cons: Everything was fine

Pros: Amazing place , superb room , very nice breakfast

Cons: Nothing

Pros: we were expecting a view of the River. Which we had if I stuck my head out the window. there seemed to be metal frames which extended out from the roof. Like a dormer. I was surprised there were on 20 or so rooms , the rest were appartments.

Cons: Service at dinner. there were only about 4 tables. So it wasn't busy. yet when my bill came , I was clearly overcharged. If I hadn't checked it and just signed it to the room. I would have never known.

Pros: Excellent location. Nice views over the old town. Nice building. The bell boy parked our car and carried the bags to the room.

Cons: A very dark and dated small room. A very tiered and dingy looking bathtub with an old glass protection. The water,in both tub and hand wash basin, takes a long time to drain. The general decoration’s a bit over the top pretentious. The food in the restaurant, left me down. No imagination. They should mention that the front of the property, overlooking the town, doesn’t belong to the hotel and the majority of the rooms are facing the back.

Pros: Fantastic Michelin star restaurant. Outstanding!

Pros: Location was excellent. Breakfast was very very good. Room size was brilliant

Cons: Room was a bit gloomy. Maybe some brighter paint around the room. Was put in a handicap room which was not asked for. Felt a bit awkward

Pros: Location!

Pros: The hotel was wonderful! We had a beautiful corner room, with a sitting room and views from all windows. The bathroom was huge, and we had a separate dressing area. The dining room was great and the breakfast was fabulous! The staff were all so helpful. The pool was huge and a lovely place to relax... there is a large grassy area, and lots of places to lounge by the pool. It was a surprise to have such a a resort setting in the middle of the beautiful town of Amarante! I highly recommend this wonderful Relais et Chateaux!

Cons: We loved everything!

Pros: Great value for money! Comfortable room and nicely renovated bathroom. 24h reception Overall nice breakfast buffet. (except for my comments below)

Cons: Only some minor things. The coffee at breakfast was terrible. ... and unfortunately the staff in the kitchen seems not to know how to make a fried egg. Further nothing bad to say!

Pros: Nice friendly staff

Pros: Everything was great, great value for money, I had a luxury experience... cheaply

Pros: Clean and modern

Pros: Its a clean hotel, the front of the hotel doesn't look impressive but inside its clean and nice, Breakfast was nice, same as any other 4 star hotel. The staff were helpful . We choose this hotel as we had to attend a wedding close by.

Pros: Clean and modern, friendly staff

Cons: Nothing bad to say

Pros: Superb facilities. This is more of a boutique hotel with about 20 rooms. It is located in a quiet, medium sized country town in a good area, with lots of cafe's. The hotel room and the hotel itself is a high end 4 star hotel. The staff was super helpful and all spoke English. I stayed for 7 days in the end of April 2019 and can say it was one of the best stays we have ever had.

Pros: I loved this hotel. It's a beautiful environment and for us was in a central location to travel to nearby towns and villages but it's really the people that make Portugal and they don't come much better than every single member of staff at this hotel...totally professional, the perfect mix of impeccable manners, politeness and friendliness and a total credit to this establishment. I would love to see this new hotel grow into a strong brand because it would be a brand I would return to again and again.

Cons: A tiny niggle but I wish that management would make the private room terraces on the third floor more spatially and aesthetically pleasing in order to compliment the beautiful view and remain in keeping with the rest of the hotel. A minor gripe but it would make this place perfect in my opinion.

Pros: Excellent breakfast, very clean, helpful staff. Free parking also available.

Cons: No complimentary bottle of water, tea/coffee bags or kettle. Shame. Only stayed one night - the shower was difficult to use and was reported to receptionist.

Pros: Nice and clean good friendly staff

Cons: More selection for breakfast cereal

Pros: Everything was great!

Pros: Location, lovely building, great decoration, shower

Pros: Breakfast was good. The common areas were very pretty. Everything was carefully placed and taken care.

Cons: We stayed in room 13. Please, don’t stay on that room. It is the room on the right side of the entrance, and it is faced to the main road, which makes the sleep very very difficult because of the constant noise.

Pros: Perfect location in a perfect scenic town. The staff are extremely friendly and the rooms are spacious and clean. We came early so our room wasn’t ready so they upgraded us to a river view room. Love it here

Pros: Everything - best hostel I have been so far

Pros: Located in the heart of Amarante, staff was lovely, rooms are cute (slightly small, if you need space though). Very arty in terms of set-up (what’s in a name). For those sensitive to bathroom practices, please note that the bathroom is en-suite and enclosed, but there is not a floor to ceiling wall, so the top maybe 50cm is open. I was not bothered by this at all. The bar/breakfast space is super stylish and cute, with a lovely outside terrace. This was the best value for money place we stayed in, during our stay in Portugal.

Cons: it was all great. If you really push me, speed of comms could be (a bit) faster, but it is by no means slow at the moment.

Pros: Nice place. Quiet and clean. Good breakfast and a nice view of the Tâmega river. Very friendly owners.

Pros: This is a great mixture from hostel and hotel with a good atmosphere. The staff consists of a young very friendly and fresh team. A great plus was the location and as well the bar in the house. Even with bad weather conditions a great and pleasant stay. The breakfast was good, everything absolutely clean . The The free parking is absolutely near - you need to get an explanation how to reach (!)

Pros: I loved how light and airy the space felt - like a breath of fresh air!

Pros: The hostel is very beautiful but not very practical. Staff is too limited, only one person that has to do everything from check-in, to preparing breakfast, attending the bar... There is no soundproof on the windows and it was very difficult to sleep with all the noise.

Pros: Good location in a quiet village. Good BBQ restaurant close by. Super value for money

Cons: No formal restaurant only a snack bar with limited menu.

Pros: I really liked the girl that was in charge for all the Hotel. I felt sorry of her because she was doing massage, making our lunch, being around. She did winderful job but that is not the corect service and owners shouldpay more people to be around not only one person.

Cons: As I mentioned abowe it is a shame to use one person for all services.

Pros: Ancient mansion transformed in very nice, old style hotel..Rooms are spacious..Splendid garden..Breakfast very good..Quiet stay..There is a swimming pool, tennis court, spa, etc..Isolation quiet good.1O minute drive to town of Amarente.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Clean, comfortable, great breakfast

Pros: Everything was as good as it could have been. Excellent service and friendly staff.

Cons: The location is a quite a bit away from any sort of night life however if you are looking for a quiet place to relax this is perfect.

Pros: Lovely gardens

Cons: Every thing was white lol

Pros: really nice breakfast with a lot of choices.Really nice facilities for swimming ,hot tub,jacuzzy and sauna.Great place if you like to exercise with tennis court and bicycle

Cons: no great place to eat in the aera not much within walking distance to see or do

Pros: The weather was awful so it was great to swim in the heated indoor pool, the other spa facilities were "okay" albeit in need of a little updating.

Cons: The hotel bar and restaurant was very disappointing, the menu was underwhelming for a 4 star hotel. Also the bar states that it is open until midnight but we struggled to get a drink just after 11pm - which was not what you need having witnessed England lose in a semi-final.

Pros: Nice quiet hotel. I was treated with my breakfast iny room at no charge, nice! After breakfast I went down to the Spa where I enjoyed the relaxing jacuzzi, steam, and sauna. All included.

Cons: The water in the bath was adequately warm however not hot and I like a hot bath. Also the towel warmer wasn't working, minor issue.

Pros: Mrs. Gloria is a great host!

Pros: It is a beautiful place to stay, the ambiance is great, the lady was amazing. This the second time we have stayed there, we would highly recommend it.

Cons: There was nothing we did dislike.

Pros: We had a very pleasant stay in Casa Nogueira. The hostess was a friendly, warm person, helpfull if we needed anything. "My house is your house", she said. She made breakfast every morning. The second evening she was making chestnuts and she gave us a whole bunch to taste/eat :)! The house was in a very small and quiet village somewhere in the mountains, where it looked as if time had stood still for a few decades. A perfect place to relax. From here you could go to the parque natural de alvao or do some winetasting in the alto douro - although the latter is a little bit further away by car (you by the way definately need a car to get here). I would recommend this place to anyone who would go to the alto douro area in Portugal.

Pros: Excellent place. Stunning view and cosy small village. Nice walks. Swam in the river. Very kind hostess.

Pros: We had an excellent breakfast. Gloria our host was even kind enough to have baked some coconut cup cakes which we took to add to our lunch box. They were delicious

Pros: All house was beautiful and every details was refined. The owner was a cheerful and helpful person. She pointed us the place where will be danced tonight and we went there. We had a great time this night. We had access to a big gorgeous dining room with two balcony, a well equipped kitchen, a nice bathroom and garden. The breakfast was delicious: fresh bread, homemade jam, butter, homemade cake, coffee and cheese. It was the most beautiful house during our 2-weeks journey around the Portugal.

Pros: host , Gloria, is very friendly and helpful- it was quite cold during our stay and she even made a fire in the fire place :)

Pros: Wonderful place and amazing owner. Rooms furnished with the utmost care and comfort. You will feel like by mother. The family atmosphere in every detail.

Pros: Beautiful house, traditional wonderful decoration all over, interesting location in an old village for preservation. Perfect host by Donna Maria Gloria, personal & really taking care of all guests & very helpful across all.

Pros: The hotel is very near to the restaurants and bars/cafés. Very close to one of the highway accesses. The room was clean. The staff is very nice.

Cons: The breakfast is a bit poor. Not a lot of choice of bread or cheese, per example. The room was facing the back of the hotel and the view was just terrible. Difficult to park. There is a paid car park but it's closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays and from 10pm until 8am.

Pros: breakfast excellent as always. One of the best from all the places we have stayed. Lots of upgrading of general decor etc almost complete.

Pros: The location is great.

Cons: Breakfast service cloud be better, because it happened times where there were tables available, but they were still not clean and with previous people plates.

Cons: Parking was difficult to arrange ahead of time.

Pros: Convenient location near the bus stop, very quiet location.

Cons: Twin single beds joined together instead of a double bed, breakfast was average but included in room rate

Pros: clean

Cons: slow internet connection or no internet connection.

Pros: The location was perfect for me. Two minutes from the bus station. Breakfast was basic but good.

Cons: No restaurant or bar.

Pros: Ideally located 5 minutes walk from the bridge & historic center, with large array of restaurants close to the bridge area. Nice staff at the reception. Good breakfast with choice. We took the family suite room : clean & spacious, with 2 large double beds and a large bathroom (with bathtub & shower). No closing door between the 2 family rooms (but it was no problem for us). Private car parking (digicode) located 50 m away from the hotel.

Cons: Nothing to report.

Pros: a spacious room

Cons: Missing hair dryer, There was no nylon in the trash

Cons: Feels dirty. Just waited for the night to be over.

Pros: The feel was modern

Cons: Nothing

Pros: position

Cons: nothing

Pros: The personnel was really helpful and nice. We had a problem in the night, i had a necklace that fell in the sink and the lady from the reception helped us recover it, even if it made the pipe fall out. Truly great value.

Pros: Everything, the owner works in the hotel, she's amazing person always given an advices, the best hotel which I've been during my trip in Portugal.

Pros: Central location. My room and bathroom was very clean and comfortable. The lady host was lovely. Everything in this hotel was nice and a perfect for me.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: The bedroom is hotel quality, I consider this to the level of a 3star hotel, and maybe bigger. The bed was super comfortable and the bathroom spacious and clean. Good free wifi.

Cons: I would complaint about the lack of shampoo, the lack of a hair dryer in the room, and some table or something so if you want to do something in the computer you can.

Cons: I had to wait until 3pm to check in, and even this was earlier than they prefer.

Pros: The Hotel is in a nice and quite central location with easy access. Rooms are spacious, and our suite was quite big.

Cons: Parking wasn't easy, namely on the first bight as it seems there is a busy restaurant under the Hotel. The Air Conditioning isn't effective enough, the unit on the bedroom was quite old and we struggled to correctly make it work (they promised they would turn it on before our arrival n the second night but they forgot it) and the unit on the living room (with sofa bed for the two kids) altough more recent had no remote control so we just could turn it on/off without adjusting the temperature. The frigo bar was disconnected and when we opened it we found some ham, in a greenish colour and with very bad odour (that's the reason for the poor score on cleanliness has all the rest was very clean).

Pros: Good location. Ok breakfast.

Cons: Needs new beds and bedding. Sink leaks into bucket beneath.

Pros: beautiful landscape and you could find a beautiful view outside the window where you had your breakfast and the staff never smile

Cons: the breakfast is basic and theirs no juice just squash and i found a few hairs under the bed sheet

Pros: Breakfast was good.

Cons: The hotel needs an update. Also the plumbing was not good and the curtains were falling off the window.