Hotel de Charme Casa da Amieira

A fantastic hotel with lovely private bungalows, some with a hot tub / jacuzzi and a reserved parking space. Two pools, one with a bar and plenty of facilities. Great staff and very peaceful, but a little remote. We'll worth the detour from the main routes though.

We were suprised with the quality of this hotel in the heart of Serra d'Aire. It's quiet as quiet can be, the bungalows are conveniently located in a separate area and the whole hotel space is beautiful. We had a couples massage which wasn't particularly impressive, but to be honest it doesn't harm the rating we'd give to the overall experience. We'd recommend (and go again) in a heartbeat. I know it's something that doesn't get mentioned often but each bungalow has a dedicated outdoor electricity outlet so, yes, you can charge you EV there.

We stayed at the hotel for four days. First, the rooms are really nice, the staff super friendly and very keen, the pool is great. But the zoo is just .. and an absolute animal crul. Animals with stereotypical behavior (recurring behaviors turn circles, up and down..), extremely dirty cages, dirty water. Far too small cages, rabbits on lattice floor, hardly any food, donkeys unkempt hooves, parrot with trimmed feathers. A meerkat was kept alone. None of the meerkats could dig tunnels. It stank. The enclosures of the other animals were also far too small and there was no employment for them. Just awf0l How arrogant humans must be, to believe other animals exist for our use.