Lousada Country Hotel

Nice hotel with 2 parts. Main hotel and the cottages some 5 minutes away from the main building. Both nice. Main building is a bit more modern. Rooms next to the dining place/reception are spacious. We were looking for the TV where we wanted to connect our computer. At first could not find it but it's behind the "mirror". Nice design idea but could not connect our cable :-). Clean and overall friendly staff though with some ladies smiling and some a bit less :-). Wellness out of order unfortunately. Gym was open. A lot of space outdoor and very pleasant when the weather is nice. The only thing which was rather poor value was the food (both breakfast and dinner). Perhaps it was because we were there with a group and they tried to save costs, don't know. Not bad but not the quality you would expect from a 4 star hotel. Overall a good place. Supermarket Mercadona within some 10 minutes by foot. A lot of green around and make sure you check the nice portugese church and residence connected to the main building ... ;-)

Positives are: - Cleaness - decor - Staff is friendly with room for improvement; - Confort and size of the bed - Some amenities, like outdoor pool Negatives: - Rooms are new, nice but: ~ there were some ciment splaters on the bathroom tiles ~ magnificient mirror in the bathroom with a heigh so low that looses purpose ~ light for the bathroom mirror light is dim and makes it difficult to do some things, like makeup or shaving ~ There are no USB chargers ~ Breakfast is underwhelming - Gym was messy and dirty - indoor pool, sauna or turkish bath unavailable Despite the negatives (that i hope they can easily fix), I would go again, since it is a good money for value :)

The place is simply awesome, staff is very very sympathetic and helpful (say hello to the girl in the bar, she's a fantastic person!) and the rooms are very clean and well maintained. Oddly, there was this vehicle constantly parked in one of the accesses which made it VERY difficult to go through with your car into your room location (some are pretty distant from the entrance). Also, it should be forbidden for smokers to go even near the restaurant. Air circulation sometimes draws their toxic smoke inside the building which is very very unpleasant for people eating inside. I would give it five stars but these two last issues prevent me from doing so.