Douro

We stayed at the hotel Douro on our way back to uk. Very comfortable found a great restaurant just around the corner called Rotunda Boavista a must for meat eaters and great prices. Car parking is about 100 mts around the corner. Staff at hotel very friendly. We had our dog with us and it was'nt a problem.

OK but nothing special. It delivers what it promises with no surprises nor dissappointments. At 55Euros ok, would not pay much more.

The hotel would be a good choice for a business traveler on a budget. It is within a few blocks of the Metro. It was clean throughout the hotel, WIFI is available, and rates were lower than we had seen in other Portugal hotels. The breakfast was included and consisted of breads, melon, coffee, corn flakes, yogurts and juice. Everyone was friendly and tried to be helpful. They gave us good directions for Metro use and an Andante Card to get us started.

It is not located near any tourist areas except Casa da Musica.Since they were close to the metro, this was not a huge problem, but you had to factor in time and expense for getting to other locations. They do not do money exchange, nor did they have postage or English newspapers. The night desk clerk had the best fluency in English. That only became a problem after we had some unique situations to deal with and needed to use the phone. We were unable to get any kind of itemization on our bill. A figure of 73 Euros for telephone was the only line item. We had made several collect calls and had no way of knowing how they were billed. The desk clerks were unable to help us make them initially and did not understand when we we checked out