Praia de Area

Great place near the Alamendela park

This was not what I was expecting as a hotel. First of all we could not find the place. There was no signage indicating the way or that a hotel was there like other places we saw along the road. The directions connected to the listing took us to dead end roads. We finally got near the location and we thought that it was still wrong because it was in a little village and it looked like an abandoned house was there. I finally stopped and used my little Portuguese to ask for help. A nice lady pointed to the hotel right near me. It was an old farmhouse that had been made into a hotel. It was very nice inside and there were individual rooms and a shared kitchen and living room. There was a lovely outside area to sit. There was a pool but we did not use it. The room and bathroom was nice but it did not have air condition and I missed that fact but it was not uncomfortable. Overall, it was a nice but different type of place for us. I feel sure that I would not stay there again, but it was not a bad place.

This was a very nice pension right in the old town area. Easy walk to the cathedral and excellent restaurants. The staff was very helpful suggesting things.