Pestana Palacio do Freixo, Pousada & National Monument - The Leading Hotels of the World

The hotel is beautiful and the views were amazing! The bed was huge which is always a bonus. Our room was made up every day. The staff were lovely, pool was clean and quiet and food was decent. We even got a little welcome gift (small bottle of red wine and some sweet treats) upon arrival which was waiting for us in the room. The hotel is about a 45 min walk along the river from the centre, but it's such a lovely walk. I would recommend doing it at least once! Most of days we took Ubers which were very accessible and SO CHEAP! We would definitely come back here.

The Palace is lovely, as are the gardens, with amazing river views. We enjoyed the excellent breakfast as well as a quick lunch at the bar. Most rooms, however, are in another building (next to the palace). The bed was very good and we also appreciated the choice of pillows and the tea/coffee in the room.

This hotel is beautiful, a palace with a gorgeous pool on the Douro River. Both the indoor and outdoor pools were warm, holiday water! A 25 minute walk along the river to the Dom Luis bridge. We also stayed in a hotel near the bridge so it was lovely to have the 2 different experiences. The restaurant in this hotel is superb, we ate their 2 nights in a row and I rarely do this, I usually prefer to eat out but I had to go back tot his restaurant as it was so good. The breakfast is superb also.

We liked the combination of historic palace with the rooms in the adjacent restored factory building, all very tasteful. The staff were very friendly and professional, the rooms were very spacious , the food was nice and the breakfast buffet was just excellent. The palace itself is just outstanding, given its age it looks very well maintained; as it was winter we could not use the outdoor area but the location with the park-like garden and the outdoor infinity edge pool right by the river is very special; if you want to go for a river walk you can access a walking trail right from the hotel.

Breakfast was excellent and plentiful but they had to ask what a white coffee was? The outside space is lovely. The toilets were screened by frosted glass so that was amusing. Shuttle was used once so that was also good to get into the town.