We booked the Hotel through D-Reizen in Amersfoort
and stayed from 15/05/2007 till 19/05/2007

People in the Hotel are indeed very friendly
and apologetic and when you speak the language
then that surely helps.

The Hotel room was noisy at night by street traffic and
some other visitors had to talk loudly at night.

In the evening the room was hot and damp, the airco
did not function well.

There was a big group visiting the hotel and simultaneous
there was water leakage from the 1st floor in the area/ room
where we had breakfast.
Breakfast was disorganised and there was not enough staff available to properly prepare/ clean tables and have all in
place as need be.
This was certainly the responsibility of the hotel
to make sure this is done well no matter what.

The orange juice was not real orange juice.
The variety of breakfast food was limited.

The glasses and plates ect were wet and not clean
and dried.

This is not a 4 star hotel and I would not recommend it.

I’ve stayed 5 nights at this hotel, since my house was being rebuilt.

This hotel is not brand new and, at the first instance, you might become sad for your choice; since carpets are old and furnisher is obsolete. Even the bar has an old furnisher.

I was thinking on voting with the value 3.

But, then I’ve reminded that this hotel has great facilities: it has a nice (interior) pool, a small gym, sauna, Turk bath... for FREE, for their guests. It also has a very good breakfast, with fresh bread, croissants, eggs, bacon, yogurts and some fruit.

All people are very nice, which is important to make you feel good. Another thing that I’ve liked was: besides the automobile park being night open (and at the city center), I’ve liked the idea of a guard (nice man) being around our cars, seeking if everything is OK.

So, I’ve decided for the value 4.

Good value all be it that the hotel in places is a little tired and outdated, that said the hotel is comfortable and everything works

The staff are friendly and go out of their way to be helpful

The food (both dinner and Breakfast ) was good

The pool was ok but required a 7 Euro swimming cap to be allowed to use it

Car parking was Free but the hotel a problem to locate from the airport – the good news is that the locals went out of their way to help

The hotel is located a twenty minute bus ride from centre of Porto (Euro 1,30) bus is best way to get into town

To summarise will recommend and use when needing a hotel in Porto

The staff were friendly and breakfast was acceptable.

Having said that, the rooms are noisy mainly from the cars out in the streets east and south of the hotel. The central heating system was very very noisy. The bed covers, furniture and curtains are very worn, old and tatty, and in desperate need of replacement.

Had to move rooms three times, the first was noisy, the second had no heating, no TV and one of the wooden boards in the ceiling was moved.. The worst thing was that the staff although apologetic, thought nothing of the noise from the street or the noisy heating system.

This place needs major changes. Try other places in Porto.