Norte Golf Vacations

Reception staff friendly and helpful. Room very clean and spacious. Bed mattress rock hard and pillows too soft and unsupportive. Housekeeping staff excellent. Location isn’t ‘downtown’ as the name suggests, it’s quite a walk to reach the main shopping and restaurant areas. Uber taxis are very reasonable. Overall our stay was ok, helped by the excellent cleanliness and large room, however this is a greedy hotel where there is a cost to absolutely everything they can think of charging for, which leaves a bitter taste when paying a lot for the room.

Fabulous location (Though a bit hard to find using just GPS-read their directions carefully)

Everything was good

Clean friendly and very good location.

InterContinental Porto – Palácio das Cardosas: A Hotel That Makes Leaving Rather Difficult Every now and then, you stay somewhere that reminds you why great hotels are worth seeking out. The InterContinental Porto is one of those places. First, there’s the building. A magnificent historic palace sitting proudly in the heart of Porto, looking as though it has spent centuries quietly judging the architectural decisions of lesser buildings. The location is nearly impossible to improve upon. Step outside and you’re surrounded by beautiful architecture, wonderful restaurants, charming streets, and enough hills to make you question whether Porto has ever heard of level ground. Inside, the hotel is elegant without being pretentious, luxurious without trying too hard, and wonderfully comfortable. But the beds. Oh, those magnificent beds. After traveling through Europe and encountering a few mattresses that seemed better suited for medieval punishment than a good night’s sleep, the beds at the InterContinental were nothing short of heavenly. The pillows were extraordinary, the sheets were wonderfully soft and luxurious, and the entire experience was like being gently embraced by a cloud that had somehow earned a degree in hospitality. I’m convinced the hotel has discovered some secret formula for perfect sleep. The pillows, the sheets, the mattress, everything was exceptional. We slept so well that getting out of bed each morning felt less like starting a new day and more like

Clean friendly and very good location.

Everything was good

Fabulous location (Though a bit hard to find using just GPS-read their directions carefully)

InterContinental Porto – Palácio das Cardosas: A Hotel That Makes Leaving Rather Difficult Every now and then, you stay somewhere that reminds you why great hotels are worth seeking out. The InterContinental Porto is one of those places. First, there’s the building. A magnificent historic palace sitting proudly in the heart of Porto, looking as though it has spent centuries quietly judging the architectural decisions of lesser buildings. The location is nearly impossible to improve upon. Step outside and you’re surrounded by beautiful architecture, wonderful restaurants, charming streets, and enough hills to make you question whether Porto has ever heard of level ground. Inside, the hotel is elegant without being pretentious, luxurious without trying too hard, and wonderfully comfortable. But the beds. Oh, those magnificent beds. After traveling through Europe and encountering a few mattresses that seemed better suited for medieval punishment than a good night’s sleep, the beds at the InterContinental were nothing short of heavenly. The pillows were extraordinary, the sheets were wonderfully soft and luxurious, and the entire experience was like being gently embraced by a cloud that had somehow earned a degree in hospitality. I’m convinced the hotel has discovered some secret formula for perfect sleep. The pillows, the sheets, the mattress, everything was exceptional. We slept so well that getting out of bed each morning felt less like starting a new day and more like

Everything was good

Fabulous location (Though a bit hard to find using just GPS-read their directions carefully)

Clean friendly and very good location.