Originally Posted by
ferndale
Wow, what a difference from my stay in Feb. We were upgraded with no asking to a jr suite on the club floor (points stay). The club lounge at this hotel was great! Lovely breakfast, great cappacino machine, ok wine, and nice port (okay it is Portugal), in the evenings. Every staff member I encountered was friendly - even to my 8 year old. We really enjoyed both this really pretty hotel and its staff.
We stayed here in September and had a very similar experience : upgrade to a Jnr suite (though not on the top club floor), great hotel, super club lounge, good staff and a very nice breakfast.
If you haven't got a full day to do the long river cruise, then I would certainly recommend the Eur10 shorter cruise which takes about an hour or so to chug up and down the river under all the city-centre bridges on a traditional converted port barge : very agreeable when the weather is nice. Then that gives you PLENTY of time to check out all the port lodges on the south bank.
