Pousada in Palmela
Pousada in Palmela - Hotel Castelo de Palmela
Pousada de Palmela - Castelo de Palmela, was inaugurated in 1979 after the adaptation works to the Convent, within the walls of the castle. With all its austerity, it is possible to enjoy its interior in a comfortable way that preserves a lot of the 17th century.
This historic luxury hotel is located on top of an imposing hill, and it is one of the best architectural fortresses in Portugal, specially known for its location and the magnificent views that it has to offer.
Palmela boasts excellent wines and superb cuisine, and it is also the perfect starting place to discover the Costa Azul and the magnificent Arrabida Natural Park.
We recently spent our third visit at the Palmela Pousada and found everything excellent as usual.
Looking forward to our next visit in April.
We stayed for one night only in September 2009 and it was probably one of best 2 hotels on our trip through Portugal. Splendid accomodations with a spectacular view. The hotel personnel could not have been more pleasant and accomodating. A wonderful breakfast as well. The entire stay could not have been more charming, and we will certainly return here. The Portuguese are extremely friendly and welcoming, as this wonderful pousada shows.
We stayed in a corner suite of the Hotel Palmela recently, we stayed over a four day period. The suite was very spacious with loveley views in two directions. We found the hotel gave an air of space everywhere, the clousters were lovely. The food in the restaurant was excellent and the service first class but very quiet. One night we appeared to be the only diners. The only slight disappointment of our stay was at breakfast one morning when we were not allowed to sit on the sunny side because they were laying up for lunch, I would have thought this could have waited till after breakfast, but a small gripe in an otherwise lovely place to stay. Recommended.
This was our second visit to Palmela and we were given the same suite we had previously.
We cannot praise the staff at Reception and in the Bar highly enough.
We do not eat in the restaurant as we like to explore restaurants in the countryside. We always request our breakfast be served in our suite and this is always a smorgersbord of delights.
It is certainly one of the Pousadas we shall be returning to again and again.
The only negative comment is that we feel the bathroom needs some attention to it as it is very ‘tired’ and needs a makeover.
Having stayed at several Pousadas we were very disapponted with Palmela. The staff was disinterested and the service sloppy. The Pousada was nearly empty as it was mid week but they still put us in a room right beside the elevator, overlooking the parking lot and we awoke to find renovations going on directly outside of our room so there was constant banging. So it did not make for a quiet night. With some planning on part of the reservations we could have easily been put into a room away from the workmen. This is one Pousada that we will not return to for another visit. The views are fabulous but they do not compensate for the poor service.