Hotel Lusitano — Hotel in Almeida

Good little hotel on the boarder with Portugal, perfect rest stop on our road trip to Portugal & easy to find from the ferry in Bilbao. |Rooms huge, clean and comfortable. Bathroom the same with plenty of hot water and power shower. We found parking just in front of the hotel, and had an excellent meal in the hotel restaurant. |The town is nothing to shout about, although there is a petrol station & several shops near the hotel so it's very well located in that regard. |We didn't have breakfast so can't comment on that, but wished we had as we left early and everything on the road was either shut or not offering breakfast. |Rooms are dated however, and the telly gets none of the English channels advertised in the brochure. Wifi is non existent in the room, and slow in the restaurant. |That said, I would stay here again as it was for one night of good kip on our way to the real holiday, and at least I know it was clean. Some of the hotel's we saw from the car on the way down looked like something out of...

I have nothing to complain about the room itself, the breakfast or the price. If that is all you need then please stay here. This hotel is on one of the major crossing points bewtween Spain and Portugal. From my window I could gaze at the unused but very large border crossing point that became redundant with free movement in the EU. Next door is the tiny SEF building for foreigner who need some documentation. Supposedly do not need an appointment for this SEF unlike most others but cannot guarantees this. I guess everyone stayed in this hotel in the old days waiting to cross into Spain. The staff here were not friendly, the parking is very bad, the WiFi does not work although it is advertised and there is just no ambiance. Drive 20 minutes and stay in Almeida and walk the walls of the 17th Century Star Fort is...

Hotel Lusitano is located in the centre of Vilar Formoso close to the railway station and the border crossing to Spain. The hotel offers 34 rooms over 4 floors. Walls are thin. Furnishings and decoration provide a comfortable, yet slightly outdated, atmosphere. Service is friendly and helpful.||We had a spacious room with a good twin-bed, wardrobe & safe, desk & chairs, TV & fridge, airco, and a large bathroom with washbasin, toilet, bidet and shower over the bath. The window can be opened. All was clean. An OK buffet breakfast is served: boiled eggs, cold cuts & cheese, bread, rolls & croissants, cereals & fruit, yoghurt & juice, preserves, tea & coffee.||Hotel Lusitano is an adequate hotel, very good for one...