Hospedaria O Castelo — Hotel in Portel

Every trip has its low point and this was it for ours. ||Being a holiday weekend we made the mistake of not booking rooms in Evora early enough so had to find somewhere for the night and this place was the nearest available. ||At 60€ for the night for the 3 of us with no breakfast it was more expensive than usual for our last minute booking technique. (We averaged 45€ to 50€ per night incl breakfast)||We arrived to find it locked up but repeated rings on the bell brought a response from the lady proprietor, cheery welcome not included! I was starting to see "Bates Motel" signs flashing in my mind!!||The building is clean and well maintained. The room was likewise but dated although the air con worked as did the old TV. ||We asked if the attached restaurant was open for dinner or breakfast. No. |We asked where we could eat and she did the fingers walking signal and pointed towards the town. ||We then showered to find the bathroom floor went from shiny and slippery tiles when dry to downright lethal ice rink when wet and the water leaked out into the main room thereby increasing the kill zone! ||The local chorus of barking dogs finally quieted at about 1am and we got some sleep only to be awake at 7 to the calls of the local dogs. ||This was fortuitous as by 9.30 they were actively changing rooms and knocking up those still in bed to get them cleared out ASAP. ||The floor was still wet and everything damp. ||Portal itself is a nice rural town and we had a great meal in a locals bar on the lower square but the accommodation block is...

Spartan room with only two power points for recharging batteries. Threadbare. There is a communal balcony. Air conditioning works fine. Far too expensive (€60/night) for what was on offer. No breakfast, no English spoken. I had to phone the place and bang the door and still nobody answered. After trying a local person for help the door...

Trata-se de uma hospedaria e só é garantido o alojamento. Não é fácil encontrar um café em Portel que antes das 9:00 esteja aberto.||O quarto e casa de banho estavam bem limpos.||O Wi-fi gratuito funcionou bem.||Local sossegado e o quarto tem quanto baste para uma estadia curta.Tem um mini-frigorífico que pode ser útil. A pequena varanda é muitpo agradável.||Tem um custo acessível.||||A hospedaria assegurou-me que não tinha recebido qualquer pedido de reserva pela Booking.com (versão que a Booking contraria). Havia quartos disponíveis, pelo que não houve problema. Convém confirmar antecipadamente.||As camas são pequenas e não se consegue abrir plenamente o...