Autor GuestHouse — Hotel in Vila do Conde

WeHostel would be a better description of these peculiar accommodations. Rooms are a private stay in what is primarily an office/retail building. Case in point 1: you’ll check-in at the home furnishings store that occupies the ground level retail space (we also found many of these furnishings -with price tags- in our room…coincidence?). Case in point 2: A worker at the retail store checked us into our room. Case in point 3: there are no staff after 630pm so guests are left to their own devices. Point 4: Our room was on the same floor as what appeared to be a co-working space wherein the same workers also shared the community kitchen and comfy courtyard. And Point 5: rooms themselves have paper thin walls- they’re not structured for sound separation. Thankfully our neighbor only had one late night phone call. Accommodations are clean. Location is centrally located. Breakfast was nothing special compared to others at this price point. And also if you’re walking, they didn’t start till 8 am which is not especially helpful. I don’t know how Autor could better give guests an idea of what to expect succinctly, hence this long review. For us, this worked as nice place en route along the Camino. But I left scratching my head about whether Portuguese zoning laws allow for the mix of all these businesses? -What amounts to strangers paying for fancy sleeping quarters an office space- Or do they??? Might wanna get that...

There are many things to like about this place. It is near the centre of Conde and only about 100 metres from the Caminho. The rooms are large and stylish. Our room looked east and had a nice view of the aquaduct. Their is a kitchen with a kettle, to make tea or coffee. Best of all is probably breakfast. The couple who run it were busy chopping up fresh fruit and making omletter, and they had made some cakes. There is an orange juice press and we had fresh orange juice. As well as muesli and granola and yoghurt there were also some cold cuts. A great way to...

This was our first stop on walking the Camino from Porto.||||Large modern stylish rooms with shared bathroom/shower room which was again very modern.||||The breakfast area in the basement is lovely and the young couple running the guest house could not have been more friendly or helpful.||||Lovely continental breakfast, the couple had brought in fresh bread and cakes and all in all we found this a perfect break after a hard days walking.||||Would thoroughly recommend, this is a fairly new venture and the owners...