Hotel 2 Bintang di Alijó

Located in Alijo, HI Alijo - Pousada de Juventude - Hostel is within a 5-minute drive of Bread and Wine Museum and Adega de Favaios. This hostel is 2.6 mi (4.2 km) from Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mercy and 5.2 mi (8.3 km) from Ujo Viewpoint.Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and an arcade/game room.Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary continental breakfast is served on weekends from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM.Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, laundry facilities, and ATM/banking services. Free self parking is available onsite.Make yourself at home in one of the 24 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with showers are provided.

We had booked three nights at this hotel but cut the trip short and just stayed for two. Firstly the location is poor - I know I am contradicting some earlier reviews but this is as we saw it. We thought we were in the Douro Valley area, we were just on the edge. Alijo is a town that seemed to have moved on from the wine business, a lot of buildings were fairly new and not in keeping with elsewhere. The outlook from the hotel is over a school which is noisy at times and a park area. One wonders whether vineyards were taken up to build these. The hotel itself is a handsome building with a great terrace and a (not very clean) pool in its grounds. There does not appear to be any connection with Baron Forrester, strange choice of name for it. There has been some refurbishment, there was a great bar and most of the public rooms were great. Our bedroom was good with a Juliet balcony overlooking the terrace (and the school, one morning they had a VERY loud event starting at 7.30am, that was the last straw for my husband) however the bathroom was dingy, with a gruesome shower curtain and mould around the edges of the bath. In the room there was no safe, tea/coffee making facilities, no fridge let alone a minibar - just the space for it?! Old fashioned hair dryer in the bathroom. Air conditioning wouldn't be switched on 'until Monday' despite it being 30 deg. This was the fourth Pousada we had stayed in on this trip and was a big disappointment. We had driven through the Douro Alto on the Tua road to get there and had high hopes as to what it would be like. We did discover it is 'franchised' to Pestana rather than owned and run by them. We had dinner there the first time which was not good, tasteless under seasoned lump of veal for me, undercooked rabbit for my husband. Breakfast was fine and lunch on the terrace very nice. Staff generally were great though sometimes hard to find. We couldn't face dining there a second night and had scoped out places in the town which looked a bit basic... to be told that chef had Covid and the restaurant was closed. Possibly because of that they did not charge us for the last night when we checked out in the morning. Husband was told the printer was u/s so they couldn't print off the receipt. You couldn't make it up...

With a stay at Quinta da Costinha in Alijo, you'll be a 4-minute walk from Igreja Matriz de Alijo and 6 minutes by foot from Jardim da Avenida Doutor Francisco Sa Carneiro. This upscale bed & breakfast is 1 mi (1.7 km) from Jardim Publico Doutor Matos Cordeiro and 2.4 mi (3.8 km) from Bread and Wine Museum.Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a seasonal outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. This bed & breakfast also features complimentary wireless internet access, a picnic area, and gas grills.A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM.Featured amenities include laundry facilities and ATM/banking services. Free self parking is available onsite.Stay in one of 6 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Your memory foam bed comes with premium bedding. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with bathtubs or showers are provided.