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Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel

5.0 star property
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Exterior
Outdoor pool, pool loungers
Terrace/patio
Property grounds
Reception

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
    Pool
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Parking included
    Parking included

Explore the area

Map
Castelo de Alvito, Alvito, 7920-999
  • Adega Cooperativa de Vidigueira
    22 min drive
  • Praca do Giraldo
    36 min drive
  • Évora Cathedral
    38 min drive
  • Beja (BYJ)
    46 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Standard Golden Age (over 55 years)

Minibar, in-room safe, individually decorated, blackout curtains

Standard Golden Age (over 55 years)

  • 13 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Standard Double Room

Minibar, in-room safe, individually decorated, blackout curtains

Standard Double Room

  • 13 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Superior Room

Superior Room

Superior Room

  • 28 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

About the area

Alvito

With a stay at Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel in Alvito, you'll be 7.8 mi (12.5 km) from Adega da H. das Barras and 11 mi (17.6 km) from Ruinas Romanas de Sao Cucufate. .This luxury hotel is 11.8 mi (19.1 km) from Museum of Arch House and 12.1 mi (19.4 km) from Villa of Sao Cucufate.

What's nearby

  • Adega Cooperativa de Vidigueira - 22 min drive - 21.7 km
  • Historic Centre of Évora - 36 min drive - 40.5 km
  • Praca do Giraldo - 36 min drive - 40.6 km
  • University of Évora - 37 min drive - 41.6 km
  • Évora Cathedral - 38 min drive - 41.2 km

Getting around

  • Beja Station - 35 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪O Casão - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪O Buraco da Zorra - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Restaurante O Francês - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Shaker Bar - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Snack-Bar O Navegador - ‬11 min drive

About this property

Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel

Luxury hotel with a full-service spa and free breakfast
Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel offers 20 accommodations with minibars and safes. Each accommodation is individually decorated. Televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs, bidets, and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and in-room massages can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. Services include massages.
Make yourself at home in one of the 20 guestrooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs feature bidets and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and blackout drapes/curtains, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at Barao de Alvito, a restaurant which specializes in Regional cuisine, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary buffet breakfast is included.
Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and a 24-hour front desk. Planning an event in Alvito? This hotel has 2152 square feet (200 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Barao de Alvito - This restaurant specializes in Regional cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
Onsite venue #2 - This bar serves light fare only.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Restaurants on site

  • Barao de Alvito

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Full-service spa
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground

Family friendly

  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Lift
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe
  • Gift shop/newsstand

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Conference space (2152 square feet)
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Rooftop terrace

Spa

  • Massages

Accessibility

  • Lift

More

  • Fireplace in reception
  • Smoke-free property
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Bath
  • Bidet
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels

Food and drink

  • Minibar

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • In-room massage
  • Individually decorated
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 25 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 48 per night
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: EUR 25 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Rollaway bed fee: EUR 48 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve cribs/infant beds and rollaway/extra beds
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

A fee for a mandatory New Year's Eve gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on December 31
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Pousada Alvito Castelo Alvito
Pousada Castelo Hotel Alvito Alvito
Pousada Castelo Alvito Historic Hotel
Pousada Castelo Alvito Historic
Pousada Castelo de Alvito Historic Hotel
Castelo Alvito Alvito
Pousada Castelo de Alvito Historic Hotel
Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel Hotel
Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel Alvito
Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel Hotel Alvito

Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 10 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 23 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Toby, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
15th century castle!
Wonderful 15th century castle. Room was charming. Staff warm and helpful.

10/10 Excellent

Carol and Val, Oregon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Romantic and luxurious 15th century castle
As a wedding anniversary treat to ourselves we spent two nights in this pouseda in a superior room. And it was too with 15 foot ceilings and an area equivalent to our living room at home. The bathroom was great and the bed was comfortable. The breakfast buffet was amazingly diverse and dinner was wonderful. The wi-fi is free and works in the room and beside the pool. The staff was uniformly helpful and kind. Manuel, the front desk captain even took us on a tour of the hidden parts of the castle and of the well-planted grounds. There is a small village surrounding the castle which is fun to explore. The square just outside the walls has a kiosk where you can buy beer or wine or cognac and sit on a bench with the locals. Just don't make a mistake and go to the nice seeming restaurant across the street. Service was surly, the waiter would not let us share a starter and an entree (essential in Portugal as the portions are way too large) and the food was merely ok.

10/10 Excellent

Steve, Bracknell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Peaceful!
A delightfully peaceful and elegant hotel close to the village centre. Very relaxing with good facilities. It would make a good touring base for a couple of nights.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Expected more
Pool needed attention. Outdoor furniture not up to standard. Needed cleaning, repair,painting. Some things needing replacement- tear in umbrellas etc. Garden needed attention- borders needed trimming, weeding, replanting- work was being done however, probably not best to cut rock etc. with all the dust blowing onto the guests at the pool!! Noisy and dusty! Yuck. Not many restaurants outside of the hotel that were open. Very few people ate dinner there .

10/10 Excellent

Julien, Montreal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Castle Hotel
Have only wonderful things to say about the hotel and its incredible staff. They went above board to create a wonderful ambiance and provide spectacular service. The food at the hotel was truly incredible (don't forget to try the olive oil with dinner). The rooms are nice with high ceilings, but don't really have an old castle feel to them. The rest of the pousada is very authentic. Garden is lovely and the pool was chilly and refreshing. Had a great stay overall.

10/10 Excellent

EL, Matawan NJ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel and Staff service
It is very nice castle hotel including very good breakfast. All staff are very professional and helpful, especially Mr. Rui Corraleica and Ms. Carla Santos. No Internet service in the room and in the lobby and bar which have comfortable seat and environment. The town does not have any good café or restaurant but dinning in the hotel is very nice and not expensive.

8/10 Good

No sweets, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It is located in the middle of nowhere.
The Pousada has a large courtyard in the middle that must be very nice in the Summer. It has a swiming pool, and a large garden with fruit trees.The parking was on the street. The parking was on the street in front of the hotel.The man at the reception was very friendly and super helpful.The hotel inside was tight but beautiful and very clean. They asked us if we wanted to make reservations for dinner and that evenig we were the only two people at the restaurant. The food was not very good, and the portions small for the price. Breakfast was ok, but there were no eggs.They bring everything to your table, coffe and milk, orange juice, bread/butter, yogurt, cakes and pastries, two and a half thin slices of cheese, ham and salami per person. We do not eat sweets and and would prefer to make our own choices of items and quantities at a serving table. The hotel was nice and very clean, The service was great. Not happy with the location, the parking.or the food. This Pousada was about 40 km from Evora.

8/10 Good

Fj, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A genuine Castle!
A slightly frumpy castle hotel, but as usual at Pousadas', the most fantastic service! In a genuine castle in the middle of a very picturesque town, one does have the feeing of being somewhere special. Trying to be 'regional' as well as 'clubish and comfortable' is not easy, but the rooms are well done although ageing... Overall very worthwhile to stay here and amble around the winding streets if the town.

10/10 Excellent

Nicho, Burntwood, Staffordshire, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fit for Kings and Queens.
One word describes our experience FANTASTIC. Cannot wait to go again, 5star service in every respect. Staff cannot do enough to help. Surrounding area beautiful lakes and forests magical.

8/10 Good

Peter Dowd

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We have stayed at Paradors on Spain and would suggest that the Pousada falls short of that standard. Staff very friendly and helpful. Room very pleasant but aircon ineffective. However when we mentioned it they provided a portable unit which did the job. They advertise free wiFi but you only get 30 minutes at a time and only in the public areas. Not a great deal to do in the area but OK a an overnight stop.

4/10 Poor

Goncalo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Pousada MUITO mal mantida
É de lamentar a falta de manutenção desta Pousada. Conheço quase todas as pousadas de Portugal e esta estadia está no pior nível que já experimentei. Os funcionários foram simpatiquíssimos mas tudo o resto foi muito fraco. A Pousada necessita de manutenção sendo incrível como esta tem sido descurada a este nível. Existem multiplas lâmpadas fundidas nos espaços comuns (como é possível? ninguém vê?? Não substituem?? é para poupar electricidade??), a chegada ao quarto 207 é feita à noite praticamente às escuras pois o detector de movimentos só faz acender as luzes quando já se está à porta do quarto, tendo sido o corredor percorrido às escuras; e as necessidades de pintura são mais que muitas, havendo zonas que parecem uma manta de retalhos resultado de intervenções passadas nas paredes que não foram depois alvo de uma pintura uniforme. Nada aceitável para uma Pousada de Portugal !!! E o restaurante é caríssimo tendo em conta o que oferece (relação preço/qualidade). Havendo tanta e excelente oferta de restauração num raio de 20Km, não faz sentido jantar na Pousada. Nunca mais voltarei. Mas obrigado ao unico activo da Pousada, os colaboradores e a sua simpatia.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nous avons bcp aimé le petit village de alvito oú règne une grande quiétude. Nous avons séjourné deux jours dans la pusada : accueil très sympathique., les chambres sont petites mais les nôtres étaient en excellent état avec une jolie deco Seul regret : la piscine gagnerait à être mieux entretenue quitte à chasser les pigeons du coin!! C'est dommage

10/10 Excellent

M-MICHELE, Versaille

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
enchantement
Accueil parfait avec un verre de rosé sympathique. Chambre très confortable et bien décorée, dans une superbe bâtisse située dans un village très pittoresque. La piscine est la bienvenue ce jour d'août ! Salle de restaurant voutée magnifique, bonne cuisine et petit-déjeuner top. Petit critique amicale à notre hôte avec qui nous avons bavardé: la cour intérieure est un peu trop dépouillée et meublée de chaises de bistrot en alu qui dénotent un peu dans ce cadre ;-)

8/10 Good

Pedro, Caldas da Rainha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Repouso a dois
Fantástico para descansar. Espreguiçadeiras da piscina necessário substituir. Staff bastante simpático e solicito.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay in a real castle
The hotel is situated in a real castle, a very impressive building with a courtyard and a nice garden with an ok swimmingpool. The town is calm and quiet, but is a good place for day trips to Evora and other places in Alentejo. The receptionists and the waiters were all very polite and helpful. Lovely hotel.

8/10 Good

Helle, Danmark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dejligt hotel
Selve hotellet var rigtig dejligt, men der er absolut ikke noget for børn i området. Vi fandt en enkelt restaurant i byen, den var til gengæld også god. Ellers er man henvist til at spise i hotellets restaurant som i øvrigt er glimrende.

8/10 Good

unwissender1

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
one of the older Pousadas
unfortunately you can't rely that all Pousadas have similar conditions (e.g. beds, TVs etc.) - this property is one of the older Pousadas: Tube TVs, Wifi only in Bar, very hard beds (no down feather cover sheet) and a bit worn bathroom make it easy to understand why you pay low rates here. You'll live in the castle - nice experience and everything is in good condition but somehow I'd expect more contunuity in Pestana's Pousadas de Portugal: modern TV, Wifi everywhere and beds which are worth to be called bed (here they are like beer benches)

6/10 Okay

Jed, Lisboa

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Excelente serviço, mas precisa de manutenção
Excelente localização. Boa recepção/serviço. Quartos agradaveis e asseados, mas com falta de manutenção. Bom serviço de cafetaria/restaurante mas desproporcionalmente caro.Ainda assim recomendaria.

8/10 Good

couple

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Göran, Visby

Liked: Cleanliness
Litet och trångt rum, ex.vis var det 34 cm i passage mellan sängar och vägg. Kyligt - 16 grader i rummet. Wifi endast i baren och därtill ej kostandsfri. Skulle inte klassa hotellet med 5 stjärnor.

10/10 Excellent

lovaina, Raiatea PF

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pousada Alvito
Très bien situé dans un petit village plein de vie La population très chaleureuse Le personnel toujours près à vous renseigner et à vous faire plaisir J'ai occupé la suite 301, excellent

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Afslapning i fantastiske omgivelser
Man fornemmer roen så snart man træder ind af døren til denne pousada. Personalet er utroligt imødekommende og hjælpsomme. Vores værelse havde udsigt til den fineste have, hvor påfugle vandrer rundt. Der er en helt speciel stemning inde bag de tykke mure - man får lov til at føle sig som en prinsesse i disse omgivelser. Morgenmadsbuffeten er forrygende - der er bare alt og kvaliteten har lige fået et ryk opad i forhold til andre steder. Et ophold her, burde være alle forundt. Man kommer lynhurtigt helt ned i tempo - man skal bare huske at nyde roen og det bare at være der.