Quinta da Pacheca ★★★★★

"I enjoyed a 2 night stay and the Porto wine is really good. I would highly recommend people to go for it. Service is very good; great view; overall facilities are also very excellent. Thumbs up"

Casa de Pousada - É uma Casa de Campo no coração do Douro! ★★★

Casa da Azenha ★★★★

"Casa da Azenha is a wonderful small place. The house and buildings are on quiet and beautiful grounds -- there is a lush garden, a pool area (worth relaxing by for the birdsong even if it's too cool to swim) and relaxing public areas. Though a few minutes from Peso da Régua, it feels like it's in the countryside surrounded by cultivated vines. It's was a peaceful place to relax and take a break from some of the busy places we'd been visiting. It is the hospitality of the small staff that makes a stay here so pleasurable. Lydia, Ivo and the others make you feel welcome, and are ready to help you with anything you might need, whether at the casa or arrangements beyond. They're ready to take care of you. There is not a restaurant, but Lydia is able to provide a delicious light meal (or full dinner if you prefer) to go with wine you might have purchased. There is even a mellow little dog, Ginja to add to the warmth. We were traveling without a car and wanted to tour the Douro Valley while staying in a rural setting. This place was perfect. Though it feels far away, it's a short and inexpensive ride to the train in Régua. They can easily set you up with Antonio (913 998 027) for a taxi to town (or beyond.) Ivo was able to set up a wine tasting (and tour) of their next-door neighbor, Quinta Casa Amarela. I can't imagine that a visit at a large Quinta could match the experience with Gil. A highlight of our trip. Normally, I wouldn't go to so much effort to praise a place. Casa de Azenha is really special, great if you have a car and perfect if you don't."

Vila Gale Collection Douro ★★★★

"Nice, friendly and easy. Facilities like the bar close quite early but you have plenty of things to do just across the river"

Casa Dos Varais, Manor House ★★★

" This place has a very nice location, however everything else about it is rotten, from the shabby fake furniture and fittings to the so called hospitality. We arrived an hour early to be told we were not welcome and made to sit outside and await our prescribed arrival time, no offer of even some water in the 38°C heat, I will explain in more detail shortly. The venue is advertised as hotel, but beware - it is, by their own description upon arrival; a private house and not a hotel at all and you shouldn't expect any sort of proper service that you would expect anywhere else. We were told at reception we could drop our bags and have a drink in their garden, however once we walked around to find the said garden we were greeted by a very aggressive and rude woman (whom we later found out owned the place) that we were not welcome and were quickly marched to the entrance of the property where she proceed to berate us, shout at us and talk over the top of us to make her point simply because we were an hour early. Outrageous behaviour by a deeply unpleasant woman that has no idea how to run a business in hospitality. The general attitude of this place is that you ought be grateful to be allowed to stay in their run down and filthy establishment. I will never return and I urge anyone else thinking of staying to avoid this place at all costs. The breakfast was very poor, the rooms falling to pieces with very worn out furniture of the most basic standard. The towels were old and scratchy and it was very difficult to arrange to even use an iron. Basically, this place is owned by people that think they are some sort of landed gentry; they even have some of their tacky regalia and costumes surrounded by drawings of themselves in the lobby, which I found very distasteful, laughable even. They only rent rooms to subsidise their lack of income it would seem, they do not want people in their "house". Beware! Even with all the aforementioned issues with this property, by far the biggest problem is the awful woman that owns it. I have rarely, if ever, come across such a person with such poor interpersonal skills, let alone hospitality skills. If this is the only place available, I suggest you sleep in your car, it is preferable "