Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel

Property class: 5 and above

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8.4 out of 10
Very good
Consider a stay at Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel and take advantage of a free breakfast buffet, a rooftop terrace, and a garden. Treat yourself to a massage at the onsite spa. The on-site Regional cuisine restaurant, Barao de Alvito, offers lunch and dinner. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi, and guests can find other amenities such as a playground and laundry facilities.

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Spa
  • Pet friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

Room options

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

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Standard Double Room

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

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Superior Room

  • Mountain view
  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed
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About the neighborhood

Alvito is home to Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel. Ruinas Romanas de Sao Cucufate and Villa of Sao Cucufate are local landmarks, and some of the area's activities can be experienced at Adega da H. das Barras and Adega Cooperativa de Vidigueira. Enjoy the great outdoors with mountain biking and hiking/biking trails, or hop on a bike rental nearby and explore all the area has to offer. Visit our Alvito travel guide
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7920-999, Alvito, Castelo de Alvito

What's nearby

  • Ancient Roman columns with a clear blue sky in the background.
    Historic Centre of Évora
    55 min drive - 52.2 km
  • A historic castle with multiple towers and a large circular window.
    Évora Cathedral
    56 min drive - 52.5 km
  • A historic square with a central fountain, surrounded by classical architecture and people.
    Praca do Giraldo
    56 min drive - 52.5 km
  • A courtyard with a fountain, columns, and a building with ornate decorations.
    University of Évora
    57 min drive - 52.9 km
  • A stone archway with a white building and a red door in the foreground.
    Aqueduto da Água de Prata
    58 min drive - 54.0 km

Getting around

  • Beja Station
    35 min drive

Restaurants

  • O Casão
    7 min drive
  • Restaurante O Francês
    4 min walk
  • 3 Bicas
    9 min drive
  • Viamix
    10 min drive
  • Restaurante Barão do Alvito
    2 min walk

About this property

Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel

  • Luxury historic hotel
  • Take advantage of a free breakfast buffet, a rooftop terrace, and a garden at Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel. Treat yourself to a massage at the onsite spa. The on-site Regional cuisine restaurant, Barao de Alvito, offers lunch and dinner. Free in-room WiFi is available to all guests, along with a playground and laundry facilities.
  • You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:
    • An outdoor pool along with sun loungers
    • Free self parking
    • Meeting rooms, concierge services, and smoke-free premises
    • A 24-hour front desk, a front-desk safe, and tour/ticket assistance
  • Room features
  • All guestrooms are individually decorated, and offer comforts such as air conditioning, in addition to thoughtful touches like free WiFi and safes.
  • Extra conveniences in all rooms include:
    • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge) and free cribs/infant beds
    • Bathrooms with bathtubs and bidets
    • Cable channels and daily housekeeping

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Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite self parking

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Barao de Alvito

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Full-service spa
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • In-room crib
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 2,152 square feet of conference space
  • Business center
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool loungers
  • Rooftop terrace

Full-service spa

  • In-room massages

Accessibility

  • Elevator

More

  • 1 building
  • 3 floors
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Free crib
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Bathtub
  • Bidet
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Cable channels

Food and drink

  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Individual decor
  • 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 at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

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

Property payment types

  • Diners Club
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Visa

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

Frequently asked questions

Does Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property. There's a fee of EUR 25 per pet, per night. Service animals are exempt from fees.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel?

Check-in begins at 2 PM.

What time is check-out at Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel?

Check-out is at noon.

Where is Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel located?

Situated in Alvito, this luxury hotel is within 12 mi (20 km) of Adega da H. das Barras, Ruinas Romanas de Sao Cucufate, and Museum of Arch House. Villa of Sao Cucufate is 12.1 mi (19.4 km) away.

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on select room rates, because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

Pousada Castelo de Alvito - Historic Hotel Reviews

8.4

Very Good

9.0

Cleanliness

7.6

Location

9.0

Staff & service

8.0

Property conditions & facilities
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

Reviews

Verified review

4/10 Poor

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.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

15th century castle!

Wonderful 15th century castle. Room was charming. Staff warm and helpful.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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.
Verified review

8/10 Good

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
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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 ;-)
Verified review

8/10 Good

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.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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.
Verified review

4/10 Poor

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 .
Verified review

8/10 Good

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.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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.
Verified review

8/10 Good

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)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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.
Verified review

8/10 Good

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.
Verified review

6/10 Okay

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.
Verified review

8/10 Good

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.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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.
Verified review

8/10 Good

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.
Verified review

6/10 Okay

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.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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.
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

10/10 Excellent

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