The old converted convent was lovely. Manuela who ran the place was so lovely and kind. The pool was a great way to cool down at the end of a day traveling. The breakfast was yummy with fresh pineapple, bread,cheese a yummy way to start off the day.
This place is renovated monastery, that keeps a dash of old style and behind its walls you feel like you are not in the city at all. It has several buildings with rooms, and roaming through monastery halls and discovering its various rooms is a fun experience for itself. Rooms…
I didn’t know exactly what to expect, but when the doors opened to the hotel, i was more than pleasantly surprised. Manuela greeted me first thing and brought me to our cute room... Initially I had thought that the bed would be a queen, but since we had 2 areas in our room, she…
Convento de Sao Francisco was described as a special place - which it was - in many ways. We had booked several months ago for 3 nights. On arrival, we were met by a very VERY grumpy man at reception. He led us to a room in part of the building facing the main road. The room was…
"Wow" was the first word that came out of my mouth when we arrived to this hotel. The convent is huge and it is very fascinating to walk around the building. Rooms were big, quiet and clean and the view from our room was breathtaking! The convent was so quiet that it almost felt…