This hotel is simply marvellous. The building, recently restored, is a mansion with a lot of history and we felt like in a fairy tale. Everything is well kept, includng the beautiful gardens. The hotel has a great pool open till 20.00 Behind the main historical building there is a new two storey building with new rooms. We stayed in one of these rooms. The room was comfortable and equipped with everything, including complementary coffee/ tea and water and bathrobes. Breakfast is divine, especially during the week-end when it's more scenographic. We could not try their restaurant because we stayed exactly during the closing days. However, the hotel is at a very short walking distance from the town and the cafes/estaurants. A very friendly staff assisted us during the whole stay. We will definitely come back to this hotel!

No ventilation in the bathroom

The breakfast was good, the room was clean.

The service was to slow, there where some degradation points in the room bathroom and pool. Our toilet lid was broken and the sink was clogged. The pool area didn't have enough chairs, they were put the next day. It wasn't as clean as it should be, also the outdoor snack area wasn't clean. A 5 stars hotel shouldn't have these things.

We had a formidable 7 day stay, enjoying the recently inaugurated facility in the beautiful ancient building. The staff was friendly and positively caring for our wellbeing at all times. We stayed in room 105 on the first floor, which is spacious and tastefully decorated, well lit, and well equipped, all as advertised. We enjoyed the King size bed with a good quality mattress and pillow menu. We frequently enjoyed the well kept heated hotel pool, yacuzzi and sauna, all with comfortable relaxing, seating and well shaded by umbrellas. Breakfast offers a good selection of choices at buffet style and complementary on order items. The location of the hotel at walking distance from the village is very convenient, and the beautiful greater area invites to being explored by car.

As a personal preference and recommendation to the hotel, we found the bed linens to be somewhat substandard for this category of the hotel. 100% cotton linens with a higher thread count would be more adequate than the synthetic cotton mix fabric chosen by the hotel. Also worth mentioning the occasional annoying noise from a nearby night club which was operating from midnight until the early morning hours.

The hotel and the area it is located in is truly magnificient: The Minho region with it's many rivers and streams is lush and green all year round and this is the perfect base to start exploring from. The room was spacious and exceedingly comfortable, the staff were very attentive and the breakfast was plentiful. The only thing missing was some shaded parking, but it is free and readily available, so that is not a complaint.

The hotel is let down only by it's food quality and availbility, which detracts from this being a perfect 10. Many of the dishes we wanted to order were not available and those that were, were sometimes of poor quality, like an almost inedible duck breast or packet chips as a side.

The rooms are very plush and very inviting especially the ones with access to your private patio. I enjoyed the swimming pool. To have both options either to be in an indoor or outdoor swimming pool smartly connected by a channel was just a great touch!

At night, lower/dim the lights in the hallway or close the big white outer doors from the public lounge area. In order to keep the bright lights from shining into your bedroom doors glass. Makes it harder to fall asleep.

Beautiful and extremely comfortable Solar hotel. Very comfortable rooms, great breakfast, very friendly staff. Very nice spa with an internal and external swimming pools. Right by a beautiful river and 5 mins walk to Arcos de Valdevez. Highly recommend

Location Building Facilities Value for money Front desk staff

F&B services (slow, no experience, staff need to be trained) Details Supervision and organization at swimming pool Room very small and very poor shower not for the standards of a 5* Staff always walking through garden to sister property

All the hotel experience was great: from professional staff, to cleaning standards, to confortable bed and calm and relax atmosphere. Breakfast was also great!

Restaurant was not up to the standard. It looks to be on the gastronomic side but dishes were mostly flat in flavour. Pricey for what is offered. Gym was closed for repairs but this information was not disclosed during the booking.

Solar do Requeijo is an extremely comfortable . Very well located , close to the river and the centre of Arcos de Valdevez you can literally walk to the centre . All staff are very friendly and helpful Hugo at the reception was a pleasure to deal with. A place to repeat. Thanks again.

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Great breakfast, excellent location, beautiful surroundings. Excellent for a calm and quiet summer vacation.