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Pousada de Obidos Historic Hotel

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Paco Real, Obidos 2510, Portugal (Formerly Pousada do Castelo)
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Pousada de Obidos Historic Hotel
3.5 of 5 stars 48 Reviews
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Entroncamento, Portugal
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2012
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Beautiful scenery, great service, and even better food, all in a medieval castle! One of a kind experience to be remembered.

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Pousada Castelo, Manager at Pousada de Obidos Historic Hotel, responded to this review
19 May 2012

Dear Mr. Joao Read Thank you for taking the time to post this review, with your nice comments. Were are delighted to read the kind comments about your stay at the Pousada do Castelo, in Óbidos, and specially about our restaurant. Effectively we are proud of our Castle and strive daily to achieve the legitimate expectations of those who visit... More

London, United Kingdom
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49 reviews 49 reviews
Reviews in 32 cities Reviews in 32 cities
31 helpful votes 31 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 April 2012

A thoroughly enjoyable place to stay a night or two. The restaurant and the views are superb though as previous review have mentioned the rooms are looking a little tired. If I was to give one piece of advice it would be to spend the extra and go for a tower room as the rooms in the main building suffer... More

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Sintra, Portugal
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 April 2012
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person found this review helpful

Price/ quality very low. Junior Suite Rooms badly equiped (Creaking bed, no slippers) No room Service Staff was good but very few (get ready to carry your bags threw lots of stairs!) Restaurant Snobbish in service and pretentious in food ending in badly cooked food (biggest disappointment were scalops)

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Pousada Castelo, Manager at Pousada de Obidos Historic Hotel, responded to this review
17 May 2012

Dear Guest, Thank you for taking the time to post this review . In fact is based on the opinions and feed back of our guests and friends, that we can meet the expectations of those who we have the privilege to receive. We are sorry for the inconveniences you have been through, during your stay, and we hope to... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 April 2012

Unique location , but a tired establishment. Chipped furniture, gloomy louges, sepulchral lighting, no fresh flowers or little extra (like a glass of water on checking in, seeing that you have to drag you luggage up a number of steps to get to the pousada). The staff, with a couple of exception is pretty dour. Well worth getting early or... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 March 2012
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Staying in Obidos castle is an experience - you're perched high above the city, with a wall for your hallway and an arrow slit for your window. The room itself was less of an experience - the room smelled musty, you could feel every spring in the mattress, and an obviously hastily constructed paper-thin wall that divided our tower into... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 February 2012
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Tall, imposing rock walls of the castle loom above you as you approach the castle. You pass through the gate and into an open courtyard leading to steps entering the castle proper. Once inside, you immediately know you are in for an intimate experience--your place is in one of only nine guest rooms, on top of a towering hill, detached... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 November 2011
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If you've ever had fantasies about sleeping over in a castle, this is it! Ask for one of the two tower rooms - there are only nine rooms total. You can sit up on the battlements, with a snack and a bottle of wine and watch the sun set over the town. Then climb up two flights (one of which... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 November 2011
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person found this review helpful

This pousada is in the old castle at the very top of the hill in Obidos. I think they have only nine rooms; ours was on the first floor, and was quite large, although the bathroom was kind of low on space, especially for shelf space. Some of the rooms on the second floor are in the castle's towers; they... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 October 2011

We stayed at the Pousada for 3 nights with our extended family. The property and views were beautiful. It was definitely an interesting place to stay. We had a large room although it was next to the kitchen which was sometimes noisy. The room was comfortable but not luxurious. The service was excellent. We felt well cared for. The food... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 October 2011

Nice experience to brake the routine of regular hotels . Very unusual, very interesting, very romantic,BUT not very comfortable , and as almost in every place in Portugal the food (breakfast) is below the average.

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Paco Real, Obidos 2510, Portugal (Formerly Pousada do Castelo)
Price range (per night):* S$325 - 435

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