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Portugal Small Hotels, Boutique Hotels Portugal, Luxury Hotels Portugal

For luxury small hotels under 20 rooms, offering personal service, fine Portugues cuisine and often spa and leisure facilities look to select resorts such as Silves, Ferragudo, Carvoeiro, Almancil, Alvor, Lagos and West Albufeira around Gale Beach on the Algarve. Lisbon city centre offers a superb choice of small luxury and budget character hotels, as does Coimbra, Braga and Oporto. Small luxury Portugal Hotels will usually be 4 or 5 stars. Small hotel luxury in Portugal often pertains to the luxury setting, for example Ferragudo on the Algarve West coast is a stunning little character Algarve fishing village with luxury small hotel accommodation to match. Likewise luxury Portuguese locations such as Evora, Tavira, Sintra, Estoril and Cascais offer an excellent choice of small luxury hotels graded 5 stars.

Many character Portugal small hotels are converted manor houses or palaces (see Estoril coast and Sintra, plus the historic centres to the north and centre such as Coimbra, Braga and Guarda particularly for these).

Rural inland Portugal small hotels offer a choice of stylish historic hotels and converted manor houses. Look to the inland Algarve locations such as Caldas de Monchique and Almancil for small character hotels. You'll not find many small hotels in historic Sintra to the west of Lisbon lower than 4 or 5 stars! Expect a contemporary design edge to many of the small luxury hotels in Portugal's main cities and towns, perfect for honeymoons, romantic Portugal breaks or just pure pampering. See Funchal Madeira for an excellent choice of exclusive small spa/luxury leisure hotels. Small hotels will often be situated in select locations with beauty treatment salons, specialist shopping, easy access to the best beaches or walking area, and superb local restaurants all situated nearby.

Portugal Small Hotels, Grading - Boutique Hotels Lisbon

Portugal hotels, no matter what size, are graded and classified from 1 to 5 stars, with 5 stars representing the highest quality and luxury. Grades relfect both the hotel quality, and the quality of location. This means you can expect a good selection of luxury Portugal large and small hotels in luxury locations such as Lisbon city centre, Sintra, the Estoril Coast including luxury Cascais and Estoril, Braga, Porto and Funchal Madeira.

Hotels with 5 stars are at the luxury end of the scale so be assured that you will have air-conditioning in all public rooms and bedrooms, central heating throughout, all bedrooms will have private bathrooms, there will usually be some suites with sitting room, you'll have a telephone in every room, a lounge and adequate parking facilities. With four star hotels expect air conditioning in all public rooms and bedrooms unless climatic conditions require central heating or refrigeration only, a lounge, all bedrooms with private bathroom, hot and cold water; a telephone in every room, a lift and adequate parking facilities. With three star hotels expect air-conditioning/heating according to climatic conditions, a lounge, all bedrooms with bathroom/shower, wash-basin, WC and hot and cold water, and a telephone in every room.

With two star hotels expect Air-conditioning/heating according to climatic conditions, a lounge; all bedrooms with bath/shower, a wash-basin, WC and hot and cold water, and a telephone. Finally, with one star hotels expect air-conditioning/heating according to climatic conditions, a lounge, all bedrooms with bath/shower; wash-basin, WC and hot and cold water, and telephone.