Hotel Marina Rio

Hotel was perfect location. Across from the marina and steps away from the bus station. It was a 5-10 minute walk to Old Town which was lovely.

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The location is great! Not in the noisy area of town, but close enough to walk to everything! There is a pool area with lounging chairs on the rooftop where you can watch the sunset, and another rooftop lounging area with great views of the marina. Staff was very friendly and helpful. The breakfast was wonderful! We chose this hotel because it was recommended in the Rick Steve’s Portugal book, and we were very pleased with our experience!

The rooms on the back side face the bus station, so even though we had a balcony, the view wasn’t great from the room. However, we spent time in the rooftop lounging areas, which had wonderful views.

Very clean, comfortable beds with great pillows, more choice to choose other hard/soft if needed. Delicious, fresh breakfast with a variety of fruit, freshly squeezed juice, warm pastries etc. GREAT location, only minutes from beach marina and old town. Very handy balcony for meals. Also clothes rack on balcony which died clothes Very quickly in the sun. Most staff are very helpful and accomodating.

It’s a decent hotel with a fantastic location. Super convenient 10 min walk from train station. The hotel is clean and overlooks the Marina which is very convenient for boat tours and there are some restaurants there as well. It’s a 10 min walk to old town where most of the activities occur. Beware that it is also close to a Bus station so if you were in a left side or back room you would hear the big buses crank up in the morning. Luckily we had a room at the front of the hotel that overlooked the beautiful Marina. The location of the hotel is also close to a super cute coffee shop located 3-5 min walk behind hotel called Alex which we often enjoyed for coffee and breakfast.

Do not stay here if you sleep hot! The beds are 2 separate twin mattresses pushed together and are very hard mattresses like a Uni or college dorm room with a thin (probably foam) topper. Also, the sheets are terrible!! They are made out of a polyester blend and they are super hot! Also, hotel turned off AC on our floor outside the rooms in evenings. The outside corridor was super hot. The AC in the room worked, but only okay. We didn’t sleep well at all during the night as it combined for a very hot room. I spend 20 nights or so in European hotels per year and I’ve never had polyester sheets before. The hotels I stay in have 100% cotton sheets that make for a much more comfortable sleep!