Quinta da Côrte

Lovely location and friendly staff

Drive into the property was slightly hair raising. Evening meal was underwhelming

Beautiful property; Miguel and Eduardo were both excellent in customer service.

The one dinner that we had was not great but the breakfast was nice both day.

Everything was amazing.

There is nothing that you can’t like.

The most incredible location & views. The swimming pool is incredible and is separate to the property, through a path within the vineyard so it's very quiet, relaxing and a great sun spot. Rooms are lovely, albeit quite a bit smaller than appears on the pictures.

Surprised that no one else has mentioned this on the reviews - there is nowhere to eat other than the hotel (in walking distance). We knew this beforehand and were happy to eat on site noting the reviews were all positive and having seen the pictures of the perfect outdoor setting, we envisaged a romantic sunset meal in this idyllic location. When we arrived, we were asked to choose our dinner option and commit to a time we would arrive in the dining room as we were told 'we all like to eat together'. So essentially, you are forced to enter a windowless dining room whilst it's still light outside to sit on a long dining table, elbow to elbow with other guests. You are in fact closer to the other guests than you are to your significant other who is opposite you (but the table is wide so no private conversations are really possible). I would like to state here that I do accept this is a lovely experience for people who a) like communal dining and/or b) are travelling alone. My issue is that this was not advertised/ communicated before booking. We travelled here for 1 night for my partners birthday and I had expected, as mentioned, to be able to have a romantic, special meal (bear in mind it was the most expensive meal of our entire trip in Portugal) outside, watching the sunset. I'm leaving this review to be the first (and only!) person to let others know what to truly expect from this stay. IF paying 150 euros for a very average meal + nice wine to be pushed on you next to strangers with no other option is something that appeals to you then this is the right place. But do not come here if you expect to be able to sit outside in one of the idyllic settings in Portugal and watch the sunset over the Douro Valley or want to just be able to eat with your travel partner. Overall, a beautiful location but I don't think the experience or the food was worth the money (tough meat & quite tasteless fish).