Praia do Canal Nature Retreat

Our stay was short but powerful, the hotel has an incredible architecture, a unique and stunning design, Marcelo always accompanied us showing us the whole hotel and explaining all the design and architecture that almost seemed to have been him making the hotel, always with class and ready for anything we needed, thank you Marcelo for making our stay one of the best we have ever had, he is the essence of the hotel you can see that he loves the place where he works. The whole team was fantastic, from the front office to the restaurant and housekeeping. The Spa could do with a bit of a facelift - good staff but the interpersonal relationship needs to improve. Apart from that, the food is marvellous, congratulations to the other Marcelo, this hotel is well in the hands of the Marcelos. We hope to return soon. Thank you

Laundry sevice ruined my clothes. They agreed to reimburse replacement costs but unfortunately after providing invoices and bank details still no payment, Very unprofessional ! On the plus side the room was clean and bright, although the phone to reception did not work and was not repaired during my 10 day stay A lot of water wasted as the shower took ages to run hot, not very environmentally friendly !

If you look for nature, peace and comfort, this is the place to go. In the middle of the Vincentina Coast Natural Park, full of birds and trees, the buildings of the hotel are designed with great architectural vision. The rooms are just georgeous and have private balcony or gardens. The main building is on higher ground with an amazing view over the park and on the ocean. Enjoy the sunsets from the terrace with the lanterns in the evening or at one of the tables in the excellent Azeitona restaurant. The menu provides for all tastes (fish, meat and vegetarian) and the dishes are prepared with a lot of flavour and finesse presentation. Breakfast is outstanding, with a large buffet selection (lots of typical Portugese sweets, home-made sourdough bread, many fruits, yoghurt, cereals, seeds, meat, cheese and salmon, fresh fruit juice, Bloody Mary station and Portuguese sparkling wine) and à la carte dishes (the pancakes with red fruits! the egg Benedict with salmon!) and drinks. Staff is really great and go out of their way to help the guests. I’d like to specifically mention Elisabete (breakfast and pool bar Zimbro) - who should be paid by the count of steps and smiles -, also Jessica and Paula (dinner service), Bruno (pool bar Zimbro and dinner), Tomas (sommelier) and I wholeheartedly recommend the delicious cocktails from Juan (bar tender Menzondro and cocktail creator). Book a spa session for ultimate relaxation, I had the place (with two sauna’s, hamam, IR shower, ice bath and indoors and outdoor pool) to myself several times. Soledad is very kind, lets you enjoy the place by taking good care of it and serves hot tea and cold water throughout. The main pool is nicely integrated in the landscape and pool service is very good. I very much enjoyed the complimentary yoga sessions in the morning from yogi master Sofia, she is an outstanding teacher, builds the flows from floor to standing to floor for all levels and does a very peaceful meditation at the end where she makes sure everyone lies aligned and relaxed. Namaste, Sofia! The Whatsapp concierge service is very convenient and Joana was very helpful during booking and at check-out. Often forgotten, but certainly worth the mention here is the room cleaning and turndown staff who impeccably service the rooms every day. If you like hiking, I warmly recommend the walks provided in the booklet of the hotel (next to many other activities which also look great). The walk down to the ocean (3,6km, red, labelled average) takes about 50 min (and about 1h10 up) through the Natural Park and rewards you with the best views of empty sand beaches and ocean cliffs like in movies - there is no access but by the dust roads, I only met 1 car driving down and on weekdays spent the time down at the ocean alone (in the weekend there were a few hikers and local surfers, but still paradise ). Do climb the cliff for an even beter sight. The walk to the viewpoint Abelhas (1,6km, green, labelled easy) was als

Amazing hotel! One of the best experience I had and one of the best luxury hotels of the world. Give it a try and you won’t be let down. The staff is genuinely nice and the Hotel is a marvel of architecture and the place is remote and quiet.

Really everything is beyond perfect: the architecture, the location, the services, the rooms, the ambiance, the service level, the kindness of the staff, the music, the bird sounds, the drinks, the food, etc. Really amazing. Everything.

This place is amazing, visited both on high and low season. Beautiful place surrounded by nature, we had amazing star sky from the balcony and could hear the sea. It was a nice and cozy stay even in the winter. The breakfast is amazing. Spa is great even if the Turkish sauna was broken both days and the indoors pool was cold, so there’s bit room for improvement. But the other saunas and cold bath were great.

Praia do Canal is a nicely designed hotel in a natural park near the western coast of Portugal. Before our stay we were not very happy since they had partially cancelled our booking due a large group arriving. This can happen and they offered us another accommodation but the price they quoted was much higher than regular rates. Once we arrived everything was very nice and of a very high standard without being overdone. The rooms are very well designed and perfectly kept. Breakfast is fantastic and the restaurant is excellent though somewhat pricey. The surrounding area is beautiful and invites to walk and hike along the coast. The wellness area is excellent, very clean and well maintained and they have a beautiful infinity pool with views to the countryside. Unfortunately the wellness area is quite small and the capacity is restricted most of the time so you should really book your times in advance.

Neo clear road to get there and no indication anywhere... The reception and parking areas were totally muddy and no one seemed to care...