AP Dona Aninhas

Great Location, very Central to the City Center and Harbor. Very quiet rooms, nice pool and small good equipped gym. Great breakfast buffet. Tasty coffee variations, fresh fruits, cereals, different breads and croissants, cheese and ham, vegetables.

Dona Aninhas is probably the best hotel in every aspect, that we have stayed in, after travelling for many years. The friendly and helpful staff at reception and the restaurant, the wonderful, freshly prepared food, the carefully cleaned and refreshed rooms daily,and the beautiful playing of the pianist at breakfast made for a stay to remember. We would recommend half board as the dinner menu was varied and extremely tasty as well as excellent value for money. All in all, it is a wonderful hotel.

Good location although being in older part the street is very narrow. Pleasant staff. Breakfast was unique with a live pianist playing . A nice touch.Very comfortable public areas.Room was large, bed very comfortable, however there was no chair in the room although there is ample space. Like so many hotels, nowhere to unpack suitcase apart from some clothes hangers. Despite the size of the room only one suitcase rest. It’s a doubleheader room so why not have one each since there is nowhere else to put clothes. It’s frustrating.

The breakfast was great with a great piano player. The location was central to the old town with shops, restaurants, harbor, not far from the train and bus station, not far to the beach or to the ferry across to an amazing beach area. We rented a car and saw many areas around north Portugal using the great highway system and trains. Douro Valley Tour, Guimaraes, Parque Nacional da Penda-Geres, Lindoso, Porto, Braga, Pont de Lima, and Valenca were all great to visit from this central base. What we like was that Viana Do Castelo was clean, had a great central area, near the beaches, easy to drive in and out of, less touristy and great for hiking.

It was one of our nicest properties we stayed at on the whole Camino. The staff, 2 gentlemen on check in were so friendly and gracious. The room was stunning and so very comfortable! Location was amazingly close to all provisions. It felt very special!