An 18th-century manor house inside the inner walls of this small town near the Galician border: it is now an atmospheric pousada with a panoramic view across the estuary of the Rio Minho. The staff are thought `exceptionally kind and. helpful'. `Our rooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) were comfortable but smallish, and the furniture was large and traditional, so there wasn't much space, one visitor wrote. Other rooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) are spacious (some are large suites), and most are well equipped, decorated in period style, and with a private courtyard. Breakfast was a well-stocked buffet, dinner a bit formal service-wise, but a pleasant introduction to Portuguese food.' No cars are allowed within the town's walls, but reception provides a free parking permit for the main square. Two church clocks strike at night, and at festa time music and fireworks continue into the early hours.

Traveller's tale Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )in France. The bedrooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) of this restaurant-with-rooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) are in a separate building of no architectural merit, and with no sympathy for the vernacular. A smallish space had been ruined by being divided into four. The room was cramped and windowless, and the bathroom was dire, long and narrow, done with cheap plastic fittings; the water supply in the hand-basin was controlled by a joystick affair which rotated so feebly that quantity and temperature were a matter of luck. The view was of discarded plastic drinks crates, exposed wires, and a general air of neglect.