FORTE DE SAO FRANCISCO HOTEL IS SITUATED AT THEPEDISQUEIRA SUMMIT, WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE SAOFRANCISCO FORT. ON THIS SIGHT IS WHERE THEFRANCISCAN ORDER HAD BUILT A CONVENT AT THEBEGINNING OF THE XVITH CENTURY, NAMED THECONVENTO DE NOSSA SENHORA DO ROSARIO, LATERTURNED INTO A MILITARY FORTRESS IN 1658, PLAYINGA VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN EXPELLING NAPOLEON STROOPS FROM PORTUGAL. THIS ARCHITECTONIC MONUMENT CLASSIFIED AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT SINCE 1938,HAS BEEN NOW COMPLETELY RESTORED. ITS REGIONALFA ADE IS A WORK OF ART CONSIDERED TODAY AS ONEOF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS OF RESTORATION EVERACHIEVED IN PORTUGAL.DINING YOU CAN HAVE BREAKFASTBUFFETRECREATION IN THE OUTDOOR COMPLEX IS A SWIMMINGPOOL AS WELL AS A SUN TERRACE WITH SUN LOUNGERS,BATHING TOWELS AND PARASOLS. FOR AN ADDITIONALFEE, GUESTS MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SAUNA ANDJACUZZI. ADDITIONALLY TENNIS, TABLE TENNIS,BILLIARD / SNOOKER FACILITIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.BANANA BOAT RIDES CAN BE TRIED OUT AND A GYM ISAVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KEEP FIT.
Rates:
186.7881 - 310.7043
Number Of Rooms: 57
Number Of Floors: 1
Check In Time: 1500
Check Out Time: 1200
FORTE SAO FRANCISCO
Alto da Pedisqueira
Chaves, Portugal 5400-435
Driving Directions:
FROM PORTOTAKE A4 HIGHWAY TOWARDS AMARANTE, EXIT NO. 17 ATAMARANTE. THEN, TAKE N2 HIGHWAY TOWARDS CHAVES.AT THE CITY OF CHAVES TAKE N103 AND AFTER THATTURN RIGHT ONTO N507. FOLLOW THE SIGN INDICATINGTHE WAY TO THE HOTEL.