I heard a lot about that hotel before booking it. Beeing part of Design hotels brand I expected the top of the top. It really has an amazing location, and a beautiful treated design all over. The pool is wonderful, the breakfast room really lights up your mornings and the service is very helpful (congratulations specially to the pool staff,... More

Stayed in the Ana Salazar suite, having chosen it for the view. With that as our sole criterion for picking it, it definitely delivered - but that's about all that was exceptional about the experience. The room itself was basically a regular-sized room with a corridor where they had a desk. Nothing about it justified the 'suite' moniker. The bathroom... More

I stayed in the hotel during business kick off. Positive points: impressive views, than higher the best. Helpful staff. Not ordinary design. Could be better: rooms and decoration details quality. 5star hotels where I stayed before made more impression on me. Farol is good hotel but not luxury and special among other. Breakfast is normal for 1 night stay but... More

We were expecting something special and by and large the hotel delivered, though there was a little bit of an out of season feel to proceedings. A bit like they were more concerned with next week's guests. The room was OK, but not as special as in pictures. Air conditioning too loud for comfort. Quite dark in the room in... More

You know how you look at photographs of a hotel - it looks good - but then when you get there you discover that the photograph has been taken from a really clever angle that manages to expertly disguise the ugly feature, or just exclude the power station next door? Well, look at the photographs of the Farol Design Hotel... More

I've stayed here a few times during the low season on business and overall it is a terrific hotel. The location is very special and offers spectacular views over the Atlantic. The best rooms have the sea view, the land view rooms are quite ordinary. The communal lounge areas are comfortable and very trendy, with black walls and stunning lamps.... More

Our family of 6 stayed here for 4 nights between Christmas and New Year. The location is 5 star perfect just on the edge of the town perched on the ocean front, with the sound of the Atlantic waves crashing on to the rocks outside our designer room. Although the hotel is family friendly, to well behaved children, the rooms... More

They had a big party with blasting going on in the bar just below our room until 3am! We were overcharged compared to the agreed Mr an Mrs Smith prepaid deal. They said they will investigate re the overcharge and call us back and the manager will call us re the lack of any sleep. They did neither of the... More

My wife had the good idea of booking us at the Farol Design Hotel after going over a few web pages on seaside lodging near Lisbon. The idea was that we could get some rest after traveling 6 hours from Montreal, Canada before we took off for the Porto / Douro area. What a surprise! This was a beautiful place,... More