HI Ponte de Lima - Pousada de Juventude - Hostel

The beds were comfortable, with blankets, sheets, and towels provided. All good for a room for four, except the walls are so thin you can hear everything from the next rooms.

The receptionist was friendly, and there are several supermarkets nearby. There’s an extra shower curtain in the shower cabin to keep your clothes from getting wet. The bathroom’s only power socket is in a pretty inconvenient spot. The room window faces a noisy street, and it doesn’t block much sound. At check-in and on a sign, breakfast is listed as starting at 8:30am. Pilgrims can have it much earlier, but I didn’t know that, and they should communicate it better. Temperature-sensitive food is kept in a glass fridge, but the marmalade was left out at room temperature. It looked like it would be unrefrigerated for at least another 1:30 hour, which isn’t good for food safety. The glass fridge downstairs in the common area is also pretty loud all day.

Aldi is right beside the hotel, and the common area is a lovely place to have breakfast or get some work done. The breakfast is simple, but there's enough to eat. Our room was good, though we got cold at night and ended up using the two spare blankets from the shelf. Maybe the windows let some wind through. We could hear the neighbours, but it didn't bother us, and the receptionists speak English. We had a great week and would definitely come back.

For the price, it was okay. The room was clean and comfortable, with beds, a table and two chairs, a cupboard with two extra blankets, and a bedside table. There was one socket near the bed and another by the door. Breakfast was basic and could be better, though it wasn't bad. Our only real noise issue was other guests shouting in the corridor in the middle of the night.