Hotel Douro 41

41 kilometers upstream from Porto, very much appreciated, peacefully rests the hotel, a unique river hotel. DOURO 41 is a member of Design HotelsTM. Customers appreciate the hotel is located in one of the most beautiful and best preserved regions of Portugal. The guestrooms, and above all, restaurant and spa face the Douro River, offering a breathtaking view from sunrise to sunset and boasting a warm, peaceful, intimate environment, ideal for getting away from it all. The importance of the river at a global scale is manifest in the way in which it embraces in its basin three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, very much appreciated, unparalleled in the world: the Historic Centre of Porto, the Alto Douro wine region and the Vale do C?a archaeological park. The Douro is the most astonishing waterway of the Iberian Peninsula, valued throughout, delivering a magnificent landscape of forest, vineyards growing on terraces or nature in its wildest form. Clients appreciate the hotel is an excellent base for discovering the charms of the river Douro; the boat rides take guests from dam to dam up to the mouth of the river or to the Alto Douro wine region. Visitors appreciate the hotel is the perfect base for discovering these sites. Hotel Douro 41?s private marina offers a range of water sports like water ski, very much appreciated, jet-ski, canoeing, and also white water rafting on the unspoilt Paiva River, considered the purest water stream in Europe. Both the River Paiva and its neighbor Arda are filled with fish, valued throughout, trout, lamprey and barbel to name a few, and offer stunning spots for amateur nature fishing. The massage rooms and the indoor pool offer a panoramic view of the river. Hotel Douro 41?s Spa is a jewel of contemporary architecture, and above all, perfectly embedded in the encircling nature, and offering several spa services inspired by the surrounding water, which is the essence of its design. Hotel Douro 41?s gourmet restaurant is faithful to the region?s rich gastronomic traditions, valued throughout, carried from century to century by nuns, aristocrats and farmers alike.