Hotel Vila Galé Collection Braga

Stayed as part of a 3 week holiday across Portugal. This was Vila Gale hotel number 4/4 we would stay.||We stayed as a family of 4 in a suite. Which was perfect. Spotless big room with separate rooms for the kids. Hotel has character but modern feel. Staff all friendly and nice.||Didn't eat in the restaurant but had drinks and snacks in the bar and breakfast. All was good ||Pool was great, and not busy (which is rare in August). Kids loved it and it seemed very relaxed.||Location is perfect in the centre of Braga, in the the impressive cathedral building.||Good hotel and we will come back.

Hotel Vila Gale has amazing history and architecture and is in a great location in Braga. We had a great room with a balcony. Full disclosure - there is currently a building being constructed so, on a couple of mornings, there was a little noise but, to be honest, it wasn't a problem. We visited the outside pool whilst we were there and chilled out in the sunshine. We had booked bed and breakfast, which was excellent with a variety of things to choose from and the staff were very helpful. Braga is a great place to walk around, with fabulous old buildings and churches in every road you turn into and do many restaurants and street cafes to sit and watch the world go by. Very interesting place with a very chilled out feel. Also felt very safe here.

Located in an old cloister and beautifully presented and restored. Rooms very comfortable and roomy. Great breakfast . Hotel in old town and close to restaurants and shops. Beautiful decor and historic feel. Can definitely recommend. Only single issue was lift malfunctioning.

My family and I stayed in Braga in August and we were happy with our stay. The hotel is very large with beautiful common areas. The room we had was huge but very far from the entrance (2 different elevators to get there!). The staff are friendly and the pool was nice. I would only caution that the pool bar isn't very well manned and that the in house laundry is very expensive (there aren't any wash and folds nearby). The breakfast was fantastic and the restaurant building was AC which we found most did not.

This Hotel must have been rated a five star at least! Have booked this wonderful Hotel for our family of two adults and two children for two days.|The Hotel is located in the middle of historic Braga in a historic and beautiful building with almost 200 year old marvelous facade.|Everything a visitor needs to see in central Braga is just next to this Hotel. |The check in was smooth and quick. We were given an upgrade to family palace room thanks to the courtesy of receptionist Barbara who shined with professionalism and outstanding skills! All the reception team was very enthusiastic and helpful. I would also name Anna for her help in guiding us in the Hotel.|The Hotel is really amazing with its nice historic setting and decor, at the same time with modern look and high quality management. |The room was quite modern with a double bed and a sofa that easily accommodated two kids. Those areas were separated by wooden sliding doors. Air conditioning system was modern and integrated. Sleeping quality was fine and service superior.|There are three restaurants inside the Hotel, two outdoor pools and an indoor heated pool. |We had half board and both breakfasts and dinners were just perfect. We had an a la carte menu for dinner, which also had a separate kids menu.|Overall this Hotel offered a great online price for such a quality stay, especially when you become a Vila Gale member.|Thanks to the management for excellent operation of this nice Hotel. Would visit again if GOD wills!

Fabulous hotel, and it's huge! Right in the middle of Braga...has a good size car park if you check in early. Rooms very 70's but very quiet and big. Two pools!

The hotel itself is a very sensitive renovation of a very old building (more than 1000 years old). It was very clean very comfortable and very well located. All of the major attractions are well within walking distance. Barbara at the front desk was excellent. She was very helpful very courteous and very pleasant. All of the staff were very well trained and helpful. Perhaps the male staff do need a little more training as they appeared to me to be a little bit grumpy.

The hotel is beautiful from the outside but that is where the good news ends.|I had written an email to find out about the parking and received a short response telling me that it was not reservable. When we arrived it’s a busy street so difficult to stop and the hotel have put up barriers on the only place that we could have stopped! Anyway walk into the reception to find out where the parking is and ask for help with the luggage. Was told there was no help for luggage and that I should bring it in before going to park the car. So here am I struggling to open the door with my suitcases and the four people at the reception who had no clients couldn’t even be bothered to help me with the door! So after parking the car came back for check in where a very unfriendly receptionist gave us the rules. She didn’t bother with a map (had to ask) and when we asked her what she recommended visited she circled a large area around the map and said all this is within walking distance. Taken up to the room by a young guy who stood at the end of the corridor and pointed to our door and said that’s your room down there!|We then decided to go for dinner and were told the there was no room for hotel guests. The assistant manager proposed a table at 21h30!! Wouldn’t it have been nice if the reception staff had bothered to ask us if we wanted to eat in the hotel and warned us that it was full.|Breakfast was ok, friendly staff (apart from the sergent major at the reception). Coffee was invariably cold but at least served with a smile.|So all in all I would not recommend this hotel. Looks great but badly staffed