Pestana Palácio do Freixo

Porto, Portugal. Palatium restaurant beneath restored frescoes, and the Nasoni Bar in the fireplace room overlooking the river.

Pestana Palácio do FreixoPorto, Portugal

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Address: Pestana Palácio do Freixo, Pousada & National Monument
Estrada Nacional 108
4300-316 Porto
Portugal
Telephone: +351 229 766 450
Official website: www.pestana.com
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87 rooms and suites, most with views of the Douro, set in a converted 19th-century mill beside the palace.
Palatium restaurant beneath restored frescoes, and the Nasoni Bar in the fireplace room overlooking the river.
Spa with heated indoor pool, sauna and Turkish bath, an outdoor river-view pool, gym and gardens.
Located on the north bank of the Douro in Campanhã, about 3 km from Porto’s historic centre.

9 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

Mid-18th century
Nicolau Nasoni designs the Baroque granite palace for Canon Jerónimo de Távora, with terraced Nasonian gardens down to the river.
Late 18th century
The property passes to the merchant António Afonso, who builds a soap factory beside it, and later to the Viscounts of Azurara.
1850
António Afonso Velado buys the palace and estate; made Baron of Freixo in 1866, he has it renovated with new murals around 1870.
1909
A flood destroys the riverside veranda; in the 20th century a flour mill and silo rise in the former gardens.
1910
The palace is classified as a National Monument.
30 November 1984
The Portuguese state completes the purchase of the palace and estate.
6 June 1985
A fire breaks out, prompting emergency conservation works.
March 2006
Pestana and Porto city council sign a protocol for a historic pousada designed by David Sinclair, linking the palace to the old mill.
October 2009
The hotel opens: the palace houses the public rooms and the mill the bedrooms, with interiors by Jaime Morais.