Vidago Palace

Vidago, Portugal. Located in the Vidago thermal park, with its early-20th-century avenues, trails and ornamental ponds, about an hour from Porto.

Vidago PalaceVidago, Portugal

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Address: Vidago Palace
Parque de Vidago, Apartado 16
5425-307 Vidago
Portugal
Telephone: +351 276 990 920
Official website: www.vidagopalace.com
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70 double rooms and 9 suites in a Belle Époque spa palace.
Fine dining in the historic Salão Nobre dining room, and a bar.
Thermal spa and club house by Álvaro Siza Vieira, and a golf course first laid out by Philip Mackenzie Ross in 1936.
Located in the Vidago thermal park, with its early-20th-century avenues, trails and ornamental ponds, about an hour from Porto.

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

1863
The first hydrographic study of the Vidago springs is carried out; their waters are prized for digestive ailments.
1875 – 1877
The spa is at its height and attracts visitors including King Luís I; its waters win awards between 1876 and 1889.
Late 19th century
King Carlos I wishes to give Vidago a luxury thermal resort of international standing.
6 October 1910
The hotel, designed by architect José Ferreira da Costa, opens; it is then regarded as the most luxurious in the Iberian Peninsula.
1936
A nine-hole golf course designed by Philip Mackenzie Ross is laid out in the park.
1939 – 1945
During the Second World War, its spa and golf course place Vidago among Europe’s most prestigious resorts.
1995
The hotel is remodelled.
2007 – 2008
Owner Unicer launches a major restoration, with Álvaro Siza Vieira designing the new spa and club house.
6 October 2010
The palace reopens on its centenary, in the presence of Prime Minister José Sócrates.
2017
RTP1 broadcasts the period drama “Vidago Palace”, set in 1936 and partly filmed at the hotel.