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Vila Foz Hotel & Spa
Porto, Portugal · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Foz is the Porto of the Atlantic, where 19th-century families built summer manors for the iodine-rich surf, and Vila Foz keeps one of those houses on Avenida de Montevideu. Gabinete Miguel Cardoso Arquiteto tied a new glass wing to the manor and drew the plan around a protected centennial Metrosideros in the garden. Nini Andrade Silva designed the interiors. Chef Arnaldo Azevedo's restaurant has held a Michelin star since the 2022 guide, with a counter seat if you want to watch the fish come apart.
- 88 rooms
- Opened 2020
- Neighborhood: Carreiros
- Rooms from 258 sq ft (24 m²)
- Architect: Gabinete Miguel Cardoso Arquiteto
- Interiors: Nini Andrade Silva
About Vila Foz Hotel & Spa
- The hotel occupies a late-19th-century manor in Foz do Douro, the seaside quarter where Porto families once built summer houses facing the Atlantic.
- Gabinete Miguel Cardoso Arquiteto designed the new wing and bent the whole plan around a protected centennial Metrosideros tree in the garden.
- Madeiran designer Nini Andrade Silva did the interiors, keeping the manor's late-19th-century lines and simplifying the bedrooms.
- Chef Arnaldo Azevedo's Vila Foz Restaurant has held one Michelin star since the Spain and Portugal guide of 2022, with a kitchen counter for guests.
- Flor de Lis, Arnaldo Azevedo's more relaxed dining room in the hotel, is recommended in the Michelin Guide Portugal 2025.
History
Foz do Douro was Porto's seaside quarter in the 19th century, where wealthy families built manors for the summer and for bathing in the Atlantic. Vila Foz Hotel & Spa occupies one of those late-19th-century houses on Avenida de Montevideu, a short walk from the beach.
Gabinete Miguel Cardoso Arquiteto added a glass wing and bent the plan around a protected centennial Metrosideros in the garden. Nini Andrade Silva designed the interiors. Chef Arnaldo Azevedo leads Vila Foz Restaurant, which has held a Michelin star since the 2022 guide, and Flor de Lis, recommended by the Michelin Guide in 2025.
The setting
3 km from art exhibits at Museu Serralves. 11 km from Porto Airport.
Restaurants and bars
- Vila Foz Restaurant — Restaurant · Seafood · Chef Arnaldo Azevedo · One MICHELIN Star
- Flor de Lis — Restaurant · Portuguese · Chef Arnaldo Azevedo
Amenities
- Catering service for external events
- Coffee breaks, lunches and group dinners for meetings
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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