Forte de Sao Francisco Hotel Chaves travel guide

FORTE DE SAO FRANCISCO HOTEL IS SITUATED AT THE
PEDISQUEIRA SUMMIT, WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE SAO
FRANCISCO FORT. ON THIS SIGHT IS WHERE THE
FRANCISCAN ORDER HAD BUILT A CONVENT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE XVITH CENTURY, NAMED THE
CONVENTO DE NOSSA SENHORA DO ROSARIO, LATER
TURNED INTO A MILITARY FORTRESS IN 1658, PLAYING
A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN EXPELLING NAPOLEON S
TROOPS FROM PORTUGAL. THIS ARCHITECTONIC MONUMENT
- CLASSIFIED AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT SINCE 1938,
HAS BEEN NOW COMPLETELY RESTORED. ITS REGIONAL
FA ADE IS A WORK OF ART CONSIDERED TODAY AS ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS OF RESTORATION EVER
ACHIEVED IN PORTUGAL.
DINING YOU CAN HAVE BREAKFASTBUFFET
RECREATION IN THE OUTDOOR COMPLEX IS A SWIMMING
POOL AS WELL AS A SUN TERRACE WITH SUN LOUNGERS,
BATHING TOWELS AND PARASOLS. FOR AN ADDITIONAL
FEE, GUESTS MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SAUNA AND
JACUZZI. ADDITIONALLY TENNIS, TABLE TENNIS,
BILLIARD / SNOOKER FACILITIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
BANANA BOAT RIDES CAN BE TRIED OUT AND A GYM IS
AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KEEP FIT.

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