Residencial Solar da Estação
A station-side residencial with parquet floors and city views
About this stay
Largo Marechal Gomes da Costa faces the Barcelos railway station, and the residencial takes its name from exactly that: this is the station solar. The setting is a working corner of town rather than a preserved one, with the Campo da República and the Thursday feira a short walk uphill, and the Cávado and its medieval bridge beyond. Rooms keep hardwood or parquet floors, air conditioning, heating, city views, and private bathrooms with a bath or shower, free toiletries, linen, a wardrobe and a socket beside the bed. Flat-screen televisions carry satellite channels. Family rooms are available. Downstairs there is a coffee house, a minimarket, a barber and beauty shop and executive lounge access, with daily housekeeping and fax and photocopying for anyone working. One honest limitation: the upper floors are reached by stairs only.
- Facing the railway station
- Parquet floors and city views
- Minimarket and coffee house on site
- Family rooms with air conditioning
Our take
I recommend the Residencial Solar da Estação for travellers who want a plain, well-placed base facing Barcelos railway station. Air-conditioned rooms with parquet floors and city views are practical, family rooms help groups, and the coffee house and minimarket downstairs save a trip. Campo da República is a short walk. It is a residencial, not a full-service hotel, so I would not expect a pool, a spa or a restaurant-led stay.
- Request a lower floor when you book if stairs are a problem, because the upper ones have no lift.
- Walk up to the Campo da República before eight on a Thursday, when the feira stalls are still being laid out.
- Use the minimarket and coffee house on site for early departures, since the station is directly across the largo.
Why we love it
- Directly opposite the Barcelos railway station
- Parquet floors and city-view rooms
- A minimarket and coffee house on site
- A short walk up to the Thursday feira
Why guests love itI would suggest the Residencial Solar da Estação to families arriving by train who want a simple stay in Barcelos. It faces the railway station on Largo Marechal Gomes da Costa, a short walk from Campo da República. Rooms have air conditioning, parquet floors, city views and private bathrooms, and family rooms are available. A coffee house, a minimarket and a barber shop are on site. Guests rate it 8.4 across 808 reviews.