Motel Sideway
About this stay
Motel Sideway is built around discretion and wellness rather than a shared lobby experience: every room opens through its own private entrance, and check-in and check-out can be handled without crossing paths with other guests. The wellness side is more developed than the name suggests, with a sauna, hot tub and spa bath available to guests who want to relax after a day driving the Sousa Valley's back roads. Rooms come with air-conditioning, free WiFi and the basics done properly, with a bath, shower, flat-screen TV and free toiletries as standard, and breakfast can be taken in-room via room service rather than a communal dining hall. It's an adults-only property throughout, aimed squarely at couples over families making a rural stop between Porto and the Douro.