if you look for nature contact and a relaxed stay, it's the perfect location. rooms are decorated with sealife motives, and if you have the "ria" view you can expect a great landscape. although, if you have a tomtom gps, don't trust it - it will take you to the other side of the "ria", a compleetely different location. you better call the reception directely.

We love travelling using the Pousadas and have used quite a number now. We were quite looking forward to this particular one because of it's location. That it the only thing going for it. It is terribly dated in decor thought the rooms are clean. The bar service is non existent, you have to chase a receptionist who is usually to busy chatting to her friend and all she does is glare at you and phone for one of the two waitresses who are serving dinner and haven't got a clue about bar service. A 45 minute wait and three requests for a Bloody Mary with no vodka and a G&T with no gin??!!?? This happened every evening of the 3 nights we stayed. The food is appalling and processed. Frozen and tinned vegetables, hash browns with lamb cutlets, raw chicken and the same deserts just put on a table night after night until they are gone or so stale they are unpalatable. From here we went on the the fantastic Belmonte with it's 5* service and food to die for. Both stays were for the same number of nights, same people, same food arrangements and the Torreira Pousada was over 200 euro more expensive. If you like good hotels DO NOT BOOK THIS ONE!

For some time we were looking to stay at one of the Pousadas spread around Portugal. Although pricey everyone said wonders about them. Well... we finally decide to spend a weekend at Pousada da Ria. We checked the official website, and using a voucher we booked 2 nights: 1st night on regular rom and 2nd on a superiror room. The view is amazing and the place is absolutely quiet. It has a nice pool area, the breakfast is quite good and there's an amazing 5-10 min car drive beach absolutely fantastic. But then there the very bad things: they nnounce a tenis court and what we get is an area where among holes, roots, leafs and a lot of dirt we find what was a court tennis where it seems there was a war game; the rooms have no sound protection and they the one we stayed for the first night looked at most a 2 star hotel room. The employes though most of them were friendly were amazingly slow and the receptioonist was , at most, a cold person. For the price they charge there are a lot of better options. Next month we will check another Pousada. Maybe we get better luck :)

My wife and I found this to be one of the most enjoyable hotels we stayed at in Portugal. The staff was excellent and had good recommendations for eateries in Aveiro (the nearby large town). They were extremely helpful overall. The room was much more than we expected and in great condition. I'm not sure if all the rooms are as large as the on we had (Apt. 20). It had a master bedroom and a side bedroom with two beds. Very comfortable bed and lovely bathroom. The best perk was pool side bar service in the afternoon. The breakfast was very good as was the dinner we had there on the second night.