Melia Ria Hotel & Spa

Turkish bath, body treatments, hot stone massages, prenatal massages

Deluxe Room, River View | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Premium Room, River View (Tidal River Views) | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

4.3

Excellent(534 Reviews)

Hotel in Aveiro

4-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsPool, Air conditioner, Internet / Wifi and more

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About this hotel

Riverfront hotel with a full-service spa and a health club
Along with a full-service spa, this smoke-free hotel has an indoor pool and a restaurant. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a health club, a bar/lounge, and a sauna are onsite.
Melia Ria Hotel & Spa offers 128 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with deep soaking bathtubs, bidets, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks, complimentary newspapers, and phones. In-room massages and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club and a sauna.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Amenities

Pool

Air conditioner

Internet / Wifi

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Hot tub or spa

Gym or Fitness Center

Map of Aveiro

Nearby attractions

Zoo Santo Inácio

51.3 mi

National Museum Machado de Castro

51.3 mi

Garganta do Paiva

53.2 mi

Museu Marítimo de Ílhavo e Aquário dos Bacalhaus

4.2 mi

Available Rooms

Standard Double Room Single Use

2 Single • 215 ft²

Sleeps 1

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Standard Double Room

1 Queen • 215 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Premium Room, River View (Tidal River Views)

1 Queen • 183 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Standard Double Room (2 adults + 1 child)

1 Queen • 215 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Deluxe Room, River View

1 King • 183 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

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Melia Ria Hotel & Spa

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4.3

Excellent(534 Reviews)

Hotel in Aveiro

4-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsPool, Air conditioner, Internet / Wifi and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this hotel

An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club and a sauna.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Amenities

Pool

Air conditioner

Internet / Wifi

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Hot tub or spa

Gym or Fitness Center

Map of Aveiro

Nearby attractions

Zoo Santo Inácio

51.3 mi

National Museum Machado de Castro

51.3 mi

Garganta do Paiva

53.2 mi

Museu Marítimo de Ílhavo e Aquário dos Bacalhaus

4.2 mi

Available Rooms

Standard Double Room Single Use

2 Single • 215 ft²

Sleeps 1

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Standard Double Room

1 Queen • 215 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Premium Room, River View (Tidal River Views)

1 Queen • 183 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Standard Double Room (2 adults + 1 child)

1 Queen • 215 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Deluxe Room, River View

1 King • 183 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Reviews

4.3

Excellent(534 Reviews)

2.0

Oct 2024

plenty of parking available, overall great value, just didn't care for the room decor (red and black)

5.0

Aug 2024

Meliá ría was great! Location and property are really good . Breakfast as well. The only odd thing is that they charge you for the pool use, that having kids it’s a must. This wasn’t clear when booking

4.0

Jun 2024

Staff is wonderful, unfortunately we had some issues with power loss leaving us without power and air conditioning when it was needed.

4.0

May 2024

Melia Ria has a perfect location, just a few minutes walk from the main attractions in this small town. The hotel is an excellent option when you are doing a road trip through Portugal, we were doing Porto to Lisbon and chose this stop to enjoy this small but charming town and also Costa Nova, pretty close to there. The facility is good, it has a good restaurant and the staff was very friendly and helpful. The parking of the hotel is very small and annoying, but there are options for free in the neighborhood, honestly, trying to use the underground parking that they will charge daily was a waste of time.

4.0

May 2024

This seems most like a conference hotel. Perfectly nice, nice breakfast, nice spa and workout room, where we had very nice massages, nice staff. While the canal ends at the hotel, it is not very scenic. If we hadn't needed a king bed, an elevator and a/c, we would have looked for something more traditional near the original canals. Also, we made the mistake of thinking a canal boat ride would take us past the striped boat houses, but it doesn't. (Poor research on our part.) They are in Costa Nova. No real reason to visit Aveiro unless you can do a day trip to Costa Nova.

5.0

May 2024

Lovely place

5.0

Mar 2024

Great hotel, and thank you for an early check in. Easy to walk into town from here.

5.0

Mar 2024

This is a wonderful hotel directly on the canal. The staff is amazing. Couples massage was wonderful. We were treated like royalty after a bad experience in Porto in the Portus Cale Hotel. Highly recommend this hotel, it was exceptional!

5.0

Jan 2024

Great location for interacting with the city, birdwatching at the salt fields, and collaborating with the university. The rooms are hot at night Note that the windows open to let in cool air.

4.0

Dec 2023

The location, breakfast, and staffs.. they were all pleasant. Just the room, it was old than expected from the hotel building appearance.

5.0

Dec 2023

This property is outstanding ! The location is perfect and the service is impeccable. All the staff is super friendly, the room was great and the breakfast delicious and plenty. I highly recommended this hotel.

2.5

Nov 2023

The location was great, very walkable to shops and restaurants. We appreciate the covered parking which was very secure. The room was clean, spacious and comfortable. The bed was very comfortable and extra pillows were available. There was plenty of closet and storage space. We appreciated having coffee/tea available in the room with the kettle. The bathroom was clean with a very nice shower and good size countertop for storing toiletries. One of the best things was the restaurant and bar in the hotel. We enjoyed a light meal at the bar the night of our arrival; friendly service and excellent food. The breakfast buffet was terrific, great food quality and selection. The full english breakfast was a special treat that we don't get to enjoy very often. Food items were fresh, replenished regularly and staff kept tables clean between guests. Staff members were friendly, polite and helpful.

4.0

Oct 2023

Good and nice hotel. the breakfast is good, but all the dishes that should be hot are absolutely cold.

1.0

Oct 2023

The charging ports don’t work and when called they did nothing about it.

5.0

Sep 2023

I found everything as expected.

5.0

Sep 2023

This hotel is very clean. The free breakfast was awesome. The staff was very friendly. Convenient to shopping and restaurants.

5.0

Sep 2023

We don't feel like, we should have to pay for parking.

5.0

Sep 2023

Neat , convenient, and simple check in/out

5.0

Sep 2023

Because we were a big group, we had access to sauna, massages, and turkish bath. We loved it

4.0

Sep 2023

Location, staff, and property conditions were excellent. My only complaint is that expectations should be set when booking. Great pics of the pool were shown, but they don't tell you the pool must be reserved for you to use it. We were a large party and found it disappointing. Second, let us know water is only free in the room the first day. If I would have known, I would purchase water for the room. We woke up in the middle of the night extremely thirsty, with no water.

3.0

Sep 2023

Nice hotel but here are the quirks: 1. Has a pool but it is considered part of a spa package and has to be rented by the hour. This should be clearly advertised on Expedia.

2.5

Aug 2023

Hotel is very comfortable, clean and close to city center. Great breakfast and the concierge are nice and very helpful with everything.

5.0

Aug 2023

Easy excess to everything, great place.

5.0

Jul 2023

We really enjoyed our stay at the Melia. The only thing I would suggest is to advertise that the access to the pool isn’t free (12€/pers).

4.0

Jun 2023

It was convenient to walk into town. Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable.

4.0

May 2023

Great stay.

2.5

Jan 2023

Everything was good, but I had to pay for using the gym and swimming pool. This was not mentioned at the time of booking and I was assuming that you should be able to use the gym, like any other hotel.

2.0

Jan 2023

Our stay was very short but the whole family will remember it for a long time. Great location, comfortable, warm, cozy place to stay during winter and friendly staff. The room was clean, with a tasty breakfast buffet, and we had a room-service dinner. It was good and they gave us freebies, the 'Portuguese Ovos Moles pastries'-'Aveiro soft eggs' for dessert.

5.0

Sep 2022

Melia always impresses. Stayed in the one in Aveiro and now the one in Braga. Both beautiful. Food was also the best we’ve ever had in a hotel. Melia is my go to now in Portugal.

5.0

Aug 2022

Very nice and modern, stuff is great

5.0

Aug 2022

Very nice experience

5.0

Jul 2022

Very well located and easy to walk.

1.5

Jul 2022

Stay was good, room comfortable for 3 and good breakfast choice. Conveniently located with short walk to centre but annoying that the pool charges were €32 for a family swim. Don’t need the spa benefits but paid swimming is excessive.

5.0

Apr 2022

The room was comfortable and while the hotel is not in the Center of the main attractions, it is a fairly short walk, about 10 min.

0.8

Feb 2022

Did what it said on the tin, was clean and tidy without being knock out. You need flip flops and a swimming hat to use the pool, which we didn’t have which was a shame (hats you can but there).

1.5

Feb 2022

Did what it said on the tin, was clean and tidy without being knock out. You need flip flops and a swimming hat to use the pool, which we didn’t have which was a shame (hats you can but there).

0.8

Dec 2021

The smell of the bathroom is horrible and we feel in old hotel. Time of restaurant isn’t friendly.

1.5

Dec 2021

The smell of the bathroom is horrible and we feel in old hotel. Time of restaurant isn’t friendly.

1.5

Oct 2021

Location is close to the shopping center and Old town with numerous restaurants etc. It is more a hotel for a conference or business stays rather then us travelers as couple on exploration trip. I was not very impressed by the paid Spa and pool area. I have never experienced it before and i am a well traveled person. We came to the pool area to check out if it was worth paying 10EUR each for 1 hour in the pool. The decision was definitely No. Nothing special or worth the money. We stayed in hotels in Braga and Coimbra on the same trip, and their lovely pools were included in the price. Other thing i was not impressed is the levels of noise. You might need a good earplugs. Granted it is not a hotels fault, that weekend was some sort of Military exhibition event just across the canal and they kept playing same song/tune on the loop all days. Very load, it continued after 10 pm at which point i rang the reception to ask how long the venue and noise will continue. The person who answered my call just simply answered she cant hear anything and she doesn't know. Poor customer service experience. Parking in garage again is extra. All in all it just felt they are going to squeeze as much money from you as they can. Breakfast was very similar to other hotels in Portugal so presume its pretty usual breakfast they serve. I terribly missed more vegetables, pickles, smoked fish but thats my personal taste.

0.8

Oct 2021

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Aveiro?

The average price for a rental in Aveiro is $94 per night. This rental is $85 above the average.

Is parking included with this hotel?

Parking is not specified as an available amenity at Melia Ria Hotel & Spa. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Yes, a swimming pool is available for use at Melia Ria Hotel & Spa. Enjoy the water!

Is Melia Ria Hotel & Spa pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this hotel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at Melia Ria Hotel & Spa?

We found 7 amenities for this rental. This includes pool, air conditioner, internet / wifi, laundry, and balcony or patio.

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Melia Ria Hotel & Spa

Hotel in Aveiro

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Aveiro

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Standard Double Room Single Use

Standard Double Room

Premium Room, River View (Tidal River Views)

Standard Double Room (2 adults + 1 child)

Deluxe Room, River View

Melia Ria Hotel & Spa

Hotel in Aveiro

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Aveiro

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Standard Double Room Single Use

Standard Double Room

Premium Room, River View (Tidal River Views)

Standard Double Room (2 adults + 1 child)

Deluxe Room, River View

Reviews

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Aveiro?

Is parking included with this hotel?

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Is Melia Ria Hotel & Spa pet friendly?

What amenities are available at Melia Ria Hotel & Spa?

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