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News / INNSiDE by Meliá debuts in Portugal with the opening of a lifestyle hotel in Braga
With its garden areas, swimming pools and spa in the heart of the city, the hotel offers a leisure and business combination
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Renowned lifestyle hotel brand INNSiDE by Meliá has just opened its first property in Portugal: the INNSiDE Braga Centro in the iconic Retiro das Convertidas building. This modern hotel has been fully renovated to offer the brand's most complete and innovative experience, enabling guests to blend leisure and business during their getaway seamlessly. With its designer spaces, casual atmosphere designed to unwind and inspire, and accessible premium service, the hotel is the perfect starting point to discover the city and the local scene.
INNSIDE Braga Centro is located in the heart of the city, on Avenida Central, allowing the most curious travellers to explore the destination's most emblematic landmarks easily. The Portas de Braga and the majestic Sé de Braga Cathedral, two of this historic city's most iconic monuments, are just a few steps away.
The hotel boasts 109 rooms designed in a modern and functional style, offering all the necessary comforts for a premium stay. They are equipped with cutting-edge technology and sustainable elements, featuring a complimentary minibar with snacks and drinks and other services, depending on the room type, such as a yoga mat or coffee machine.
Some rooms offer city views and others to a quiet private garden, the latter with a terrace, making the hotel a true oasis in the heart of the city. In addition, The Loft rooms are even more spacious and incorporate a workspace, ideal for business travellers.
The hotel's leisure facilities include two swimming pools, one indoor and one outdoor, perfect for relaxing and enjoying all year round, as well as an extraordinary wellness space featuring a fully-equipped gym to keep training even when travelling and a spa equipped with an indoor pool, jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, where a selection of relaxing and revitalising treatments is available.
INNSiDE Braga Centro also features a dining space inspired by the old Retiro das Convertidas: “Convertidas". This restaurant, open to the public, seeks to stimulate all the senses with delicious local and international dishes accompanied by live music and art exhibitions, surrounded by a vibrant and welcoming atmosphere.
For those guests looking to combine work and pleasure, the hotel has several meeting rooms equipped with state-of-the-art technology, the perfect setting for any event or business meeting.
Braga, located in the north of the country, is one of the oldest cities in Portugal, built more than two thousand years ago and converted into an important centre of religious worship during the Middle Ages. Nowadays, Braga has a lively university life and offers a wide range of tourist attractions. In addition to the Portas de Braga and the Sé de Braga Cathedral, visitors can explore the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, or stroll through the Garden of Santa Bárbara and the Biscainhos Museum.