We are currently finishing the careful restauration works in the Palace, including the original skylight (“claraboia”) as well as the decorative and elaborate stucco works on the ceilings that are of great artistic value.

Our aim is to pay tribute to this amazing architectural work, while at the same time connecting it with the present. In order to achieve this, our designer Isabel Sá Nogueira is breathing new life into this old palace.

Torel Palace Porto will provide a restaurant, a bar, a relaxation area with massages and treatmens as well as a garden with an outdoor pool.

The concept of Torel Palace Porto is to honor portuguese writers and poets. Each of the 24 rooms and Suites is designed individually to reflect their works and life, among them Eça de Queiroz, Florbela Espanca and of course the perhaps best-known Portuguese writer, Fernando Pessoa.


he work of another exceptional writer, José Saramago, is celebrated in our gastronomic space Blind.

Blind refers to one of Saramago´s most famous novels, Blindness. Located on the ground floor of Torel Palace, the concept of “Blind” is to live the experiences created by Chef Vitor Matos: in a world of customs and authenticity, the senses are put to the test in each moment through a cuisine made of fresh seasonal ingredients, renewed, evolutionary and sensitive.