By Almada - Lofts & Studios — Hotel in Porto

It’s the location which wins it for this hotel ... just round the corner from a great bar (turn left out of the hotel, first left, on the corner at the top of the road), and a number of excellent restaurants. And it’s only a five minute walk to Liberty Square and 15 minutes to the river front.||||The receptionists are excellent, and all speak English. And when we arrived there were free Portuguese custard tarts on the desk.||||Our room, no 402, was a bit dark, as it only had a small garrett style window. The bathroom also didn’t have an extractor which made it a little steamy and damp. Also, no tea making tray in the room - you can ask for one to be sent up ... but the room cleaners take it away again every day! Grrrr. I also wasn’t convinced by the hotel’s green credentials, as every day they take away the soap (I hid it, so they couldn’t)! And the towels were replaced whether we wanted them to be or not.||||The hotel is on a narrow side street, but we still had some road disturbance, even though we were on the top floor. Others did not, so ask for a room away from the road if you want peace and quiet. The noise we heard, people shouting in a weekend, certainly didn’t keep us awake for long. ||||But don’t get me wrong, the hotel was modern, clean and warm - the gripes above were very minor. Don’t let them put you off staying here.||||We didn’t pay for the 12 euro breakfast, but a friend who did said it was excellent. My friend and I ate at Via Garrett round the corner, on the main square (next to the Tourist Bureau), which I can heartily recommend.||||I would definitely...

This is a nice little property that is within a 5 or 6 minute minute walk to Trinidade metro (direct line to and from the airport) and around 10 minute walk to Sao Bento train station. It is close to a small supermarket and a lot of nice little cafes, restaurants, bars and shops. You can walk to the waterfront in around minutes and and a lot of central attractions within 20 minutes. ||||We stayed on the second floor. Our room was very clean and was cleaned everyday. We had a nice little balcony. We did wonder if it would be noisy with it being so central but that was not a problem on any of the nights we stayed (our first night was just after Portugal won a European championship so plenty of people out celebrating but noise was not a problem). We had a fan in the room if it was too hot but opening the balany doors was usually enough to cool the room down. ||||The lady that runs the property was really nice. She was kind and friendly. She spoke no English but my girlfriend spoke a little Spanish and we managed ok. The lady was kind enough to let us leave our luggage after we checked out until it was time to get the tram to the airport. ||||We would recommend this property if you want a good value location to...

Situated within walking distance of Porto centre and riverside. A beautiful, old, renovated house with lots of original features remaining - we stayed in the 'pink room' overlooking the street - light, spacious, clean, had everything we needed. Breakfast was plentiful around a large table with fruit, bread, tea, coffee etc available to utilise during the day in the equally spotlessly clean and spacious breakfast room which lead out onto a little back courtyard. Use of a fridge, designated tupperware boxes and cooking equipment should you wish to self cater. Staff were excellent - welcoming, helpful, maps available and keen to show where everything was situated in Porto; good English. There is some morning traffic noise, it didn't spoil our stay. Porto has have some interesting hills and steps... This is excellent value and would be our first...