Where to stay in Porto

Neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood guidance for Porto, Portugal: which areas suit which travellers, what they cost, and the stays we list in each.

• Ribeira (3) — Steep alleys above the Douro quay The Cais is the postcard; the quieter beds are up Rua dos Mercadores.
• Vitória & Galerias (3) — Nineteenth-century galleries, open bar doors Rua Galeria de Paris and Cândido dos Reis, with the Vitória viewpoint uphill.
• Foz do Douro (4) — Atlantic promenade and old villas Passeio Alegre gardens and the Molhe seawall bookend Avenida do Brasil.
• Bonfim (1) — Workshops, street art, quiet squares Rua de São Vítor and Jardim de São Lázaro, fifteen minutes from Bolhão.
• Boavista (4) — Wide boulevards, concert-hall modernism Casa da Música anchors the rotunda; the avenue runs straight to the ocean.
• Baixa (3) — Aliados, Bolhão, tiled shopfronts Avenida dos Aliados mornings, with every sight ten minutes away.
• Vila Nova de Gaia (2) — Riverside port cellars facing the old city Cais de Gaia and the lodges climbing Rua do Choupelo, looking across at the Ribeira.

• InterContinental Porto – Palácio das Cardosas — Aliados ($$). An eighteenth-century palace on Praça da Liberdade, above the metro
• Pestana Vintage Porto — Ribeira ($$). Five stars stitched through eighteen UNESCO riverfront houses
• Grande Hotel do Porto — Santa Catarina ($). Trading on the shopping street since 1880, and it shows
• Moov Hotel Porto Centro — Batalha ($). Art Déco shell of the old Café Águia d'Ouro, small rooms, central
• Cedofeita apartments — Cedofeita ($). Gallery street Miguel Bombarda, ten minutes' walk from Aliados
• Bonfim apartments — Bonfim ($). Cheapest of the central districts, flats in converted workshops

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