Porto
Days 1-7 · 6 nightsRua do Infante Dom Henrique, on the edge of the Ribeira, one kilometre from the city centre. For sleeping in the listed quarter and heading back up to the Baixa when the crowds come down.
€130 a nightSee on Booking →Largo de São Domingos, 800 m from the city centre, between São Bento station and the Ribeira. A 4-star hotel for walking down to the Douro and back up to catch the train.
€140 a nightSee on Booking →Rua de Santa Catarina, Porto's main shopping street, 400 m from the city centre. A historic hotel for those who want the Baixa close at hand and the Ribeira below.
€120 a nightSee on Booking →Praça da Batalha, 600 m from the centre of Porto. A 4-star hotel at the top of the city, for taking in the Baixa, São Bento station and the walk down to the Dom Luís I Bridge.
€140 a nightSee on Booking →On Alameda de Basílio Teles in Massarelos, on the banks of the Douro downstream from the Ribeira. For walking along the river to the Dom Luís I bridge and returning to a quieter area in the evening.
Take time to look at the building: the former cold store for fish, designed by Januário Godinho.
€130 a nightSee on Booking →Rua de Miguel Bombarda, Cedofeita's street of art galleries, seven hundred metres from the city centre. A hostel for seeing the Porto of studios before the Porto of port cellars.
€30 a nightSee on Booking →Praça Almeida Garrett, inside São Bento station itself, four hundred metres from the city centre. You sleep above the azulejos and the Douro trains leave right below.
€32 a nightSee on Booking →Rua do Doutor Magalhães Lemos, in the Baixa, 200 m from the centre. A hostel for tight budgets who want the Ribeira and the Lello bookshop on foot.
€55 a nightSee on Booking →Rua de Sá da Bandeira, in the Baixa, 400 m from the centre of Porto. A simple 2-star hotel for those who spend their days out and about, between the Ribeira and the Gaia cellars.
€70 a nightSee on Booking →Rua de Gonçalo Cristóvão, 700 m from the centre of Porto. A hostel a little north of the Baixa, for tight budgets ready to walk down to the Ribeira.
€35 a nightSee on Booking →Rua do Choupelo, on the hill of Vila Nova de Gaia, among the port cellars. You look at Porto from the other bank of the Douro, across the Dom Luís I Bridge.
€400 a nightSee on Booking →Praça da Liberdade, in an 18th-century palace facing the Avenida dos Aliados. São Bento station is next door and the Ribeira is reached by walking down the streets.
€320 a nightSee on Booking →Rua das Flores, in a palace in the historic centre, 700 m from the centre. A 5-star hotel on the pedestrian street that runs down to the Ribeira and the Douro quays.
€280 a nightSee on Booking →Praça Dona Filipa de Lencastre, 300 m from the centre of Porto. A historic 5-star hotel near the Aliados, for doing the Lello bookshop and the Baixa on foot.
€260 a nightSee on Booking →Rua das Flores, right in the historic centre. A 5-star hotel for walking down to the Ribeira and crossing over to the Gaia cellars.
€300 a nightSee on Booking →