Best Hotels in Porto Portugal

Newly opened in a historic 1923 building, Maison Albar Hotels Le Monumental Palace blends French influences with Porto’s proud history. Boutique style accommodation is in 63 luxury rooms and 13 suites where guests are cosseted in luxury with top end fabrics and 1920s design. Dining choices include Le Monument with cuisine by a top rated Michelin starred chef and a French brasserie. A top notch ultra-modern spa completes a sumptuous picture. Best of Porto hotels for no-effort-spared luxury.

One of the most famous top hotels in Portugal awaits you at Infante Sagres. Luxury interiors are among the most famous of any Porto hotel with a show stopping double height gilded dining room just one of the features of this destination hotel. Guest accommodation features stripped back luxury while Vogue Café stacks a claim to be the leading luxury eating establishment in Porto. Best of Porto hotels for history and presence.

If you’ve always yearned after staying in the luxury of a palace in Portugal, InterContinental Porto is the ideal hotel for you. Interiors boast restored chandeliers and marble while top of the line guest accommodation is in classic luxury featuring boutique touches with some rooms having original parquet flooring, so typical of Portugal. Dining options include the top rated Astoria Restaurant while the hotel’s boutique style spa offers a full range of treatments. Best of Porto hotels for living like royalty.

City centre luxury is the key at Pestana Porto where accommodation throughout 89 freshly designed luxury rooms and superior suites in this historic building is themed according to Portugal’s main trading products of the golden age: cinnamon, anise, pink pepper, tea, chocolate and coffee. Portugal’s cuisine is the highlight of its restaurant, while a delightful cafe offers views of Porto’s vibrant street life. It’s one of Porto’s finest hotels for city centre history.

There’s no hotel in Portugal quite like Pestana Palácio do Freixo, Pousada & National Monument. Uniquely set over an 18th century baroque palace and a reimagined 19th century factory,  this most extraordinary of luxury hotels adds 21st century boutique style in deluxe guest accommodation, all in a setting on the Douro River. There are indoor and outdoor pools as well as riverside relaxation decks. Best of Porto hotels for riverside luxury.

A luxury wine hotel and spa, The Yeatman is set in seven acres of land, with spectacular views over Porto and the Douro River. Accommodation in deluxe rooms and suites features far-reaching panoramas of the city. Indoor and outdoor infinity pools are a major feature of The Yeatman, while its restaurant is alone in Porto in having two Michelin stars. Wine cellars house a huge choice of Portugal’s fine wines. Outstanding property for wine-lovers.

Highly contemporary luxury with an unbeatable view of Porto is the attraction at Torel Avantgarde. Already a multiple award winner, this new hotel has top end luxury accommodationin rooms named after leading avant grade artists and designers so that each of the 47 rooms and suites is very different in style. This is a hotel at the cutting edge, with a spectacular roof terrace and an outdoor pool. One of the better hotels for view lovers and art aficionados.

Perfectly located in Porto city centre, the traditional facade of Porto A.S. 1829 Hotel gives way to accommodation of top rated contemporary boutique luxury. Lovingly converted from the premises of Europe’s oldest stationery shop, the hotel’s interior features quirky reminders of its illustrious past, while each of the 41 rooms boasts a singular luxury style. A delightful restaurant specialises in the cuisine of Portugal. One of Porto prime hotels for highly original historical style.

Conveniently located in central Porto Portugal, Eurostars Porto Central welcomes guests with stripped back contemporary luxury in earth tones throughout this soothing boutique style hotel. Accommodation is in 74 guest rooms all with real wood floors in keeping with the hotel’s theme of natural elements. A hidden outdoor courtyard is the perfect place to enjoy of one Portugal’s fine wines, while a bar/cafe offers essential refreshment. Best of Porto hotels for under the radar luxury.

The red facade of this historic hotel holds many secrets. Long ago, elegant balls were held here while politicians plotted. Now this restored 300 year old palace welcomes guests to accommodation in muted tones with bold accents designed to cosset and calm. There’s an underground spa and a heated indoor pool. Dining options include the hotel’s Tabu bar with a terrace onto Batalha Square. Best of Porto hotels for historical intrigue.

From single bedrooms to accommodation suitable for six people, Hotel Spot Family Suites has an appeal unique in Porto with a perfect location and families in mind. Cheerful primary colours punctuate public areas with neutral tones to guest rooms. There’s a roof terrace for all to enjoy, with sweeping views. Breakfast is served in a highly contemporary dining area. The location, in Baixa in downtown Porto, is unbeatable. Ideal property for on-trend value-seeking families.

Set in one of the city’s most distinguished palaces, the brand new Torel Palace Porto stakes its claim as the city’s prime boutique hotel destination. Just 24 luxury rooms and suites honour the spirit of Portugal’s most famous literary heroes, while the hotel’s Blind restaurant is named after the most famous novel by the Nobel Prize winner José Saramago. Exquisite period details abound throughout the hotel while accommodation decor is in lush dark tones.

In the heart of the Ribeira neighbourhood, within Porto’s World Heritage Site, Gran Cruz House has a unique charm in a heritage building. Painstakingly realised decor in each of its uniquely styled bright rooms is inspired by one of Portugal’s port wine categories and each has is own original work of art. The hotel’s top rated Restaurant Casario aims to take guests on a journey around Portuguese cuisine and its superb selection of wines.

At Charm Palace the luxury is truly intimate as guests stay in one of just five highly contemporary minimalist suites set within a beautifully restored 1900s mansion, where the facade is of traditional azulejo tiles. Deluxe accommodation features five metre high ceilings while decor mixes striking original features with modern design and deluxe fabrics. A minimalist garden is an invitation to relax in this unique establishment near the historic Bolhão Market.

Laidback highly contemporary luxury is the trademark at the top rated Exmo. Hotel, set in a traditional building at the centre of a vibrant Porto neighbourhood. Accommodation is design led with luxury minimalism the key and striking artwork a feature. Exmo. Hotel has its own in-house library while its atmospheric Exmo. Bar offers both signature cocktails in the evenings as well as brunch and light meal menus.

With a perfect setting in the desirable Ribeira district, Descobertas Boutique Hotel Porto has luxury guest accommodation in just 18 rooms. While highly contemporary, decor also aims at discovery, as its name in Portuguese suggests, with influences taken from Portugal’s colonial history and the golden age of travel of its distinguished explorers. The hotel’s location, steps from the Douro River, means that Porto’s stunning Luís I Bridge is just minutes away.

A large indoor swimming pool is just one of the secrets of this ultra modern hotel in the heart of Porto’s business district. The hotel’s The Spa offers a wide range of treatments including a unique Zen Studio. There’s also an extensive gym. Rooms offer efficient luxury accommodation with floor to ceiling windows featuring far-reaching views from higher guest rooms. A wood fired oven is the centrepiece of the hotel’s elegant Porto Novo Restaurant.

Over two sensitively renovated historic buildings in the Ribeira neighbourhood, Ribeira do Porto Hotel offers accommodation in well appointed guest rooms with decor in neutral tones and featuring striking wall sized images of old Porto. Some of the guest rooms have views over the Douro River and the location means that many of the city’s top attractions as well as a range of cafes and restaurants are within easy reach. It’s one of the best affordable hotels in Porto city centre.