If you are planning a trip to the Portuguese second largest city one of the first questions you will need an answer for are: where to stay in Porto? Are all regions equal? Can I have a some basic hotel recommendations?
Keep reading, we are here to help!
The best areas to stay in Porto
There are many neighborhoods in Porto where is absolutely ok to look for accommodation. Each with its own personality and history. On the video below you will find an analysis of what we consider to be the first neighborhoods to look for accommodation in Porto for a first-time visitor to the city.
Porto is not such a large city and there are plenty of central neighborhoods to choose from when searching for accommodation.
30 hotel recommendations in Porto
Going beyond the best areas to stay, we have selected 30 hotels recommendations in Porto we have decided to group in three basic categories:
- 10 basic hotels
- 10 mid-range hotels
- 10 luxury hotels
We have selected hotels with excellent locations and very positive reviews from guests who have stayed at them before. And, obviously, we have also incorporated our very own experience after several visits to Porto. As well as the hotel names, location, commentary and photographs, we are providing links so you can check out hotel rates for the dates of your trip.
We hope the list will serve as a starting point for your accommodation research. But if you have any doubts, make sure you drop us a line so we can help you with the task of finding the best place to stay in the city.
How to go from Lisbon to Porto
If you are touring Portugal you will certainly want to travel between its two largest cities. Don’t miss the video where we share all the details of the different means of transport available for that trip.
Hi Tony,
We are traveling to Porto next year 2025 and doing a walk for about 2 weeks to Spain.
We was wondering if you have any ideas where we could leave our two small suitcases .
We are planning to stay in a hotel in Porto for a few days before we start our walk and return to the same hotel for another few days .
Regards Lidia
Hi Lidia, you should look for a left-luggage service. Your hotel or the tourist office should be able to point out the address of the closest one to you. All the best.
Hi Tony, loving the videos. We are a family of 4 (with 2 young daughters 4 & 1). We plan to spend 7-10 weeks in both countries in the summer of 2026 starting our trip in Lisbon. We would like to travel mostly by train. Right now the main thought is 15 days in Lisbon, followed by 10 days in Porto. After that, we would like to go to northern Spain, but still unsure of what other cities we should consider as we would ideally like to do so by train. Any recommendations that come to mind? Just finished watching both Bilbao and San Sebastián. I think those would be great, but just wanted to get your take considering our young family.
Hello Jorge. We intend to create a consultancy service to help with queries like yours, but so far it is at a planning stage. All the very best to you!
Tony, great information thanks.
Do you have any information on train travel in Portugal? We are going from Porto to Faro.
Thanks
Hi Lawrence, the only material we have so far is part of this video where we explain how to travel from Lisbon to Porto. All the best.
Hi Tony,
We are Canadians travelling to Portugal and Spain. I have a couple of questions regarding the new Entry/Exit Systems.
1. We are flying in from Toronto to Porto via a connection in Lisbon. Which airport should we do the EES? In Lisbon or in Porto?
2. On our flight back home. We are flying out from Barcelona via a connection in Lisbon to Toronto. Which airport should we do the EES? In Barcelona or in Lisbon?
Thanks a lot Tony for your help.
Hi Chris
1. Lisbon.
2. Lisbon.
We’ve got a video with the most commonly asked questions about EES, including yours. All the best!
Thanks a lot Tony.