I’ve stayed 5 nights at this hotel, since my house was being rebuilt. This hotel is not brand new and, at the first instance, you might become sad for your choice; since carpets are old and furnisher is obsolete. Even the bar has an old furnisher. I was thinking on voting with the value 3. But, then I’ve reminded that this hotel has great facilities: it has a nice (interior) pool, a small gym, sauna, Turk bath... for FREE, for their guests. It also has a very good breakfast, with fresh bread, croissants, eggs, bacon, yogurts and some fruit. All people are very nice, which is important to make you feel good. Another thing that I’ve liked was: besides the automobile park being night open (and at the city center), I’ve liked the idea of a guard (nice man) being around our cars, seeking if everything is OK. So, I’ve decided for the value 4.

Good value all be it that the hotel in places is a little tired and outdated, that said the hotel is comfortable and everything works The staff are friendly and go out of their way to be helpful The food (both dinner and Breakfast ) was good The pool was ok but required a 7 Euro swimming cap to be allowed to use it Car parking was Free but the hotel a problem to locate from the airport – the good news is that the locals went out of their way to help The hotel is located a twenty minute bus ride from centre of Porto (Euro 1,30) bus is best way to get into town To summarise will recommend and use when needing a hotel in Porto

Good value all be it that the hotel in places is a little tired and outdated, that said the hotel is comfortable and everything works The staff are friendly and go out of their way to be helpful The food (both dinner and Breakfast ) was good The pool was ok but required a 7 Euro swimming cap to be allowed to use it Car parking was Free but the hotel a problem to locate from the airport – the good news is that the locals went out of their way to help The hotel is located a twenty minute bus ride from centre of Porto (Euro 1,30) bus is best way to get into town To summarise will recommend and use when needing a hotel in Porto

This hotel is not located at the city center, but the transportation to and from the center is excellent. It takes only about 10 minutes to the centre ( with traffic jam ). There is a busstop right in front of the hotel, and the buses work until midnight. The hotel personels were friendly. Our room was okay, not so big but clean. We stayed here in February, so outside was cold but our room was comfortably warm. There were enough space to put our luggage, but the 2-persons bed was a little bit small. The breakfast was enough, from breads, cereals, fruits, juices, and warm scrambled eggs and sausages. This hotel has also a health club with swimming pool, whirlpool and sauna, only they close at 9.p.m, so we ussualy swam before breakfast.

As we were arriving on an evening flight and hiring a car, we booked this hotel as it was "near the airport". How would you define near? It took us 40 minutes in the dark, driving aroud in road systems that bear no relation to those given either by the hotel or internet direction sites. Also Portugese drivers like to drive up to your bumper, sit for a time before moving to overtake you. Threatening driving like this, whilst bad enough in the day time is even worse in the dark. We came off the road systems in the end, thoroughly lost to find - by chance - a roundabout indicating that the hotel was a right turn away. Again, no street signs and after about 3 blocks, the hotel appeared in the right. Parking was at the side of the hotel. Our room was spacious and clean but the bath was rusty on the inside so a shower was all that was available. The restaruant closed at 9pm and we arrived at 9.30pm and with no room service, went to bed hungry. Breakfast buffet was plentiful and fresh. We only wanted a room for the night as we were heading off to Fatima - 1 hour 45 minutes away - but on our return for our homeward flight, enjoyed the beaches in Porto. It's clean and OK but falls down on location - neither close to the beach or to the airport.

I should have done a little more research about hotels before booking this one. It is too far away from downtown Porto and the beaches but the bus system is really easy to navigate. The rooms were clean and the people behind the desk were nice enough. The first problem we had is that when we would return from the bars and discos at 3-4 am the hotel was locked and we would have to wait about 25 minutes for the desk attendent to open the door for us. It looked as if he had been sleeping. Then checking out was another issue. We prepaid our hotel online and I brought the receipt with me in check-in. When we checked out they had not received proof that we paid and I had already thrown away the receipt. So I had to take a bus to downtown Porto to find an internet cafe to print out a receipt. It took about an hour an a half. We also didn't receive any of our telephone messages when we were away. I even went to call and leave a message for myself to check and we still didn't get it.

The staff were friendly and breakfast was acceptable. Having said that, the rooms are noisy mainly from the cars out in the streets east and south of the hotel. The central heating system was very very noisy. The bed covers, furniture and curtains are very worn, old and tatty, and in desperate need of replacement. Had to move rooms three times, the first was noisy, the second had no heating, no TV and one of the wooden boards in the ceiling was moved.. The worst thing was that the staff although apologetic, thought nothing of the noise from the street or the noisy heating system. This place needs major changes. Try other places in Porto.