Both face the river from a hillside, with a spa and two pools apiece. The Yeatman looks at the old town from Gaia, for wine lovers and a two-star dinner; Torel Avantgarde, on the Porto side, for rooms named after Picasso or Frida Kahlo and galleries on foot.
The iconPorto's wine hotel, built on the Gaia hillside so that its terraces look back at the city, with a two-star dining room and a spa to match.
€€From about €290 a night
Choose The Yeatman if
The catch
It is across the river and up a hill: 21 minutes downhill to Ribeira, a taxi back.
The design oneThe Porto hotel where design is the reason to stay, with a river-facing balcony and a garden pool doing the rest.
€€From about €215 a night
Choose Torel Avantgarde if
The catch
It is on a hill roughly 1 km from Aliados and about 19 minutes' walk from Ribeira, uphill on the way back.
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The Yeatman
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The verdict
Both face the river from a hillside, with a spa and two pools apiece. The Yeatman looks at the old town from Gaia, for wine lovers and a two-star dinner; Torel Avantgarde, on the Porto side, for rooms named after Picasso or Frida Kahlo and galleries on foot.
Questions people ask
Both face the river from a hillside, with a spa and two pools apiece. The Yeatman looks at the old town from Gaia, for wine lovers and a two-star dinner; Torel Avantgarde, on the Porto side, for rooms named after Picasso or Frida Kahlo and galleries on foot.
If Porto for you means port, the Douro and a terrace to drink it on, this is the hotel that was built for exactly that. Accept the hill and the taxi, and book the panoramic category. A destination hotel rather than a city base: the view, the two-star dining room and the wine spa pull you in for the evening, and the hill across the river keeps Porto at a short taxi's distance. Priced for the position and the restaurant, not for cutting-edge rooms.
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
If the room is the point of the trip, this is the Porto hotel that treats it that way. Pay for the balcony and accept the hill. Design is the highest bar on this chart and the reason to book; the location score reflects a hillside a kilometre from the centre rather than anywhere remote. Everything else sits in the middle, which for a 60-room city hotel with a pool is the right place.
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.