Pestana Vintage Hotel, Porto
Expert reviews
“Right on the Douro and spread across a cluster of historic townhouses, this is one of Porto’s most sophisticated sleeps. Rooms maintain a fine balance between plush contemporary and traditional.”
“Located near the waterfront, the Pestana Vintage Porto occupies a restored warehouse that’s connected to several neighboring houses; as a result, every room is unique, and many have nice details like restored stone windows or towering French doors.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Friendly staff
- Comfortable beds
- Free Wifi
All you need to know
Situated in a colorful and historic building overlooking the Douro River, Pestana Vintage Porto has everything you need and more for a magical stay in Portugal. While this hotel was originally 18 separate buildings, these UNESCO World Heritage Sites were combined to create one incredible hotel.
Outside this hotel, you can marvel at the spectacular views of the river and nearby wine caves. On the interior, enjoy modern style mixed with wooden accents, stonework, and abundant natural light.
All 103 guest rooms accommodate between two and three guests. There are a variety of floor plans, but the most extravagant room includes a lovely private balcony, a view of the water, an espresso machine, and a separate sitting area. Every room in this hotel comes with WiFi, minibars, flat-screen TVs, and safes.
Although there are plenty of delicious restaurants nearby, this hotel is home to two fantastic eateries: The RIB Beef & Wine Restaurant and Heritage Bistro & Bar. The RIB is one of the best beef restaurants in Portugal, and even boasts a stunning outdoor patio. At Heritage Bistro & Bar, you’ll find modern-style tapas, mixed drinks, and DJ entertainment.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
23 March 2024
Stayed 4 nights, breakfast was a feast for the eyes, staff more than eager to help, courteous to a fault. Highly recomm
The central location right smack bang in the middle of it all.
Cannot fault anything
23 March 2024
Fabulous
Location Comfortable room Exceptionally clean Good breakfast
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21 March 2024
Very good
The location is great and the beds are comfortable and great staff. The breakfast was one best I have had in a while.
18 March 2024
First visit to Porto which exceeded expectations. Lovely hotel and staff with good food onsite. Would definitely look to
The room was clean and spacious. Location on riverside. Staff were incredibly friendly and couldn’t do more to help. Seating and bar at front. Lovely restaurant with great staff who were knowledgeable and accommodating.
18 March 2024
Excellent all round
Everything
Nothing
6 March 2024
Fabulous
Everything ok. Room and bed were excellent!
Service at the hotel bar is slow, one person by himself works there most the time.
4 March 2024
Exceptional stay
Location
Annex away from the main hotel
25 February 2024
I had a wonderful stay at the Pestana Vintage Porto, and I would recommend the hotel, and the city, wholeheartedly.
Fantastic location, welcoming friendly staff, and the world’s most comfortable bed!
They ran out of bacon and eggs at breakfast
24 February 2024
2nd time so that says it all.
Location
All good
15 February 2024
Great location and view and the staff were professional and very helpful.
Location, staff and rooms - all were outstanding.
12 February 2024
Great helpful staff, nice location, beautiful view
It is right now the center of Porto. Easy access to different locations. And fun is to be there!
Breakfast. It should be much improved The repair (renovation) in the restaurant was using such smelly nauseating chemicals.
12 February 2024
As good as it gets.
Super fine breakfast. Dinner restaurant on premises very sophisticated. Location excellent. Staff professional, warm and friendly.
This hotel was Flawless.
8 February 2024
Exceptional
Everything. Location , decor , staff exceptional
Tub a little difficult to get into
6 February 2024
Fun, fab, easy
Great location, staff were really helpful. Breakfast was fabulous.
7 January 2024
Great
Nice hotel, excellent location
We were not aware that cars couldn’t get to the hotel. That was an inconvenient for us since we have to walk with our luggage for more than 500 meters.
7 January 2024
Really enjoyed it. We’ll be back very soon!
Location was excellent. Staff were excellent in particular Hugo
Nothing not to like!
7 January 2024
Lovely hotel, stunning views, and exceptional service!
The hotel is lovely and located in the very vibrant Ribeira neighbourhood. The river/city views from our room were splendid and the staff helpful and friendly. It’s easily one of the best hotels we’ve stayed at (so far)! The small gestures from the champagne chocolates in our room to celebrate our anniversary to the infant bath accessories to the delightful night service, all made for lovely additions. The service was exceptional and we felt very pampered. Our special thanks to Francisca who promptly arranged for our airport transfers and to the courteous and well mannered driver who waited patiently for at the airport with a handy infant car seat to hand. We really enjoyed our stay and can’t wait to be back.
We didn’t realise a number of the rooms had to be accessed by stairs which wasn’t helpful given we had a baby in a pram.
5 January 2024
Very good
The location is excellent and the facilities are very good. The breakfast was varied and delicious. Beatriz at the front desk was awesome.
We had to change to another room because the AC stoop working at 4 AM.
4 January 2024
Excellent hotel with the perfect location.
The location is the best, the staff are friendly. Breakfast was very good and the room was comfortable.
I would recommend the hotel only with taking into consideration which was advised before arriving that there is no parking and public parking costs between €30-€80 per day depending which you choose. Also the hotel is quite noisy from the outside noise but also the inside of the hotel (elevator noise etc).
1 January 2024
lovely 3 night city break and would fully recommend this hotel
Excellent breakfast with options for freshly cooked eggs etc Great location close to the river and sites
29 December 2023
Beautiful view close to everything
Very good breakfast, wine and cheese included!
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26 December 2023
Unforgettable stay
Excellent location, the hotel in impeccable state, the staff smiling and very helpful. It was un unforgettable stay.
18 December 2023
Location Location Location
We chose Pestana Vintage for their location in Porto. River front with excellent views of bridge and bodegas in Gaia. Our room in floor 4 had a vintage look of carpet and velvet sofa and chairs. It was decent size with king bed and modern bathroom. The best was the view through 3 glass doors to a juliet balcony. I would keep them open to listen to the harmonica or guitars from the street. Fast WiFi. Amazing breakfast buffet, even oporto and sparkling wine was included. We had a delicious lunch at Postigo do Carvao of Rice cooked with all kinds of seafood. Porto is a walking town, so we decided to park our Fiat 500 at riverfront Alfadega. We exchanged ticket for 3-day pass at €50. We took our overnight bags and walked 15 minutes along the river through shops and tiny restaurants to the hotel. I wished I could rate a perfect 10. However there were issues with dirty cups, balcony doors did not fully open and parking questions were never answered. Would I stay here again? probably yes. Location location location. Nov 2023
13 December 2023
Perfect location, great views across the river
Location was great and had the weather been better, I think we would have enjoyed it even more. Easy to walk everywhere, good restauarants close by, loads to see and do
At breakfast, we often found oursleves chasing staff for help rather than the other way round and they definitley don't know how to make tea!!! But this is a minor grumble as outside of the breakfast room the staff were amazing.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box (additional charge)
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Pet basket
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Luggage storage
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Concierge service
Activities
- - Fitness centre
- - Bicycle rental (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
Miscellaneous
- - Delivered food is securely covered
27 March 2024
This is our second visit and would return.
Lovely location and staff very friendly and helpful. Breakfast fab!