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Pestana Vintage Hotel, Porto

Praça Da Ribeira, 1, União de Freguesias do Centro, 4050-513 Porto, Portugal. (show on map)

Expert reviews

Lonely Planet review:

“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.”

Fodors review:

“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.”

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of Pestana Vintage Hotel, Porto. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.4 out of 5.0

Ranked 8th in Porto

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What guests liked

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

4.5
Thomas

24 February 2025

I was made to feel welcome and comfortable in this lovely hotel, in a beautiful city.

Location, service, welcoming staff, great food

The windows of my bedroom looked out onto a pedestrian walkway, and passers-by sometimes peered into the room.

4.5
Michael

24 February 2025

Excellent location, staff and hotel.

Everyone at the hotel was really friendly and accommodating! I want to especially call out Hugo, who worked at the breakfast buffet the morning we left. We were in a rush to catch and train and Hugo was amazing - he quickly got us to-go containers and helped us put together an amazing meal for the train. His quick actions and helpful nature was a stand out of the hotel and the experience.

4.5
Helen

21 February 2025

Fabulous

The Location was amazing, this could not have been beaten especially as we had a balcony room at the front of the hotel overlooking the famous view.. Breakfast was amazing all you could eat with a wide range of food choices.. Pestano 50 year book gave great explanation of the growth of this family run business and its growth intp Porto.. some staff were exemplary in there assistance. Plenty to do in the area ,need at least 4 days stay to see things. Uber taxis are great and overall wonderful break away

I felt the onsite Rib restaurant was over priced though high quality meats were served. Lightning was an issue and customers were using mobile phone torches to read the menu and view the food, ambience was good but some other lighting necessary. Two staff let the team down over the week , one particularly slow waitress who will not survive summer pace and another housekeeper who was shocked when we came back to the room and was charging their phone on our chargers !

5.0
Aongus

10 February 2025

Excellent service and a beautiful place to stay

Just was a fantastic experience

4.5
Duncan

9 February 2025

Perfect location to explore Porto lovely views of the River and could not vault the hotel or staff

Great breakfast everything was available and staff first class

Nothing to dislike

5.0
Adam

26 January 2025

Exceptional

Location was perfect for Porto, on the river in the heart of the activity

5.0
Georgios

25 January 2025

I would definitely go to the same hotel again without searching something else.

The location is the best possible. The breakfast is of excellent quality and big variety. The personnel extremely helpful with everything. The last day our departure was very early in the morning and they gave us the breakfast in package for us to have something to eat with us.

5.0
Melanie

22 January 2025

The Pestana is a beautiful hotel in Porto with even more kind and beautiful staff.

We were met before our check-in time with a cup of espresso and a glass of Port. The staff kept our bags until the room was ready and then placed them in our room while we toured the city. The room was beautiful with a small balcony overlooking the river. The breakfast which was included was expansive and delicious. Highly recommend the Pestana for your stay in Porto.

nothing, maybe only that I could not stay longer.

4.0
Agustina

9 January 2025

Very good

Excellent location, very good breakfast and friendly staff

Large pillows

5.0
Kimberly

7 January 2025

Perfect spot to ring in the new year!

Perfectly located and the staff was superior. The breakfast buffet had a wide variety of foods that were all good. We will definitely go back.

5.0
Ruairi

4 January 2025

Beautiful hotel in perfection location

The location was stunning, staff friendly and the breakfast amazing.

4.5
Maniam

16 December 2024

Lovely stay with friendly staff and great services

Location was great as it by the waterside and walkable to main attractions like the key churches, São Bento station and Livaria Lello. Breakfast had a wide spread, with hot food made to order and even wine and cheese! Most of all the staff were fantastic, most helpful and friendly. Made us feel like we are a part of the family. We ate dinner at Rib restaurant with great food and they even gave a discount and free cocktails!

The air-conditioning/heater was difficult to control. Perhaps it was winter and the cold came in. Wished we had a room facing the river though. Perhaps next time.

5.0
Ana

15 December 2024

Very well located with incredible staff, with 10 out of 10 service

The location was incredible

5.0
Mustafa

7 December 2024

Exceptional

Good selection attentive staff

4.0
Simon

4 December 2024

We stayed for 4nights. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for as they say. Enjoyable stay. Each day we grew in confiden

Location, the breakfasts!, 3am when the crowds had long gone, the view.

Nothing

4.5
Paul

4 December 2024

Excellent hotel in excellent location

Location

Nothing

4.0
Linda

30 November 2024

Great location, good facilities, but noisy room

Very friendly staff, good location, good breakfast, decent sized room, very clean

The room was not sound proof and had no real view. It look out over an alley way with cafes of which the sound echoed up to my room which made it rather noisy at night and resulted in an early wake up due to pick up of garbage I think

4.0
John

8 November 2024

Wonderful stay, really good!!

Location is superb, the building is great and the staff are so helpful and friendly.

4.5
Alexander

8 November 2024

Location makes this hotel.

Breakfast was excellent, location was superb, staff were excellent.

Room was low floor so a bit noisy late at night and early morning and AC was not great (but its an heritage hotel so to even get AC is probably a bonus!). One tip for people booking through booking.com is don't use booking.coms taxi service. It didn't show up and getting a reply out of Booking.com is disastrous. This has nothing to do with the hotel thought so book the hotel, just not through booking.com!

5.0
Sanjay

27 October 2024

For the complete Porto experience, Pestana Vintage is the best.

Unique location, well-appointed interiors while maintaining heritage exterior. But the real excellence is the staff, courtesy and efficiency with an eye on the details.

Cannot fault the property on anything!

4.0
Alison

24 October 2024

Comfortable hotel but very noisy location

Staff couldn’t have been more helpful. Spotlessly clean. Breakfast buffet was good quality, well presented and a good selection available.

Location was VERY noisy. Right on the waterfront which was lovely but right in the middle of all the bars and street entertainers. Even with the windows shut at night still noisy from late night revellers, dust carts, delivery vans workmen etc etc.

5.0
Keith

16 October 2024

Excellent room overlooking the river with professional and efficient staff

I certainly recommend booking one of the river view rooms because that view from the balcony was rather special. You are literally just meters from the Duoro River flowering through Porto and luckily, there was minimal to no noise from the pedestrians below. You are also right next to shops (limited) and restaurants, but avoid the touristy restaurants which are open pretty much throughout the day. Get the hotel to book you a restaurant that opens after 6.30pm as that is where the locals go.

Breakfast, whilst having plenty of choices, was busy and tables are really squeezed into the rather limited space, so you are always bumping into fellow guests. Also, our room needed 2 separate lifts to get to, or you walk up one flight and then take the second lift. My key card didn't work with 1 day to go and took 3 visits up and down to reception to get the door battery replaced. But these were minor issues for the great view.

5.0
Douglas

2 October 2024

We would stay here again if returning to this area.

We loved the courteous staff and always enjoyed a well prepared breakfast.

Nothing at all.

4.5
David

30 September 2024

Really good

Location was amazing. Hotel facilities excellent Breakfast - fair only

Service for breakfast could have been better

5.0
Michele

20 September 2024

It was really great, the room and view were absolutely beautiful, and the breakfast was amazing!

The room was right on the water with such a beautiful view of the Luis Bridge! The breakfast blew us out of the water; there was a full buffet with all kinds of fruits, an assortment of baked goods as well as eggs, bacon, sausages, so many desserts, and a whole separate Portuguese spread with Pastel de natas and fresh honeycomb, then go into the wine room for champagne and sliced meats and cheeses plus you can order omelets, waffles, and pancakes, amazing! The staff always went above and beyond to answer questions; they were all accommodating! It is a very convenient central Porto location, easy to walk around, even across the bridge to Gaia. Perfect place to stay in Porto!

Not applicable, everything was great!

5.0
Maria

17 September 2024

Exceptional

Breakfast with variety of food. Our room with river view. Close to restaurants.

5.0
Lori

17 September 2024

Incredible service, beautiful hotel great location

The staff is wonderful and very accommodating…. From check in, to dinner reservations to porter services. Great location. Our room was fabulous! Will come again.

4.5
Kevin

11 September 2024

Beautiful hotel right on the water. Staff was friendly, breakfast was delightful and you are located in the heart of Po

Location was right on the river

Taxi couldn’t take us to the front of the building. Had to walk down a hill with our luggage. Was hoping for a true Queen sized bed but had two twins linked together

4.5
Christine

7 September 2024

Excellent!

Excellent location and the customer service was very very good!! Breakfast buffet was very nice, our room and the view was amazing, lovely turn down service!

Only complaint was that the bar at the front of the hotel with premium tables for viewing the square closed a bit early in our opinion. (9pm). We would have loved to enjoy drinks there for longer.

4.5
Viswanath

3 September 2024

Excellent staff, super helpful.

Location, location, location. Very historical, old world charm

Can be a bit noisy

4.0
Fiona

30 August 2024

Delightful

Fabulous location with good sound insulation from all the activity outside the window. Delightful staff who all seemed to enjoy making our stay as enjoyable as possible as possible. Excellent hotel restaurant, great breakfast selection.

Bathroom was rather dated. The shower was 1970s quality.

5.0
Myrna

22 August 2024

Excellent

Excellent

Everything was great

5.0
James

19 August 2024

This is the place to stay in Porto

Everything

Nothing

5.0
Owen

14 August 2024

Great place to enjoy riverside of Porto

Staff very accommodating Location excellent

5.0
Mark

8 August 2024

You deserve this!

Very central location with very helpful staff. Right in the centre of the good natured Portuguese family atmosphere.

Leaving.

4.5
Bernhard

4 August 2024

Reading to come back to you!

Excellent breakfast. All personel we met were very kind!

Nothing

4.5
Sairus

3 August 2024

Beautiful hotel and great breakfast.

Room was very nice. The breakfast was incredible. Bit of champagne for breakfast, so no complaints about that. Staff were very nice and gave us a glass of port while we checked in. Great location - right next to the river where a lot nice restaurants are location.

4.5
Luiz

3 August 2024

Fabulous

The staff was great. Always available to help.

Two things. We didn't have a good experience when we had dinner at Ribs. Meat was too hard . We didn't know that only special vehicles could have access to the street of the hotel. That was an unpleasant surprise at the arrival. If we knew about that restriction, we would have booked a different transfer service from the airport.

4.5
Eamonn

29 July 2024

Fabulous

Views, staff and breakfast

Showers,

5.0
Sharokh

29 July 2024

Exceptional

Location, the view of Douro river from the room, friendly staff and very good breakfast. The rooms are kept in perfect condition despite being a world heritage site!

Nothing

4.0
Kym

27 July 2024

very lovely stay

location and river views. v good breakfast and breakfast area

photos on booking com for balcony rooms not reflective of those given despite a challenge.(i.e balcony rooms come in various sizes).

4.0
Cary

21 July 2024

Excellent

Location

Service at breakfast

4.5
Lillian

19 July 2024

Fabulous

The location was fantastic and the staff was very attentive.

There needed to be more light.

4.0
Georgina

17 July 2024

Friendly staff - nice touches port & tarts

Location location location

Nothing

4.0
Jonathan

12 July 2024

Very good

The location right on the waterfront was good, but also very busy with tourists

4.0
Karim

12 July 2024

Very good

Location

Cleaning

5.0
Stephanie

2 July 2024

Exceptional

Room was awesome, view of the Durao River was perfect. We had two balconies we could stand on to watch the fireworks and the festival. Breakfast was great and location was perfect.

4.0
Michelle

30 June 2024

Magical

It is so central the location and an absolute beautiful setting

4.0
Tina

29 June 2024

Nice stay at the Pestano during Sao Joao - location can’t be beat. Wonderful buffet breakfast included in rate and very

Location, breakfast, decor

Slight sewage smell in rooms

4.5
Meyrielle

25 June 2024

Discovering Porto

Great location, close to the Praça da Ribeira, a small square to stroll or stop for a drink and eat. You can also walk to many tourist places. The room was comfy, and the staff was friendly. We enjoyed our stay.

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
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