Hotel Spot Family Suites

I have lived & worked all over the world, staying in countless hotels, so I rarely take the time &/or effort to write reviews, ( I think I have only done 3 in 20 years), but this hotel most definitely deserves an excellent review & more. It was like finding a hidden diamond. I have stayed in 4 & 5 star hotels in Porto itself before & none compared to this. The staff were all, not only helpful, polite & professional, but incredibly attentive. We arrived very early & so left our bags whilst we went sightseeing, but in return to check into the room, our bags had already been taken to the room. A small thing perhaps but something very few hotels do & a sign of their attention to detail & guest comfort The room itself had one of the most comfortable beds I have slept in, in years. & the room was exceptionally clean. Breakfast was good, & really for the price the hotel far exceeded my expectations, (& I am quite fussy.) The location was great, easy walking distance to the seafront & historic centre, but far enough away to be quiet at night.The local market is only 5 minutes away & lots of shops (,of all kind from souvenir to high end clothes shops), as well as historic buildings, churches etc with 5 minutes walk. Also easy 10 minute walk from the main Trindade station (although if you have large suitcases & not cabin bags you might be better to get a taxi as the walk is slightly uphill & the ancient pavements can be difficult to manoeuvre cases (even with wheels,) over. I cannot recommend the hotel highly enough & if you can I would say to try & stretch to a room with an outside terrace, a lovely place to spend an hour resting in the sun with a glass of wine, in peace & quiet. Anyway if you stay here you can be sure to have the foundation of an excellent time in Porto. & Certainly given the effort all the staff put in, they should be rewarded with a fully booked hotel.

There was a lot of choice for breakfast from cereal, juice, yoghurt, fresh fruit and bread, toast, jam and pastries to scrambled eggs, sausages, bacon or cold meats. The coffee machine dispensed the best coffee we have ever tasted from a machine. All the staff were cheerful and friendly. The location was great too and within easy walking distance of many sites and the metro is nearby for travelling further afield. There is a supermarket Pingo Doce 200 metres away with self checkout desks (we used our foreign bank cards without a hitch) and a bank and restaurnt literally within yards.

Hotel is in a very good location, you can walk everywhere in the old part of town. There are many restaurants near by, we visited few on the street behind the hotel. Breakfast is quite ok, if you stay two-three nights: scrambled eggs, sauseges, chopped tomatoes, bread, cheese, ham, yoghurts and pastries like pastel del nata and good coffee selection from machine. Stuff is very helpful and friendly. Room was spacious, shower nice and we had also quite big balcony. Enaugh sockets near the bed to charge your phone, watch and other stuff.

Location is great near the station directly from the airport and very close to Bolhao market and the commercial area. Also a very short walk to the main tourist attractions. Breakfast, although not very varied is good quality and well managed by the staff. Room was big for three people, with a huge terrace and very comfortable beds.

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