Portobay Flores is about halfway up the hill from the river, on a pedestrian street in heart of the old town. If you are no longer in your twenties, that's a big plus since it means that you usually only have to climb half the hill for any given excursion. You can get to all the major sights of Porto on foot with ease. So for location: A+.
Inside, the hotel is designed to integrate old stonework with new finishes and it feels classy and warm. The staff is very helpful and attentive. As for our room, and speaking for the man's role in couple's travel, there's little better in life than walking into a hotel room for the first time and hearing your wife say "Oh, this is beautiful!" So A+ there, too.
Breakfast is included and is fabulous unless you're a cardiac physician. They'd got something for every taste in morning comestibles; you can have a full English breakfast, waffles or French toast, yogurt and fruit, cereal or oatmeal, charcuterie with gourmet breads, benets filled with Nutella, or, if you're a glutton like me, all of these at once. So that's another A+.
We were there over Christmas, and we were a little concerned about being able to get a nice dinner since we figured restaurants would be mobbed. But the hotel put on a dinner that was spectacular; five courses with a high quality glass of wine paired with each. It was Michelin level stuff, and only 135 euros each. Where we live in San Diego a dinner like that, on Christmas eve, would have cost easily twice as much and maybe three to four times. One more A+.
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