Apartamentos Melo Alvim

This is a superb family owned hotel. It is partly an old medieval building but with brand new tastefully decorated rooms. The double room had plenty of drawers and hanging space. The bathroom was adequate with plenty of hot water. Excellent breakfast with cooked food as well as continental breads and cold cuts. Location is 2 minutes to the station and a 10 minute walk to the river. Would stay here again.

Great location - very handy for the train station, for which Porto is just over an hour away. Great for central parts of town, too. We had booked a premium room - however, we were given a room facing the noisy busy main road into town - so I would NOT count that as being “premium”, as it was not possible to open the window due to the traffic noise. Breakfast was beautifully prepared, with a choice of sitting indoors or outdoors. Staff were very good … apart from not explaining about the “noisy” room - we would have downgraded to a quieter room if given the choice.

Special thanks to Rui on the front desk for his help and advice