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Hotel Infante de Sagres
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
€€€
(
223 398 500;
www.hotelinfantesagres.pt
;
Praça Dona Filipa de Lencastre 62; s/d from €162/180;
)
A time warp with well-coiffed doormen, crystal chandeliers and ornately decorated com-
mon areas, this place is a plush getaway in the heart of the city. Digs are modern with all
the trimmings, though standard rooms are a little careworn and dark.
Hotel Teatro
( 220 409 620;
www.hotelteatro.pt
;
Rua Sá Bandeira 84; s/d from €113/125; )
This design hotel
stands in the spot of the 1859 Teatro Baquet, a swanky hideaway done up by interior de-
signer Nini Andrade e Silva. The theatre theme prevails - the reception resembles a box
office, while the rooms and suites come with weighty curtains, large mirrors, and bronzes
and golds.
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
€€€
Boavista & Foz do Douro
HOSTEL
€
Pousada da Juventude
( 226 177 257;
www.pousadasjuventude.pt
;
Rua Paulo da Gama 551; dm €15, d €36, d with private bathroom €42;
)
In a bright, modern building above the Rio Douro, the crown jewel of Por-
tugal's hostels offers handsome doubles with balconies and sweeping river views, plus
well-maintained four-person dorms. There's a restaurant and a supermarket nearby, but no
kitchen. The hitch: it's 4km from central Porto. Take bus 207 from Campanhã station or
bus 500 from Aliados.
Hospedaria Boavista
( 226 098 376; Av da Boavista 880; d €20-35; )
Eight spacious budget rooms await in your
Porto grandma's house. The carpet may be industrial but the furniture is antique, the ceil-
ings are high, the bathrooms gleaming, and the beds are firm in this solid cheapie. Rooms
overlook
senhora
's blooming veggie garden.
GUESTHOUSE
€
Hotel Boa Vista
( 225 320 020;
www.hotelboavista.com
;
Esplanada do Castelo 58; s/d €75/83; )
A classic, 19th-
century seaside inn outside and a modern, if somewhat characterless, hotel inside, the Boa
HOTEL
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