Hotel Eurostars Das Artes - Porto

9.2

It is a nice hotel. The location is good and only ten minutes to the old town on foot. Breakfast is very good.

9.6

we needed a dentist the first day - and got very efficient & friendly help at the desk. The hotel is at the border of being called "in the center of town", but everything in Porto is easily accessable by foot. Lots of galleries around the hotel, young atmosphere... and an excellent bed, 2x2 m for lots of fun... marble in the bathroom :)

9.0

It is not so near to the centre but you can reach it in 15 min. walking and it is a pleasure. It has a private parking at 10€/day very comfortable.

9.1

New, very good hotel not far from the city centre. Spaciuos rooms and very good service. Hotel is better than it looks on photographs.

8.9

nice hotel, but no easy to find. Excellent staff.

9.2

Excellent Hotel, a little bit understaff at the reception, there were too many guests and therefore the waiting time at the desk was a little too long. Otherwise the hotel is excellent.

9.0

Very competent staff and accommodating. The location first seemed a little far from most of attractions but once you know the area, it's very convenient to walk from it.

9.0

The staff were incredibly helpful and friendly even though they would undoubtedly have preferred to be celebrating New Year. Breakfast was very good ( not included in the price ) the main problem is the location in what for the moment is a rather seedy area,within working distance if you are in reasonably good condition and are not worried about the dirtier sides to Porto.

8.2

The staff were excellent, made us very welcome and were very informative. Rooms were roomy and clean. Hotel was a little far from central Porto.

9.4

Very kind and helpfull staff,nice hotel, close to the center (walking distance) good public transport connection.

8.9

Reception was helpful when not on the phone! There was no loo brush in the bathroom. There is no help with cases etc on arrival or departure. It is a stiff walk to the main attractions and €7 by taxi back.

7.1

Correct hotel, good location, kind staff. No smoking rooms.

10

excellent hotel and very central

8.3

Very good hotel, with helpful staff. The only difficult is the position: there are not metro stations close to the hotel, and it's placed in a zone not so populated by night. We would stay here again.

8.0

Good hotel for business trip but a little sad for leisure travellers

9.8

This was a fantastic hotel. Free internet (via ethernet cable) as well as wifi in public areas. Helpful staff, all with good English. Car park not free of charge, but various areas around the hotel where one could park a car. Nice, clean, modern hotel. Highly recommended.

8.4

Too much noise during the night in the others rooms, when people come back to sleep.

9.5

Great Hotel!!! Inexpensive, very clean, well located and the staff is very kind and eligible.

9.9

Hotel totalmente renovado. Excelente quarto e serviço. Fácil acesso aos principais pontos da cidade. O café da manhã (peuqeno almoço)não estava incluído e custava 10 euros, para quem como bem no café da manhã vale a pena, grande variedade e qualidade. Se não tiver fome basta atravessar a rua e se alimentar no café Amazonia.

9.0

A very nice hotel at an excellent price. Everything was clean, modern, comfortable; the only problem was that from our window we could hear dogs barking and at every dawn roosters. Location is also good - a nice and interesting walk has you downtown in 10-15 minutes, and from there everything in Porto is easily accessible. I would definetly choose this hotel again (though perhaps ask for room away from the residential section with the dogs and fowl).

7.0

beautiful room and very impressing bathroom (clean and modern)

9.3

Very nice hotel, brand new clean and quiet. Un po' piu' caro di altri hotels in Oporto ma vale assolutamente la differenza. Colazione non inclusa ma comunque accessibile 10 a persona.

9.7

Beautiful, modern hotel. Superb bathroom and tasteful furnishings. Great value. Very accommodating when we had to change our reservation.

9.6

I selected to book a room for a single person and got a spacious room with a nice twin bed (pushed together). The room could be turned into a suite - there was a door (locked) that provided access to the adjoining room. Through that door, I could hear the people in the next room but fortunately they were not too noisy and I kept the volume down on my TV too, out of courtesy. I traveled with 2 other people who got a separate room of their own which was perfectly quiet (no door linking to another room). Big bathrooms - provided most things except for shower cap. Views from the windows are not great but we didn't sit in our rooms all day. Free internet access from one shared computer in the hall - first come, first served basis. Overall, great value, new, clean and well-located hotel with helpful staff. I would recommend it to others and stay there again if I am in Oporto.

8.0

nothing

8.5

The room is great, but the breakfast is not so good.

8.1

The good deal : calm, well located and pretty nice design-architectured hotel. Employees well welcoming. Speak easily 3/4 langages. Efficient. Better to pick rooms in the back side. (Street just front of the hotel).

8.4

We were given a room in what is an annex to the main building, which is probably older. The room decoration was very nice and modern. The hotel is located just around the corner from a street full of hip art galleries (hence the name) and within walking distance from the historic center of Porto. It has private parking but expect to pay extra for it. Breakfast was not included in the hotel rate.

8.9

We had a lovely stay at this hotel, and found little to criticize. However, the views from the room were somewhat disappointing (old flats with washing hanging on balconies!)Perhaps you could emphasize that guests should not expect any views from this hotel. Having said that, we found the hotel conveniently situated for the old town, and for the waterfront. Staff were very friendly and helpful. You should emphasize that breakfast is the only meal available, other than limited room service (breakfast was very good). More comfortable seating in the bar area would be an advantage. 2 very good restaurants near to the hotel were Uma Rosa (1km - portuguese) and Artemisia (300 metres - international). All in all a very good and well located hotel - would definitely stay there again. Whether the fault was with Venere or the hotel, there was no record of my "special requests" to mark our anniversary - however, when the receptionist became aware, we returned to the room to find a complimentary bottle of cava and fresh fruit. Much appreciated, and indicative of the excellent staff/ client awareness.

8.8

Hotel was great, staff were very helpfull, only let down by it's location, just a bit off the beaten track. But all in really good value for money.

9.0

Very good hotel, particulary for the price which offered excellent value. One issue was that the hotel policy does not allow the loan of an iron to guests. This apparently is because of a guest nearly burning the place down before. This is the wrong response to this occurance. It is an international norm that you must be able to use an iron.

8.3

Like other Eurostar hotels, Das Artes is strikingly contemporary. The rooms are nicely appointed, and the bathrooms sparkle, but the service is not quite up to Eurostar standards. Our stay was marred by a number of easily correctible flaws. We were forced to stay in a smoking room our first night. The beautiful room smelled like a stable. We had to keep the window open, and the street noise kept us up all night. In fairness, when we complained the next morning, we were given a new, non-smoking room, though we had to do the moving. Other irritations were that the lobby bar was never open. The phone service did not permit us an outside line, while we were there. We had to use a phone at a neighboring gas station. And, the breakfast service suffered from a lack of staffing. Hot items like eggs were not replenished frequently enough. The location is excellent. It is right next to the Roman aquaduct. It is, however, an uphill climb to the center of the city and most restaurants. So, the location may not be ideal for travelers with physical limitations. We were a littel disappointed with Des Artes compared to other Eurostar hotels, but we would be willing to give it a second chance.

9.6

The staff were helpful beyond what we could hope for: prepared to put themselves out to help us with a problem. We endorse all the positive comments made about the breakfast- kept us going most of the day!

7.8

A pleasant, moderm, well furnished hotel convenient for the city centre. We enjoyed our stay and our only comments would be: - that by Porto standards it is not particularly good value for money (we have stayed in hotels of similar quality in other European cities for the same cost, yet Portugal is generaly considered to be one of the cheaper countries). - the rooms are nicely decorated but the lighting makes it really difficult to read in bed.

8.7

rooms are spacy and comfortable, beds are good, rooms are quiet breakfats could be best

9.8

Highly recomended. Staff in reception were great and very helpfull.

8.8

An excellent hotel - not central but within walking distance of everything with several great restaurants nearby. Very clean and quiet and the staff were helpful. I would skip the breakfast which is a bit pricey.

7.9

Nice looking hotel, modern and well located. Off street parking facility is good and price for parking is reasonable. Had a nice stay there. Gripes: Why only one computer with internet access for all those guests? Why charge 10 euro per guest for breakfast when most Portuguese hotels fold it into the room rate and you can get a great continental breakfast with fresh squeezed OJ for 6 euros for two people at the coffee shop 20 meters up the street?

10

We liked Eurostars Das Artes very much. The room was beutifully designed and quiet. The staff were very professional, helpful and friendly. The breakfast was superb.

8.9

Porto is an amazing city and Eurostars Das Artes is a beautiful hotel! The rooms are modern and spacious, there is free internet in the lounge, a great bar/patio and a VERY tasty breakfast. I found that booking ahead of time online was far more affordable than booking at the hotel. We had to extend our stay by one night and the price went up by 20 euros, compared with the price we had paid booking online! I would go back to Eurostars if visiting Porto again and I am interested in checking out other Eurostars hotels when travelling to Europe.

9.8

rien a redire tres belle hotel a 5 mn du centre, une tres agreable sureprise

8.7

We stayed in Porto only for two days. Main landmarks are at walking distance from the hotel, situated in a typical and vivid road. The hotel seems to be new or newly refurbished, and is very refined, indeed. The relationship between price/quality is the best. Just one negative point: we paid 10 euros/day for the parking place, but the management anyway claims not to be responsible for any damage to the car in the park (in fact we found a little scratch on the back of our car, but no insurance was active); therefore it's better to leave the car in the street...

8.4

The hotel is very good. It is a walk to anywhere in this town but we enjoyed the walk. I would suggest the bus from the airport as it goes through parts of the city you wouldn’t see otherwise and remember to get off at the hospital. The breakfast is good and worth the expense (if it is a Sunday). We travel abroad about once a month and we recommend this hotel, if you don’t mind walking. Go to a few Port houses!!

9.2

very nice hotel highly recommended+++

10

Staff were very friendly, would recommend and come back in future.

8.9

O hotel nos surpreende. As fotos não monstram toda a dimensão da realidade, Muito bom.

9.5

Hotel is a brand-new building in the pretty-old and ruined city center of Porto. It provides whatever one can expect from an easy stay in a city tour; clean and quiet rooms, close to the main attractions, friendly staff and cheap (70-80€ per night). It is an excellent value-for-money offer. I’d definitely go back to Porto for a long weekend and stay in this hotel again.

9.2

We stayed only one night but it was a quiet and trendy hotel in the zone with a few nice and interesting art gallerys

9.6

The room was spacious, clean and very well appointed as was the bathroom. The recommendations by the desk staff for nearby restaurants were excellent. The choice of food available at breakfast was wide, varied and very good. All in all an excellent place to stay.

9.9

we stayed 5 nights on the 4th floor.chose this hotel because of the excellent reviews and we were well pleased.be warned porto is very hilly but taxis are reasonable.tram 18 departs every 30 minutes from outside the hospital at the end of the street.change at the tram depot to the no 1.single trip 1.35 euros valid for an hour or maybe 2.porto was spectular.enjoyed very much the funicular,trams and museum,heron island ,the ferry across the douro and the boat trip under the magnificent bridges.spent lots of time chilling out in the riverside bars so didnt make the port lodges.receptionist gave us 2 great restaurant recommendations .sorry cant remember them.for a slightly more upmarket meal try the restaurant :irene jardine:.only open a month but fabulous.irene personally prepared and served her homemade chocolate cake .gorgeous.thanks to ryanair we will be going again.ps what a fantastic airport.

8.5

Good location and relation quality/price

9.8

The hotel is almost perfect as the points indicate. The only thing that caused inconvenience is the extremely hard mattrass.

9.9

Except the room was very cold when we arrived, everything was ok especially for the price we paid! More signs for the direction in the town could be helpfull (we turned around the hotel during 15mn before to find it! and the light outside was out of order!). We found at the reception, (it was late at night) a charming guy who tried to speak french (he did it well!).we spent 3 very good nights there! Very good value

8.4

El hotel esta fenomenal. El desayuno buenísimo. La decoración muy buena. la situación: hay que andar un poco para llegar al centro y lo peor es que en Oporto es cuesta arriba o cuesta abajo, pero la situación a mi juicio bastante buena. 10 minutos del centro.

9.2

Really good adress to go in Porto

9.0

Toursit guests on arrival could be offred a local map with info on taxis/buses/metro etc

9.8

excellent rapport qualité prix. hôtel très bien situé. buffet petit déjeuner superbe. personnel accueillant ... seul bémol (léger) ... le bar n'est pas ouvert souvent et manque de vie !

7.9

Hard to find. Not in the center of anything. Excellent hotel -- great price.

9.7

Excellent value for money

9.0

My wife and I recently stayed at this hotel for a weekend getaway, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Best Euro breakfast we have had yet, great quality and plentiful hot and cold food replenished continuously. Our reception was friendly, efficient and very helpful/informative even at midnight (thanks to Ryan Air.) Our double bed was two singles made separately and pushed together (both nights, despite our needs being obvious after the first night.) Rooms were spacious clean and great onsuites. Maybe it was just our adjoining rooms, but sound carried easily from next door. The hotel was very tastefully presented (being in the art district) and is only a 10-15 min walk thru the old centre (World Heritage Protected Site) to the river, and the port cellars. Easy to get to on both the night and day busses from the airport, but use the metro if its running. I think the hotel cat just wants to be left alone, it will only warn you once!

10

The staff was excellent. Their recommendations for restaurants, directions were perfect. Bar and breakfast was perfect.

8.2

I only stayed there one night, but in my opinion the hotel was excellent. It was new and well located, and the breakfast buffet was the best that I have seen in a long time.

9.0

Nice and charming hotel,I will stay in this hotel again.

9.4

Not a lot in the immediate area around the hotel apart from a few local bars and restaurants. Not too far to walk to get to the centre.

9.8

I'd booked a single but was given a twin with queen sized beds, so I'm biased. It's a little remote from the tourist sites (about 10-15 mins walk) and Porto has some pretty steep hills, but it's not a big problem if you're used to a bit of walking. The staff were all friendly and helpful. Overall an excellent hotel that I definitely recommend.

9.1

Even better than expected, very good value for money in this in this newly decorated hotel. It's all done with style. Breakfast was really perfect. I paid 67 euro p.n. and found that a really good deal, I would pay more now that I have been here.

9.4

absolut empfehlenswert !

7.8

Very happy with the stay - only a bit surprised by the 7% tax added to the price. This was the only hotel where tax was added to the informed price, during our 9 days stay at 6 different hotels in Spain and Portugal.

9.4

Best place on our portuguese trip. Large room and bed, very fine decoration. Excellent taste, modern and non agressive. Practical parking even for large cars. Perfect situation just few steps from the old town. Incredibly cheap.

8.5

bonne qualité de prestations, même si l'amabilité de l'accueil peut être nettement améliorée. Chambre vaste, bien équipée, belle vue sur la ville, garage apprécié.

9.0

Hotel des Artes is a really nice hotel. Located very near the historic old town of Porto. The rooms in the new part are very quiet and nicely furnished. The breakfast buffet is excellent.

7.8

The hotel is very clean, rooms are very nice. Breakfast is really good. But, It takes tooooo long to check in and out. There is not enough number of personnel in the reception. I haven’t seen the bar open, so there is nowhere even to have some drinks. There is no Internet in the hotel. Parking is not free. The location is not very central.

5.2

The hotel is modern and "funky" but the rooms are not particularly functional for people staying longer than one night (e.g. inadequate drawer space). We had to change rooms after the first night for this reason and found that there were other problems in both rooms (in the first, the TV only had a few channels, in the second, the phone would not call out). While some of the staff was helpful, several others were not.

8.6

Very clean and modern looking hotel. Room was larger than other European hotels we've been in. We had a comfortable stay. Location was a little out of the way of the city center. It has a commercial district nearby, however.

10

This hotel exceeded our expectations. A bit challenging to find in rush hour traffic, but finding anything in Portugal is a challenge because many streets are not marked, or are one-way. Room and bathroom impeccably clean and large by European standards. Did not eat at hotel, there are lots of restaurants close by for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Hotel staff extremely helpful, suggested good restaurants. My only complaint was that they would not provide an iron and ironing board - not because they did not have them, but because a customer the previous week had almost started a fire and they are now penalizing all future customers because of one careless person. This is the third time and thrid country we have used venere.com, and will use this service again on our next trip.

9.4

This was an extremely nice hotel for the price. It was difficult to find with my car. They have parking available at the hotel.

10

Es un hotel nuevo y perfecto en relación a su precio. Lo recomendamos muy vivamente

9.7

Excellent value for money. Newly decorated and high quality surroundings, with helpful multilingual staff. Would definitely stay again, although we needed a (very cheap) taxi to reach tourist areas.

9.9

Das Hotel liegt in einer ruhigen, dennoch zentrumsnahen Wohngegend (15-20 Minuten zu Fuß in die touristischen Viertel). Es ist ein Neubau und in geraden Linien gehalten. Durch die strengen Formen entsteht ein kühler Eindruck, der durch die Verwendung von braunen Hölzern abgemildert wird. Es hat eine sehr gute Atmosphäre mit hilfesbereitem und kompetentem Personal. Die Zimmer und Bäder sind sehr geschmackvoll eingerichtet. Ein sehr gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis. Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt und können das Hotel nachdrücklich empfehlen.

9.9

My husband and I loved this hotel, our room and the staff. We would stay at the hotel again.

9.8

An excelent hotel in an very good location. Staff is incredibly nice. I would definitily stay there again.

9.7

A very enjoyable stay - not particularly impressed with the bar area as it was too formal Only had one drink there but would have used it more had it been more 'user friendly'

9.8

(português - after in English) O hotel Eurostar Das Artes surpreendeu-me positivamente! A espetacular decoração, super-moderna e arrojada, o excelente café-da-manhã, a gentileza da equipe e toda a estrutura do hotel superaram minhas expectativas, especialmente quando comparadas ao preço honesto que é cobrado ali. Um único porém é a relativa dificuldade de localização do hotel, situado numa rua secundária, assim, leve à mão um bom mapa para evitar problemas. (English) Eurostar Das Artes has surprised me positively! It's a very fine, well decorated and equipped hotel, with a very kind staff and a very good infra-structure. It has superated my expectatives, especially when compared with the honest fares that they charge there. I would definitely recomend!! The only bad point it's a little hard to find, cause it's situated in a secondary street, so, grab a good map in order to arrive without problems.

9.8

The hotel is in a great location, good price, brand new, rooms are big with a huge bed, very clean. If I was the hotel manager I would have some brochures of what to do, where to eat etc. Other than that, I would recommend the hotel to anyone and if I ever come back to Porto I would definitely stay in this hotel again.

10

Fantástico!!!! A 10 minutos del centro y con una gran rebaja por haber reservado por internet. Desde luego, si vulvo a Oorto, repetiré hotel.

10

Beautiful hotel, interesting art decor. Excellent breakfast!

8.7

Its a new hotel (6months old) £50 a night is good value for the hotel. A 20 minute walk away from the centre, but the area its situated in is very nice. Good cafe opposite, better value than having breakfast in the hotel & with more local atmosphere.

10

Noi ci siamo trovati davvero bene. E' nuovissimo.Lo consigliamo.

8.8

L'hotel è bellissimo: ambiente molto elegante e ricercato, comodissimo. Il rapporto qualità/prezzo è eccellente (i prezzi che applicano sul posto sono circa il doppio di quanto pagato con venere). Due note dolenti: 1) il personale della reception di rara maleducazione, davvero supponenti e scorbutici. 2)l'hotel non aveva ricevuto la nostra prenotazione... per fortuna c'era posto e ci hanno applicato le condizioni riportate sulla nostra email di conferma prenotazione.