Being Porto Hostel

Staff Service: Staff were consistently described as friendly, helpful, and professional. They provided assistance with navigation, answered questions, and maintained a welcoming atmosphere, especially for solo travelers and newcomers.

Pretty decent hostel in a very convenient location. However, there are no lifts in this hostel which makes it tough for me to bring my luggage all the way to the 3rd floor. Reception is NOT 24h, so I couldn’t check out earlier than the operating hours. Meh.

The hostel is close to the main sites, easy to find, easy to access via a key card and its location felt safe to walk around day and night. The staff answered my questions and were welcoming. My 4 bed female dorm, the bathroom and common areas were clean. The optional breakfast, started from 7.30am and cost 4 euros. We could help ourselves to it and it was plentiful, nutritious, varied, delicious and great value for money. The bed was a bit pricier than beds in most hostel dorm rooms in Porto but it was perfect for my type of trip and I'm happy I paid a few euros extra for a quality stay. I would especially recommend the hostel to solo female travellers, because it is one of the few hostels in Porto with 4 bed female dorms. I would recommend it to newcomers to Porto because it is easy to find from Sao Bento train station. I wouldn't recommend this hostel to people whose main aim is to meet lots of fellow travellers because the common areas didn't have lots of music and social vibe in November [low season], and there weren't any organised events such as bar crawls which there are in some of the more traditional hostels. This hostel had a more 'guesthouse' style and feel to it, at least when I visited in November anyway.