Nothing serious to complain about if you are fine with sharing bathrooms and toilets with others

Great location, helpful staff, easy check-in and out, well-equipped kitchen, great neighbourhood

Stayed in August 2025

Great location, easy check-in, nice communication with the hostess. Good place to stay for 1-2 nights. Has everything you need.

Stayed in September 2024

It was ok

Lovely location, spacious.

Stayed in July 2024

I wanted to like this place, hippy style is ok and gives it a color. But we were afraid to touch the towels and the bed covers felt like they were not washed a while too. So the stay gave us an uncomfortable feeling and we couldn’t wait to leave. Not a good experience to have in such a gorgeous city.

It was good location and value.

Stayed in June 2024

Aura

Location

Stayed in November 2023

Location

Stayed in November 2023

Old charm Good location with a small restaurant just across the road as well

Stayed in September 2023

This house needs a proper renovation (which would cost a fortune, I imagine...). What I disliked the most was that the tourist tax was not included in the amount I paid via booking. Literally, NO ONE has coins when traveling straight from the airport if their country's currency is not the euro (and even in Europe are places where we still have our own currency) - and they want me to put this tax money TO AN ENVELOPE and then HIDE IT to the BOX in the living room just as I arrive and CHECK-IN. That was bizarre. The tax is 2 euros per person per night, and we (2 ppl), of course, had to pay a little more for our one-night accommodation, because the smallest nominal we had was a 5 euro note.

This is a very odd place. Unique decorations, crazy Russian tea table / elderly English lady style... I think when people read 'hotel' they can never expect what AL-Almada 4 is. But maybe it's more Portuguese than any other hotel...? The definition of the word 'rustic'. I kinda liked it there, but it wasn't what I expected at all and I think others may have reconsidered staying at AL-Almada 4, especially if they like spacious bright, and clean interiors with no dust-catching colorful trinkets at every glance. The Wi-fi was quite good though and it was not very hard to find the place when arrived at the metro station.

Stayed in August 2023

You can hear the neighbours well, so not so much privacy. But still good room! Good communication via whatsapp with the owner but then we got quite aggressive messages and missed calls because of not having paid the tourist tax right away (the reason was not having the exact change for it, only having big bills). Maybe it was because of the language barrier but it made us quite uncomfortable.

Great location. Good for a short stay.

Stayed in July 2023

The room is upstairs and there a few old steps to use and not that convenient if you have luggage

Location is great

Stayed in June 2023

We’re antes on the bathroom

The style was unic

Stayed in June 2023

Quite musty and no window.

Easy check in and good value for money. Quirky interior.

Stayed in June 2023

Wrong door code sent to me, but I managed to figure it out.

Great location. The price was very reasonable. Coffee machine in the room was a bonus.

Stayed in April 2023

I stayed on 4th floor but there is no elevator lift. Troublesome if you are with heavy luggage. The heating system is not warm enough in the cold winter. The front door sometimes does not open (not sure if its because of electricity's gone sometimes) The building itself is so old that it makes a creaking sound when you walk through the corridor. The wall is not thick enough - can not sleep because of the sound from the next door.

Convenient location with east access to the station and most of the tourist spots. The room is much bigger than I expected.

Stayed in January 2023

The place was situated in the center of Porto, perfect to visit the city by foot. The host is here if you need anything, that's appreciated. I appreciate the rustic place, and you have anything yo you need. You can also cook if you want to !

Stayed in January 2023

It was an attic transformed into a room - the ceiling was very low and I hit my head against roof beams a couple of times. It also meant that I needed to travel up and down narrow stairs whenever I needed to use the bathroom. The place was a bit dusty. Two tiny heaters provided were not enough on colder December nights - the host offered extra blankets and explained she couldn't provide more heaters as the fuse would go off (at least I think that's what she meant). The blankets offer was polite but not a satisfactory solution as I couldn't sleep with a blanket over my face to avoid a sore throat the next morning, plus my clothes that were damp from being caught in the rain outside wouldn't dry there because it was too cold (which blankets also wouldn't solve). On arrival I was asked to send a photo of my passport via WhatsApp - very risky from cyber security perspective and I would never recommend doing this to anyone. I redacted some info from it but still felt really uneasy doing this. Communication was sometimes a bit weird, which had to do with the host's English language skills (though I'm sure she was doing her best). A note to future travellers that the municipal tax is payable in cash only and you're asked to have the exact amount on arrival as there's no one there to give you the change.

Excellent location and I can recommend for this reason alone. Inexpensive, so all in all good value for money. The host was polite and asked several times whether everything was ok during my stay.

Stayed in December 2022

Reviewed by www.lotuseaters.travel Came here for work. We loved… - Location - Value for money lotuseaters.travel

Stayed in October 2022

One of the beds (1 person ) was awful. Quite uncomfortable. The same thing to the pillows.

The location, the shower and the kitchen.

Stayed in September 2022

the description should include info about the narrow stairs our room was without windows whoch could’ve been said

it was very good for the low price we paid, good location

Stayed in September 2022

nonna lina, really gentle stuff, we had a wonderful stay, thank you

Stayed in August 2025

Great accomodation for the price paid. Room was large and comfortable, with a fan. Shower and kitchen facilities were clean and worked well. Check-in was easy and we had a shot of port when we arrived. Location was fantastic. Great option if travelling to Porto on a budget. I would recommend reading the listing before booking eg there are lots of stairs

Stayed in August 2025

always no electricity

good location

Stayed in December 2024

It was in the roof so it was a bit hot. But there were fans.

Decoration was good.

Stayed in July 2024

Bed bugs on last night, room number 1. There was a stench of spray kill in the room. I checked the mattress if there was remains of bed bugs but wasn’t. I had to open window to get the stench of poison out of the room. Everything went fine until last night. Then I got three bites. That mattress has to be thrown away and call the professionals to poison the room. There is no lift and 4th floor. But anyway it is hiking every day in Porto, so no actual complaints. Every morning I had to queue to have a shower. No queues after 11.00.

Location, fridge and decoration.

Stayed in April 2024