The Wine Hostel is located in the heart of Porto, above some bars with a fun night-life. |
The hostel offers a breakfast, for 3.50 euros, of toast, waffles, cereal, meat, cheese, fruit, juice, coffee and tea. It also offers a full kitchen for anyone with enough volition to whip up a meal.
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The kitchen and reception are pleasant and immaculate, with an excellent selection of drinks. |
The mixed dormitory rooms have between four and eight beds, and each room has its own bathroom and shower, cleaned daily.
Tawny, Pink, White, or Ruby? The Wine Hostel has a fantastic bar with a wide selection of Port wine, cocktails and beer. These sweet Port wines, native to the local Douro Valley, are wonderful to sample together.
A with most things, what's best about it can also be what's worst about it. Staying at a hostel offers the wonderful opportunity to visit and share experiences with other travellers. It provides a community in a completely foreign place.
At the same time, the affordability of a hostel draws a certain kind of person, I've experienced anyway. I'll characterise this person as being in his 20s and with a tremendous propensity to drink. And to show up at the dormitory in the wee hours of the morning. And make a lot of noise doing so.
So I guess that you take the good with the bad. And overall, I'd rate my experience at the Wine Hostel as good. Very, very good!
A with most things, what's best about it can also be what's worst about it. Staying at a hostel offers the wonderful opportunity to visit and share experiences with other travellers. It provides a community in a completely foreign place.
At the same time, the affordability of a hostel draws a certain kind of person, I've experienced anyway. I'll characterise this person as being in his 20s and with a tremendous propensity to drink. And to show up at the dormitory in the wee hours of the morning. And make a lot of noise doing so.
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Sharing some 20-year aged tawny with fellow travellers. |
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