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Late flight into Porto - where to stay?

HeatherJourney

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I’m counting down the days and would like to make a reservation for the first night after flying into Porto.

Our flight arrives late in the evening. Any suggestions for where to stay (hotel or albergue) that is close to the airport and easy to get to around 10-11 pm? I would think a hotel is more practical, since it will be so late and after lights-out in a shared space.
 
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On our first trip to Porto, due to connection problems, we arrived 12 hours late into Porto around midnight. Even at that hour, catching a taxi to the center of the city was no problem (although certainly more expensive than taking the metro as we had planned for our anticipated noon arrival). So, if you want to get downtown let me recommend staying at the Passenger Hostel located right in the Sao Bento Train Station and literally right down the street from the Sé where you can begin your Camino the next day if that is your plan. Bom Caminho!
 
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There is a hotel at the airport (Park Hotel). Standard business class and functional. Advantage is that you can start your walk from there if you don't need to go to Porto Cathedral for a sello/credential. Use Metro, taxi or Uber.

If you want a hostel, then the Sandeman on the waterfront is very pleasant. You can walk to the Cathedral in the morning.
 
To be clear, 11pm really is not that late for Porto. The metro runs until 1am, most hotels have 24hr desks, and many smaller private rentals have key lockboxes to make entry after hours
 
My flight was delayed. The hostel closed at 10 pm. I ended up getting a taxi and just making it or otherwise no bed
 
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Thanks for the replies. This is helpful information and gives me some ideas. I can be flexible and make adjustments when I travel (in fact, just recently I was stuck in an airport overnight and had to make do). However, after a long day of travel to a country I’ve never visited before, I would rather arrive with a good plan!
 
I stayed here as well when I had an early morning flight, and I also recommend it.
 
I stayed at the Hotel Opohotel Porto Aeroporto. It was right across the street from the airport basically. It was 76Euro. I had an early flight home after the Camino and wanted to be close to the airport. It was a good value and the location was perfect. There was a shuttle from the hotel to the airport
 
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I used Stay Hotel Porto for an early flight one time. New clean and reasonably priced. 10 or 12 minute walk to the terminal.
 
I stayed at the Hotel Aeroporto, a 5 minute walk near the airport. I’ve stayed there at least twice. You walk up the road (N107-1) leaving airport, it’s the 1st road to the left and down that street a short distance. It was late afternoon, I checked in. Left my stuff in the room and walked 10 miles. On the Camino, then took a train back to the hotel and the morning I took the train back to where I left off. At the end of the trip, I stayed at the same hotel, I had an early flight and it was easy to walk to the airport to leave.

If you want to walk toward the center of Porto, you could do the same thing, walk to the city and catch the metro back toward the hotel. There are a couple of metro station choices that are a 5-10 min walk to the hotel. I spent 6 days in Porto at the end of my 1st Camino and did enough walking around Porto, that I didn’t feel the need to walk toward the city center when I walked the coastal route, I was happy to just start walking the Portuguese Camino from the hotel. I had a decent breakfast buffet at the hotel before walking out that 1st morning.
 
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I stayed at the Hotel Singular Porto Aeroporto. It was just what I needed as it is only about a five minute walk from the terminal and I had a VERY early flight the next day.
 
The metro is very easy to use at the airport, so you could pick accommodation in the city if you are intending to go there anyway (assuming that your chosen accommodation has 24/7 checkin of course)
 
We've stayed here twice as well. They have a shuttle, and are easy walking distance from a Metro station for moving on into central Porto, if wished, the next morning. Both times, we were at Porto airport for early-morning flights to Canada.

Nice people. If you're arriving that late at night, the dining room is not that relevant, but they do serve breakfast from very, very early in case you're jetlagged and your sleeping pattern is wonky.

Highly recommended.
 
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