Oporto, Portugal for Short Break
 

We are looking at a short break (5 nights) around 20th May. Oporto in
Portugal has come top of our list due to flight availability/price.

Oporto won Best European Destination award last year, is it *really* that
good or was that some sort of fluke?

A couple in our 60's, we are not 'beach people' nor 'shop until you drop'
types, we are mainly interested in wandering around old places and finding a
nice park/garden where we can sit and relax. A bit of light entertainment
nearby in the evenings would be a bonus but not a necessity.

Hotels we are looking at follow, they are all 4*, available on Lidl breaks
at around Euro 50 per room per night including breakfast and are well rated
on Trip Advisor - any experience of them would be appreciated:

Best Western Hotel Inca
Quality Inn Portus Cale
Porto Trindade Hotel

Oporto, Portugal for Short Break
 

We are looking at a short break (5 nights) around 20th May. Oporto in
Portugal has come top of our list due to flight availability/price.

Oporto won Best European Destination award last year, is it *really* that
good or was that some sort of fluke?

A couple in our 60's, we are not 'beach people' nor 'shop until you drop'
types, we are mainly interested in wandering around old places and finding a
nice park/garden where we can sit and relax. A bit of light entertainment
nearby in the evenings would be a bonus but not a necessity.

Are you fit enough to deal with hills? Porto has lots of them - it
has a dramatic setting up the steep side of the river valley.

I don't know the hotels you mention, I was last there a very long time
ago. It's got a great atmosphere but I wouldn't call it relaxing.

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Oporto, Portugal for Short Break
 

Jack Campin wrote:
We are looking at a short break (5 nights) around 20th May. Oporto
in Portugal has come top of our list due to flight
availability/price.

Oporto won Best European Destination award last year, is it *really*
that good or was that some sort of fluke?

A couple in our 60's, we are not 'beach people' nor 'shop until you
drop' types, we are mainly interested in wandering around old places
and finding a nice park/garden where we can sit and relax. A bit of
light entertainment nearby in the evenings would be a bonus but not
a necessity.

Are you fit enough to deal with hills? Porto has lots of them - it
has a dramatic setting up the steep side of the river valley.

That's good to know. Hills aren't generally a problem for us but we would
prefer the hotel not to be at the top of a really steep one if we are going
to be walking to and from it a lot.


I don't know the hotels you mention, I was last there a very long time
ago. It's got a great atmosphere but I wouldn't call it relaxing.

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. u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian
EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557
http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin

Oporto, Portugal for Short Break
 

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Jack Campin wrote:
We are looking at a short break (5 nights) around 20th May. Oporto
in Portugal has come top of our list due to flight
availability/price.

Oporto won Best European Destination award last year, is it *really*
that good or was that some sort of fluke?

A couple in our 60's, we are not 'beach people' nor 'shop until you
drop' types, we are mainly interested in wandering around old places
and finding a nice park/garden where we can sit and relax. A bit of
light entertainment nearby in the evenings would be a bonus but not
a necessity.

Are you fit enough to deal with hills? Porto has lots of them - it
has a dramatic setting up the steep side of the river valley.

That's good to know. Hills aren't generally a problem for us but we would
prefer the hotel not to be at the top of a really steep one if we are going
to be walking to and from it a lot.

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You don't need to walk up and down the hill

You can use the Funicular

https://plus.google.com/116708016601...ut?gl=uk&hl=en

Included in a "day pass" (I think), though it does have the most complicated
system for ticket prices that I have ever seen, if you want to travel
outside of one zone [1] - and South of the river is in a different zone to
North of the river

[1] As an example the number of zones that you need to buy for the return
journey is not always the same as the outward, even if you go via exactly
the same route

tim