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Reviews of Hotel da Bolsa

3 out of 5
Hotel da Bolsa
Rua Ferreira Borges, 101, Porto

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 158 out of 480 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 249 out of 480 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 61 out of 480 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 480 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 480 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Glenn

Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Albert

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
walking distance to river and other local attractions
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Augusto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Receptionists were very helpful and courteous. Breakfast buffet was good. Room was basic but clean - good enough for me.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Alysia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great option!!
In the heart of old town Porto. Easy access to all must-see sights and great dining. Front desk was extremely helpful!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

KEVIN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little hotel very comfortable even though the rooms are quite small,the staff are very friendly and helpful.location is great with bars and restaurants on your doorstep and only 3hundred yards from the river by the famous bridge
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Manisha

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel in center of tourist area. Room small but comfortable. Large bar area and sitting room area
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location as you can walk to everything, plaza around the corner has great street entertainment and cafes galore. Street Parking is very difficult but we got lucky.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Penny Susanne

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the smaller, authentic building vs a larger modern hotel, location was a definite plus. Staff was very helpful and accommodating. The location was amazing, views from our room were breathtaking
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Ankita

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice location, clean and quiet

10/10 Excellent

John

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sightseeing trips
The front desk was very helpful in getting us tickets for the hop on hop off bus and the river cruise.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Sybil

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The location was perfect, walking distance to everything there is to see. As we had a car, parking is, as everywhere in Portugal, a problem and ended up in a very expensive parking lot. Would be a plus if the hotel had a negotiated deal with the parking company or that their staff knew a tad more about what was around their hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Francisco, Chicago

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excelente locations close to restaurants bars tourist attractions and the river is two blocks away.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Douglas

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Just up the street from the Stock Exchange Palace. Had a lovely view of the Ribeira and the river. Enjoyed my stay, will stay again if I come back to Porto.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Robert, Calgary

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a great hotel in a great central location. Can basically walk from the hotel to anywhere in Porto. Staff are very friendly. Rooms are on the smaller size unless you purchase a bigger one and the elevators can only fit 1-2 people max which makes it hard for anyone with kids or extra bags. But overall the hotel is excellent and breakfast was very good with lots of options. The A/C worked nicely as well. I would recommend.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2022

4/10 Poor

Rebecca Carol

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service
Description indicates parking available. When I called upon arrival to ask where the parking was located, the staff member chuckled and stated "we don't have parking. We have never had parking." I tried to explain what I read upon booking and later in person showed him the hotel description. He stated he couldn't help and there was no manager we could speak to. The room was very small and we woke up at 6:30 am to people screaming outside our window given the busier location outside. The shower drain and soap dish were coated with soap scum. The floor of the shower was wobbly.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Bethany

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel with excellent location
This hotel is centrally located and it’s an easy walk to most of the touristy areas of Porto. The hotel is nice and the breakfast was very good. A wonderful coffee machine, excellent pastries, fruit, etc. I only have 2 complaints. 1). The hotels.com website says that there is limited on site parking. There is absolutely no parking — I confirmed this with management. We found an outdoor lot about a 10 minute walk away for $20 Euro for 3 days. 2) hotels.com says that the room choices include a queen bed. I booked either a queen or 2 singles. We were given a double which was small and when I asked about this, management said that they do not have any queen beds. The website needs to be updated. One other thing — our room was on the top floor so the view was nice, but the ceiling slanted and the bathroom door did not fully open, so it was a little tight getting in and out of the bathroom. Hotels.com needs to update their website.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Maria Victoria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful location.
We were on the 6th floor looking down on the Douro River, very close to some excellent restaurants. The location is excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Claudia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It's a nice hotel, you get what you pay for, I chose it because it supposedly had own parking but it does not. Internet signal was extremly weak, useless. The place is well located in dowtown, with shops and restaurants nearby. Room was clean. Staff is friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Tomasz

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location, clean. Breakfast is good. A bit noisy at night, especially on weekends.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Couldn't ask for anything more in Porto.
The staff were exceptional - helpful and considerate in every way. The hotel is ideally located to help us make the most of our time in Porto.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Marte

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Char

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
The builfing dies not have any distinctive Portuguese features . I found the room quite hot and prefer fresh air to AC. The nature of the windows made it unlikely for it to be easy to open and shut them easily. The breakfast was serviceable but dominated by machines e.g., coffee out of a machine, a vat of almost boiling water to boil an egg. The staff, for the most part were curtious and helpful. The location is terrific; easy to access higher up near the university or lower diwn by the river.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disappointed in Porto
Small room . Hard mattress . Not great breakfast
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Little but of trouble with room transfer. One desk clerk did not pass information along to next on duty. Would have been ectra goid if they coyld have helped me cancel a room.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

4/10 Poor

MrT, Ireland

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Noisy, old windows do not keep noise out, staff ok but not friendly, very small room, older decor, breakfast ok, great location but very expensive for what you get
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel was perfect for our needs. Close to the areas we wanted to visit. Had near access to a parking garage that can be issues in Europe. Staff accommodating and both bar and breakfast area great. Definitely recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Freddie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Loved location of hotel, easy to walk to most of the sites. Nice breakfast in the morning was a treat and got our day started with a positive. Staff was very helpful. We both are 5’-6” tall, so if you’re taller check room or ask for room with no angled walls. Our other relatives had room with no angled walls and they were taller. They banged their heads when they were in our room when we 1st arrived and were planning our day. Hotel was awesome.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Jose F, Toronto

Great city
Good location and a good overall experience
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location and very friendly staff! Beds are a little hard, and the breakfast offered is forgettable.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Glenn, Edmonton Alberta, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel close to everything. Fairly cramped room but still comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Staff and Location
Each staff person that we camexon contact with was extremely kind and willing to please! The Hotel's location is perfect for getting around to all of the interesting sites, shopping, restaurants, river and bridge to Gaia.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and service
Hotel da Bolsa is located close to the river in Porto. It was very comfortable and the staff was very helpful in giving directions. We enjoyed the free port wine tasting offered through this hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

faruk

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
convieniently located
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

rafael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location!!
The hotel is very well located and in the upper florrs the view is amazing the breakfast is nothinhg special.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ami, Los Angeles, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice, clean old school hotel. Well managed, great location, nice solid wood bed, cabinets, and paneling. Good breakfast with fresh squeezed orange juice (do it youself). A nice touch.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Todd

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Tim, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Good location
Room was a bit small and do was its bathroom. Room over side street was reasonably quiet. Nice that a historic buildong is being well maintained and put to good use. But the main attraction is certainly its excellent location.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location for weekend in Porto
Great location very central spotlessly clean great breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Canadian guest, Montreal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location - helpful staff
We spent 4 days in Porto and found that the location of this hotel just perfect as it was just minutes away from the river where there were several good restaurants and pretty good shopping. Porto is a vibrant city and we felt very safe walking around even at night.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Nemesia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel good location
Everything was fine with the hotel the staff were very friendly and helpful, the room was clean, I would stay here again. Just a shame the return transfers I booked and paid with Expedia did not turn up
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

6/10 Okay

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Small low ceilings attic room
Good location,expensive for a poor room.Also we had booked a taxi through reception to go to airport.When it did not arrive,we asked receptionist to check for us,After 15 minutes we got a taxi ourselves on street.The receptionist rushed out and tried angrily to stop us getting in to this taxi although the one we ordered never came.He was very cross and was abusive to us and the taxi driver.Overall an unpleasant experience.We had used that hotel previously but never again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great place to stay
Lovely helpful staff, comfortable rooms and bed. Hotel close to many attractions in the old part of town.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017