The best luxury hotels in Porto, from glamorous palácio to designer boltholes

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Few better ways exist to while away a day than wandering along the cobbled streets and narrow passageways of Porto’s labyrinthine Old Town. In this city, every road leads not to Rome but the river, where, if your time has whiled away entirely, some remaining hours can be busily spent between café-hopping and port tasting. Come the end of the day, however, and all that precipitous (did we mention it is hilly?) pavement pounding begins to tell. So it’s a mighty fine job that Porto’s selection of top-star hotels are numerous and near-at-hand. Here’s our pick of the very finest, from the spa-tastic to the Michelin-rated. Whether a world-renowned brand or a one-off wonder, everywhere on our luxury list will provide the pampering your whiling-weary feet deserve. 

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Contributions by Yolanda Carslaw, Emily McAuliffe & Trish Lorenz