The House of Sandeman

Highly recommend. Great location on the Douro south bank overlooking the city. Convenient location. We had private room 19 at the back of the property. No view but extremely quiet. The rooms are a recent addition to the hostel. Huge! And the shower can easily fit 6 people! Wood beam ceilings over the stone walls from the original port barrel storage. Historical and unique. Very friendly hostel vibe. Great breakfast and even the take-out sack breakfast for an early start.

I stayed in the 14 bed female dormitory and had the best night's sleep on my backpacking trip there! The bed and pillow was so comfortable, easy ladder to climb (to the higher bed). Even though there were others sleeping there, it felt you have your own personal space in your wine barrel shaped bed! I appreciated all the design details! The room had a much larger feel than what I imagined it would be from just looking at the photos We had three private bathrooms for the room of 14 (I never had to wait for one to be free - it always somehow worked out well!). Great location with an awesome view that I couldn't get enough of. Breakfast was plentiful - You got a croissant, a slice of ham and cheese, yoghurt pot, there was even dark wholegrain bread available, cake, fruit, and you could buy additional pancackes or ommeletes for 1€ or 2€. Breakfast was between 8-11 and checkout time very convenient at 12. They stored my luggage for free after checkout in a locked cabinet, so it felt very safe. I liked the lockers that were code based. You even got a small guest discount for Sandemans wine cellars tour.

Amazing Hostel! This hostel knows what its doing. its so good. The dorm beds are huge and so comfortable. The rooms are so spacious. the dorm bathrooms are through the main dorm room but separated by a huge corridor which is just amazing.. cant hear a thing. had a great nights sleep. the staff are so lovely and so helpful. a huge thank you to them. the main social room is a 10 out of 10. perfect place to meet travelers, you all eat breakfast around the table which is fantastic. breakfast so well organized. and u can order extra goodies like omelette if you want them. The sofa orientated around each other is just incredible socially and the view out to the river is fab! the location is 10 for us. love this side of porto. oh yeh, and these are the best lockers we've ever had travelling all across the world - love them. plugs/lights/privacy curtain on the beds. the cleaning staff were so lovely and the rooms are very clean. We stayed here with 10 friends in total and they all loved it as well. we also checked in at 1am due to flights and the staff were so helpful. THANK YOU SANDEMAN. you rock.

Loved our two night stay here. Location was great. Lots of great entertainment close by. Staff were amazing. So friendly and helpful. They really went out of their way to make us feel welcomed. The facilities are amazing. We were there during the 10 hour power outage and the staff remained friendly during a difficult situation.

Stayed for 3 nights on our trip to Porto. This was the best choice we could have made. The Sandeman suites were next level in ambience and breakfast was delicious and plentiful. Beautiful rooms and very nice staff. In particular Mata was really helpful and friendly. Meeting the other guess at breakfast was an extra bonus to the trip if you feel like a chat or making a lone travellers day. We used the cooking facilities couple times for dinner and was well stocked with pots and pans etc.. Looking back over to Porto from Gaia was really great and not far to walk everywhere. getting a taxi on the day we left early in the morning was not a problem either. The Port tasting at Sandeman was really enjoyable and next door.