Wine Hostel

Love, love, LOVE this place!
First off, it’s a bit of a hike from the metro station. It’s not horrible, but it’s not right around the corner, either. For myself, that was the only bummer. That being said, the short walk up a hill gave myself, my sister, and husband plenty of chances to look at the stunning Portuguese architecture and note some places to get coffee and shop for sandals and maybe some extra clothes.
The Wine Hostel is fairly well marked and we had no trouble finding it. There’s a small foyer you can enter where then you have to get buzzed into the building or swipe your fob. In this foyer, there was a vintage bicycle with a dozen empty port bottles in the front basket, a crate of empty port bottles on the back rack, and an empty crate of port bottles on the floor. The receptionist buzzed us in, and crates of empty port bottles lined the wall up the short stairs to the front desk landing. My sister turned to me grinning: «Are we in the right place or are we in the right place?!»
The receptionist, Carla, was friendly and got us checked in. While she copied the info from our Passports, my group logged into their free wifi on our phones. Then she showed us around the hostel. The stairs continued up the left from the front desk landing with a gorgeous balister and opened to another landing that had a wide open kitchen and laundry area for guest use on the right and to the left an equally large common room where there was a dining table, several cushion chairs, 2 computer stations, a tv surrounded by bean bag chairs, and plenty of Portugal tour books and board games for free use. In the evenings there was port tasting for anywhere between 1 – 3 Euros, depending on the type of port you wanted to have, and every day there was a Happy Hour where they were even cheaper.
We continued up the magnificent staircase to the next floor where our dorm room was. We stayed in the LBV room and it was beautiful! Three white wooden bunks and matching storage cabinets had plenty of room in this tall yet cozy dorm, with floor to ceiling windows that could be shuttered with doors. The room had an attached modern bathroom that was beautifully tiled with a toilet, sink, and stand up shower. There was a tall woven rack that offered plenty of room for holding toothpaste and deodorant and such. The only thing that was a slight bummer was the laundry dryer was currently broken, so if we wanted to do laundry, we would have to air dry it (which wasn’t really possible because it was a foggy, rainy stay in Porto, but we weren’t desperate for clothes just yet anyways).
The Wine Hostel isn’t very near a lot of sight seeing attractions, but it was close to a lot of wonderful restaurants, and that’s honestly just as good. Walking out to find a delicious and affordable dinner was no problem at all, and Carla was happy to point us in the right direction. Another night my group stayed in and maybe had a touch too much Port while we used The Wine Hostel’s wifi to finish checking in online to planes, securing train tickets, and paid for print-​outs of said tickets. Since Porto is the home of port wine, the options are basically unlimited as to what kind of port you want to drink, and what only costs mere Euros here would wipe you out in the United States. My husband and I are huge port fans, so this was basically heaven.
When it was time to check out, the Wine Hostel offered to hold our bags until our train left, but we declined as we could rent lockers at the train station to hold our stuff until it was time to head to Lisbon. It wasn’t as cheap as leaving them as the hostel, which would have been free, but it would save us a trip and precious time.
I would 100% go back to The Wine Hostel. I absolutely loved it and had a wonderful time and experience. The beds were comfortable and the sheets and comforter were new and clean, the residence was gorgeous, and the staff was friendly. I definitely recommend it!

Je né peux que conseiller cette auberge de jeunesse. Le personnel est sympa, le lieu est propre, est surtout elle est placé dans le centre dans le quartiers universitaires, et donc il y a toujours de l’animation! surtout vu sue sur le marchés aux oiseaux, surprenant les chant de coqs au petit matin le jour de marché:)
vraiment je conseille cette auberge!