The Rails Hoteles Port Ribeira occupies a suite of five buildings in the historic Ribeira district of Porto. The group, classified as a national monument and that dates back to Roman times and the middle ages, preserves the traces of these times, the stone walls and archways, combining them with modern décor and sober. One step da ribeira, the palácio da Bolsa and the Douro, it has beautiful views of the old town and on the river. The Rails Hoteles Port Ribeira is the first hotel chain Hoteles in Portugal Rails Galician.
Construction of the building began in the 1920s and dragged on for many years. It was finally inaugurated on 24 June, 1957. The work was architecturally inspired in the great communal palaces of northern France and Flanders. The building consists of a basement, six floors and interior patios, occupying an area of 2,438 m2. Constructed of granite from the quarries of S. Gens and Fafe, with the remaining materials being: reinforced concrete, marbles of different colours and oak and sucupira woods. In front of the main door and framed by the ramp is the statue of Almeida Garrett, inaugurated in …
A small recreational port, with limited places.Located in a highly industrialised area, with good accesses, well signaled.There is a small, modern marina, only for sailboats, 50 metres away.