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Pousada Porto Rua das Flores
Porto, Portugal · Pousadas de Portugal · Core Luxury
The 18th-century Casa dos Brandões on Porto's pedestrian Rua das Flores, a street that marked its 500th year in 2021, opened as a pousada that October after architect Miguel Medeiros and interior designer Miguel Câncio Martins rebuilt it around original stone arches, granite stairs, and 84 rooms. The yellow street front is three storeys; the rear rises to six and is clad, piece by piece, in the schist scales typical of Porto. An indoor pool with a waterfall sits two floors below the gastro-bar.
- 84 rooms
- Opened 2021
- Neighborhood: Baixa
- Architect: Miguel Medeiros
- Interiors: Miguel Câncio Martins
About Pousada Porto Rua das Flores
- Rua das Flores was laid out with nobles' palaces on the morning-sun side and bourgeois houses opposite; the pousada occupies number 94, once called Casa dos Brandões.
- Artist Iva Viana's plaster camellias decorate the entrance ceilings as a tribute to the street's name.
- Excavation during the conversion turned up archaeological remains from the Roman city that once stood beneath Porto's historic centre.
- The pousada opened on 7 October 2021 with 84 rooms, an indoor pool, sauna, and P Gastro Bar.
History
Pousada Porto Rua das Flores occupies the 18th-century Casa dos Brandões at number 94 on Rua das Flores, a pedestrian street in Porto's historic centre that marked its 500th anniversary in 2021. One side of the street held nobles' palaces catching the morning sun; the other belonged to the bourgeoisie. The pousada stands on the bourgeois side, in a building that housed various commercial uses before Pestana converted it.
Architect Miguel Medeiros led the redevelopment and Miguel Câncio Martins the interiors. The hotel opened on 7 October 2021 with 84 rooms, preserved stone arches and a granite staircase, a yellow street façade of three storeys, and a six-storey rear elevation clad in hand-set schist scales. An indoor pool, sauna and waterfall occupy the lower floors.
The setting
4-minute walk to Porto Cathedral.
Restaurants and bars
- P Gastro Bar — Restaurant · Traditional Portuguese breakfast
Experiences
- Pousada Breakfast — Breakfast highlighting fresh ingredients and typical Portuguese delicacies, mainly from the north of the country, served in a space extending to the courtyard.
- Indoor swimming pool and sauna — Indoor heated pool and sauna in the same space, described as a holistic wellness experience in the historic old town.
Amenities
- Indoor pool
- Sauna
- Fitness center
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