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The Central House Porto Ribeira - Hostel

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Relax in a serene space with a sauna or steam room, featuring a semi-circle of stools for socializing.
Relax in our stylish lobby, featuring a seating area with comfortable chairs and ottomans, a reception desk, and a cityscape mural.
Cozy reading nook with a warm atmosphere, round table, and a view to the upper level.
Relax in a spacious room with a large bed, flat-screen TV, and city views through a large window.
Cozy space with a dining area, lounge seating, and a staircase leading to an upper level.

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Air conditioning
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
R. de São João 40, Porto, Porto, 4050-553
  • Ribeira Square
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Porto Historic Center
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Porto Cathedral
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Porto (OPO-Dr. Francisco de Sa Carneiro)
    ‪13 min drive‬

Room options

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1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Room, Ensuite (12 pax)

  • Sleeps 12
  • 12 Single Beds

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1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Room, Private Bathroom (8 pax)

  • Sleeps 8
  • 8 Single Beds

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1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bunk Bed OR 2 Single Beds and 2 Single Bunk Beds

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1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Shared Dormitory, Women only, Private Bathroom (1 bed in a 8 Bed-Dorm)

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bunk Bed

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1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in shared 12-mixed dorm with private bathroom

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bunk Bed

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1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in Shared dormitory of 10, mixed, with a private bathroom

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(5 reviews)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

View all photos for Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Private Bathroom (1 bed in a 6 Bed-Dorm)

1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Private Bathroom (1 bed in a 6 Bed-Dorm)

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bunk Bed

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1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in shared 6-female dorm with private bathroom

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bunk Bed

View all photos for Room, Private Bathroom (6 pax)

1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Room, Private Bathroom (6 pax)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 6 Single Beds

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Suite, Private Bathroom, River View | View from room

Suite, Private Bathroom, River View

  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Private Bathroom (1 bed in a 8 Bed-Dorm)

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bunk Bed

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1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Double Bed and 4 Single Bunk Beds

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1 bedroom, soundproofing, free WiFi, bed sheets

Room, Private Bathroom (10 pax)

  • Sleeps 10
  • 10 Single Beds

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About this property

The Central House Porto Ribeira - Hostel

Hostel connected to a railway/underground station in Porto with a 24-hour front desk
This smoke-free hostel features a 24-hour front desk, an arcade/games room and a TV in a common area. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include multilingual staff assistance and a vending machine.
The Central House Porto Ribeira - Hostel offers 22 accommodations with air conditioning. This Porto hostel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 500+ Mbps (good for 6+ people or 10+ devices). Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.
Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at The Central House Porto Ribeira - Hostel. During your stay, you'll be connected to a railway/underground station and just a quick walk from Porto Historic Center. You'll find features such as free WiFi in public areas, plus breakfast (surcharge) and an arcade/games room.
  • Free Wi-Fi (speed: 500+ Mbps (good for 6+ people or 10+ devices))
  • Buffet breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Amenities include multilingual staff, a communal living room and a vending machine
  • Steps from Ribeira Square and 4 minutes on foot from Porto Historic Center
As a guest of The Central House Porto Ribeira - Hostel, you'll find a vending machine, an arcade/games room, and multilingual staff. Public spaces have free WiFi. A complete renovation of The Central House Porto Ribeira - Hostel was completed in April 2022.

This Porto hostel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a buffet breakfast daily from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM.

Languages

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 500+ Mbps (good for 6+ people or 10+ devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee: EUR 8.50 for adults and EUR 8.50 for children

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Communal living room
  • Renovated entire property - April 2022
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Towels provided

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating
  • Mobile key entry
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 3.00 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 13 years of age.

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: from approximately EUR 8.50 for adults and from EUR 8.50 for children

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

Property is also known as

The Central House Ribeira
The Central House Porto Ribeira
The Central House Porto Ribeira - Hostel Porto

The Central House Porto Ribeira - Hostel Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 58 out of 88 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 88 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 88 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 88 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 88 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Latifa

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Anthony

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Fabio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfeito / Perfect
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anabel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Would recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephen, lamoine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
In the heart of old Porto. Great food and history! Unbelievable great view from room!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alba

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love everything !!!!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alba

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The atmosphere, Is Amazing !!!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Yuki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Maysa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is easily one of the best hostels I’ve ever stayed at. The rooms were clean, modern, and comfortable. It was very big, more hotel vibes, so not the most social hostel and a place to meet people, but still worth the stay. Great location!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place. Staff super kind and helpful, rooms are clean and spacious. Breakfast was delicious. Perfect location near the river. Would come stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Exceptional

The location is amazing. The staff was perfect amd extremely nice, nothing was too much trouble
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Love central house Porto!!!

Best stay at any hostel I’ve ever had. Loved this place sooo much I would never consider staying anywhere else!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Yocasta

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
I liked the property location.

8/10 Good

Theresa, Kent

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kwame Yirenkyi

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Good hotel, good workers, good food, everything is perfect
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Dino

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
When all 8 beds in dorm are full it gets a little crowded. Most guests checked out within a day or two… Shower and toilet within a pretty small space and water was getting onto the floor in front of toilet. Sinks for getting ready are open concept and right on the way out so a little awkward. Other than those things it was a good experience and a pretty good spot to meet other travellers. Staff was always friendly and helpful! Right near the Douro river so lots to see and do plus many photo opportunities!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Ishara

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The hostel is located near the river which is nice. This is usually a pretty active area at night so it can be a bit noisy till late night. Close to the metro station (about 10 mins walk) but Porto has a very uneven landscape so be prepared for an uphill climb. The room was spacious and nice. What I really liked was the fact that the room and shower/toilet were in physically separated unlike most hostels in Portugal/Spain. So it's less disturbing if you are in sleep when someone else uses the toilet/shower. There are a lot of restaurants and cafes around so you never run out of options for food. I had a bit of an issue at the reception as they charged me twice for the stay. The full amount has already been paid before my check-in but after my check-out they charged on my card again without notifying me (only received the bank notification). However, they eventually processed a refund but it took more than 3 days for me to receive money which wasn't great (I was already on the last day of my trip when I received the money back so I essentially had to top up my card again due to no fault of my own). This could have been avoided easily if they checked before charging my card again. There's no kitchen onsite to even get some water/refill a water bottle which is a bit of a let down. No free luggage storage. They have lockers for which you have to pay extra.

10/10 Excellent

Sovieski

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Amazing view, great team, excellent location, amazing recommendations.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Mayra

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Great location and comfortable bed

Great location, only a block from the river. I was in a room with 7 other females, and loved the privacy curtain and charging USB plugs. The place didn't feel like a hostel at all besides that. There were 2 elevators: one for even # floors, the other for odd. Nice, chill lobby but hardly anyone interacting. I used the side lounge area around 2-3a and I was the only one there. There's personnel at the front desk 24 hours. The main issue was the setup to get to the top bunk bed was not the safest; there is no real stairs to climb, and getting myself up there was a challenge while trying to keep the bottom bunks curtain close for her privacy. Also, the restroom is a decent size (and inside the room) but gives you enough privacy. However there was no refill of 'body wash' or soap or toilet paper the 2 days I was there even though we notified several people while they were inspecting and/or cleaning the room. The shower door had an enormous gap on the bottom that invited large amounts of water to leak out. There was a towel placed there by someone one day and picked up by housekeeping the next day and not replaced. There are 2 sinks which is great and cubbies for each bed under the sink. Just wish there was a bigger shelf inside the shower and somewhere to hang our clothes and towel. A lot of male personnel kept coming into the room to clean but they were very friendly. And the drawers under the beds were very spacious but if you have a big suitcase, it won't fit
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Jeinny

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Like the place except for the double beds great place
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Brannon

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not next time

I would not recommend this hostel. They seem understaffed. Check in was very slow although I registered online “ to skip the line”. The rooms were not cleaned properly. I had to speck to them several times to get a huge mess left all over the floor by a late night party goer. Slick marketing but not a great experience. Needs to get on top of management to make sure rooms are cleaned after each guest and all their junk is removed.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Coleen, NEW BERN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic Hostel, comfy beds and GREAT staff! You cannot miss this one!
Stayed 27 nights in Jun 2023