My review of Sheraton Porto Hotel & Spa

Having stayed three nights at the InterContinental, I wanted to switch to a different hotel for change of scenery. I thought about the Crowne Plaza at the beginning, but opted for the Sheraton instead in the end because of its spa facilities, and also better elite benefits from Marriott.

The hotel is quite far out from the city centre, and you do need the bus network or Uber / Bolt to get around, which is an important consideration.

On the other hand, it is huge and very modern. Unlike the InterContinental, most of the hotel guests are here on business travel.

I’m upgraded to a Club room on the 11th floor.

I was very surprised to learn the hotel was opened in 2003 – I don’t see any sign of age to be honest. Both the public areas and the room look fairly new.

There’s a “city view” from the room.

According to the discussions on Flyertalk, Platinum members used to only get breakfast in the Club lounge. The lounge is still closed at the moment, and breakfast is served in the main restaurant.

The breakfast is pretty good overall, almost on par with the InterContinental although there’s no a-la-carte menu.

There’s no service charge for room service here, so you can also have breakfast in the room should you wish. As a guest on the Club floor, you can order refreshments and snack throughout the day:

And Happy Hour offering between 6pm and 8pm:

But the highlight got to be the spa. Only Club floor guests have free access to the spa centre, otherwise you’d have to pay a fee. If you have Platinum status or above though it shouldn’t be an issue.

Again it feels quite new.

The Jacuzzi is most amazing, one of the biggest I’ve ever seen with different function areas, that focus on foot, shoulder, back and full-body respectively.

The sauna room and Turkish sauna are quite impressive too.

The Sheraton is a totally different genre compared to the InterContinental, and in a way I like it more than the latter. If you don’t mind travelling around in a car, or if you have a lot of time in Porto, you may want to consider staying here too.