City break in Portugal, at the Renaissance Porto Lapa hotel
A few minutes from the historic center of Porto, the very recent Renaissance Hotel has all the assets for a weekend dedicated to the art of living. The know-how and philosophy of Marriott Bonvoy presented in the form of an elegant Boutique Hotel.
Porto is popular! Portugal's second city attracts tourists from all over the world to the banks of the Douro, the country's iconic river which has seen this ardently worked vine grow on its steep hillsides and produce the eponymous wine found on tables around the world. entire. The Renaissance Hotels brand in the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio saw the opportunity to create its first hotel in Portugal in the historic district of Lapa. It is here that the aristocracy and members of the highest social classes had taken up residence since 1770. Most of the embassies of foreign countries are also located there. The Renaissance Porto Lapa had to wait until autumn 2023 to move there. The hotel is in line with the recent Boutique-style hotels created by Marriott, through its AC Hotels or Autograph Collection brands such as AC Strasbourg or La Caserne Chanzy in Reims.
The Renaissance Porto Lapa is the best of a city hotel offering all the charms of the historic city center without having to endure the vicissitudes of a city very visited from the first sunny days. And this is just a five- minute walk from the main sites of interest. Project designers, local architectural firms Visioarq Arquitectos and Broadway Malya opted for pure lines, pastel colours, gold and pink, in contrast with petroleum blue. There we find the whole palette of colours of the Douro, a river which slides between the banks of Porto and those of Vila Nova de Gaia. With its 163 rooms including four suites set in the heart of an emerging wooded park, the Renaissance Porto Lapa hosts a gourmet restaurant and two cocktail bars, one on the ground floor, with a speakeasy atmosphere, the second on the rooftop next to a large infinity pool. A place so appreciated for the talents of mixologists only for the magnificent view of the city and the Atlantic Ocean. The Renaissance Porto Lapa Hotel is undoubtedly the ideal address for a citybreak in Porto .
