Dom Henrique Hotel Porto travel guide

The Dom Henrique is a 1970s-built high-rise hotel, designed with input from Portugal's top architects, located 100 meters from the city center. The modern guestrooms are decorated in creams and reds with wood furnishings. All include high-speed Internet connections, fax and modem points. Cable television with radio, telephones, and minibars. Marble bathrooms come with speakers and complimentary toiletries. <BR> The Restaurant Alem Mar is decorated with warm colors with an intricate tiled wall, exclusively designed by a prominent Portuguese artist. Here, guests can sample Portuguese specialties including Bacalhau (dried cod) and Roasted Octopus. The hotel houses five meeting rooms with capacities from 6 to 80 persons, all the rooms have daylight and are equipped with analogical and digital phone connections, broad band wireless internet access (WLAN), overhead projectors, flip-charts and screens. In the evening, guests can enjoy drinks, cocktails and stunning city views in Bar Anrrique on the 17th floor. Other amenities include babysitting services, nearby parking, and round the clock room service. Guests can also look up local information via wireless Internet services and ask the multilingual staff for sightseeing assistance. The Rivoli Theater and City Hall are both within 750 meters of the hotel. Oporto Airport is 15 kilometers from the hotel. Taxis are affordable and available 24 hours from outside Arrivals. The Aerobus provides a fast connection between the airport, the city's main hotels and downtown Porto. Regular buses, including lines no.56 and 87, serve the city and the hotel vicinity. Porto can easily be explored via foot, bus or tram.