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A design hotel in converted 19th-century warehouses on the Gaia riverbank facing old Porto, with apartment-style suites, a Roman-bath spa and a Douro rooftop bar.
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Need To Know
- 103 apartment-style suites and studios with fitted kitchens, the largest running to three-bedroom duplexes
- Set in converted 19th-century riverside warehouses, a former cookware factory and wine store
- A subterranean Roman-bath-inspired spa with an indoor pool, sauna and water lounge; 24-hour gym
- Pot&Pan restaurant and Bello rooftop bar under chef André Coutinho, plus a lobby bar and pizzeria
- Pet-friendly and family-friendly, with a kids' club and two meeting rooms; private parking
- On the Gaia bank facing Porto, by the port lodges; about 20–25 minutes from the airport
Check in - Check out
Check in from 15:00; check out before 12:00.
We Love
- The spa — a subterranean, Roman-bath-inspired wellness floor built around excavated artefacts, with an indoor pool ringed by curved stone archways, a sauna and a water lounge.
- The Bello rooftop — a bar with a long view across the Douro to old Porto's terracotta roofs and the Dom Luís I bridge, with cocktails, pizza and petiscos; the spot for sunset.
- The apartments — all 103 suites and studios have fully fitted kitchens, the largest running to three-bedroom duplexes, made to live in rather than just sleep in; pet- and family-friendly.
- The heritage — set in 19th-century riverside warehouses, a former cookware factory and wine store, with a reception built from wood salvaged from the old rabelo port boats.
- The location — on the quiet Gaia bank by the port-wine lodges and WOW Porto, a short walk over the Dom Luís I bridge to the Ribeira and the heart of old Porto.
Key Features
Book Your Stay at The Rebello Hotel & Spa
€231.00 for 1 Night
Location
Address
Cais de Gaia 380, 4400-245 Vila Nova de Gaia
Travel Info
The Rebello stands on Cais de Gaia, on the Vila Nova de Gaia bank of the Douro facing old Porto, among the port-wine lodges and below WOW Porto. The Ribeira is a short walk over the Dom Luís I bridge; Porto airport is about 20 to 25 minutes by car, and private parking is available.
Nearby Places
Ribeira District – This picturesque neighborhood is known for its colorful buildings, riverside cafes, and vibrant atmosphere.
20min
WOW Porto (World of Wine) - Museums, wine bars, restaurants — Porto’s cultural playground is just uphill.
700m
Last Updated: 2026-06-12
Expert Review
Origins
The Rebello stands on the Vila Nova de Gaia bank of the Douro, the quieter side of the river, looking across the water to the terracotta roofs of old Porto. It occupies a run of nineteenth-century riverside warehouses — buildings that served Porto's working life as a cookware factory and a wine store — now joined and reborn as a design hotel, with the original stonework kept and the industrial bones left on show.
The name reaches back to the river's trade. Rebello is for the rabelo, the flat wooden boats with a long "little tail" rudder that once carried barrels of wine down the Douro from the valley vineyards to the port lodges of Gaia; the hotel's reception is built from timber salvaged from the old boats themselves. The design runs on those themes — water, wine, wood and industry — in polished concrete, salvaged timber and steel, the work of designer Daniela Franceschini, with the lofty proportions of the warehouses kept throughout.
What it holds is not quite a conventional hotel: one hundred and three apartment-style suites and studios, all with fitted kitchens, the largest running to three-bedroom duplexes, made for stays of a night or a season. Below ground is the hotel's surprise — a spa inspired by Roman baths, built around artefacts found on the site, with an indoor pool ringed by stone archways. Above are the Bello rooftop bar with its view over the river to Porto, the Pot&Pan restaurant in the old cookware warehouse, a lobby bar and a pizzeria, all under chef André Coutinho — a large, easy-going riverside hotel that lives off its setting and its history.
Top Secret
The hotel's best-kept secret is underground. The spa was built around Roman remains found when the site was dug, and it is designed to feel the part — a subterranean, low-lit space where an indoor pool sits ringed by curved stone archways, with a sauna and a quiet water lounge alongside. It is a genuine destination spa rather than a token wellness room, and at the right hour you can have the archways and the still water more or less to yourself, a world away from the rooftop and the river traffic above.
The Review
The Rebello is a hotel that turns Porto's industrial past into something genuinely comfortable to stay in. Set on the Gaia bank of the Douro — the quieter side, facing the old city — it fills a run of nineteenth-century warehouses, once a cookware factory and a wine store, with one hundred and three apartment-style suites, all with kitchens, the largest running to three-bedroom duplexes. The design keeps the industrial bones — lofty ceilings, polished concrete, salvaged timber, including a reception built from old rabelo boat wood — and the effect is closer to a stylish riverside residence than a standard hotel.
The pleasures are the spa, the rooftop and the space. The subterranean spa, inspired by Roman baths and built around artefacts found on site, has an indoor pool ringed by stone archways and is the standout; the Bello rooftop looks across the river to Porto and the Dom Luís I bridge, with cocktails and petiscos; and Pot&Pan, in the old cookware warehouse, does sharing-style Portuguese cooking under chef André Coutinho. With kitchens in every suite, a kids' club and pet-friendly rooms, it suits families and longer stays as much as couples.
It is large and apartment-style rather than small and intimate, and it sits in Gaia rather than old Porto — but both are the point. You get space, quiet and a kitchen of your own, with the port lodges and WOW Porto on the doorstep and the Ribeira a walk over the bridge. For a design-led base with room to spread out and one of the best views back at Porto, it is among the more characterful places to stay on the river.
