LUXURY IN THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A FAIR PRICE
My visit included shopping at the legendary Livraria Llelo bookstore and dining at the restaurant row on Flores Street.
Footsteps
from the Carris Hotel is the small, 5-star Taberna Dos Mercadores.
I lined up a
half hour before opening two days in a row to eat phenomenal seafood rice, then
seafood feijoada the next day.
Desserts and
wines are also amazing.
I will be
seeking out Carris branded properties for all my future travels.
LUXURY IN THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A FAIR PRICE
The staff is super well trained.
I was
treated like someone booking a presidential suite for a month, when I was just
a one-night visitor rolling into town early one day and heading to Lisbon late
the next.
Porto is
such a fabulous city.
I should
have stayed 3 nights.
Everything
is within walking distance of the hotel.
I visited
nearly a dozen classic churches, photographed azulejo adorned building facades and
at pastel da nata.
LUXURY IN THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A FAIR PRICE
The desk staff suggested a fabulous locals restaurant, so I could eat fresh seafood while avoiding the mediocre tourist spots that dominate the popular neighborhood.
There was a
gourmet grocery very close by, so I could have a bottle of port for the room
and eat pastries on my balcony.
The room was
worth three times what I paid -- at least.
LUXURY IN THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A FAIR PRICE
The suite had a huge comfortable bed, lavish bath plus a separate sitting room.
I could enjoy city and water views from the
small balconies.
Thick glass
closed around them to make a double layer of soundproofing.
The hotel
itself is in a series of preserved historic buildings, adapted inside with a
super modern and comfortable lobby, bar, front desk staff.
My light
luggage was stored for late afternoon departure after noon check out.
LUXURY IN THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A FAIR PRICE
I asked for an early check-in, quiet room and small upgrade if available.
In return
for barely more than 100 euros in high season, I was upgraded to a suite with 7
balconies.
I also got benefitted
from very early check in, for a very tranquil and quiet room (despite a prime location
with a fair amount of noise at street level)
The location
is perfect -- crawling distance of Porto's Rio Douro riverfront and in the
heart of the historic Ribeira district.
KALEICI DISTRICT EDIRNE, TURKEY
The Great Synagogue on Maarif Caddesi, which was built in 1906, has been restored and reopened to the public.
KALEICI DISTRICT EDIRNE, TURKEY
The third capital of the Ottoman Empire, Edirne is near Turkey’s boarders with Greece and Bulgaria.
KALEICI DISTRICT EDIRNE, TURKEY
Many of Edirne's traditional houses are in a sad state of disrepair.
KALEICI DISTRICT EDIRNE, TURKEY
The Mihran Hanım Konağı on Gazipaşa Caddesi has undergone a careful restoration.
KALEICI DISTRICT EDIRNE, TURKEY
Beyond the timbered houses, Kaleici also boasts some stone civic buildings.
KALEICI DISTRICT EDIRNE, TURKEY
Kaleici Ottoman houses date from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
KALEICI DISTRICT EDIRNE, TURKEY
Kaleici features many ornately decorated timber houses.
KALEICI DISTRICT EDIRNE, TURKEY
The district dates to the medieval period and is the heart of the old city.
KALEICI DISTRICT EDIRNE, TURKEY
Kaleici in Edirne describes the old streets south of Talat Pasa Caddessi and west of Saraclar Caddessi.
KALEICI DISTRICT EDIRNE, TURKEY
Roughly translated, kaleici means “inside the castle.”
KALEICI DISTRICT EDIRNE, TURKEY
Edirne features many grand mosques, souks and old houses.
