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3.9 / km²
3
2
1,541
−7% vs city
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Staying in Bonfim
Bonfim starts where the Baixa stops being pretty. It is the plateau east of Santa Catarina, it is where people who work in Porto actually live, and it is where the rate for a three-star room drops by about a third for the same distance from the centre. The walk in is flat, which in this city is worth more than it sounds, and Campo 24 de Agosto and Heroísmo put five metro lines one or two stops from Bolhão.
What you give up is everything a visitor came for. There is no sight in Bonfim. Rua da Alegria and the streets running down towards Campanhã are visibly worn - Wikivoyage's own listing for a hotel on Rua da Alegria calls the area a bit run down - and the district goes quiet by 22:00 on a weeknight. The eastern end shades into the station district without any clear line where one stops.
Book here on a second visit, on a long stay, or when the budget matters more than the address. Stay west of Rua de São Victor and you are a flat quarter of an hour from Aliados.
What works
- About a third cheaper than the Baixa for the same star rating
- Five metro lines at Campo 24 de Agosto, one stop from Bolhão
- One of the few flat walks into the centre in Porto
- Restaurants still priced for the people who live there
What does not
- Stretches of Rua da Alegria and the streets east of it are visibly run down
- Not one thing a visitor came to Porto to see is inside the district
- Quiet to the point of shut by 22:00 on weeknights
- The eastern end runs into the Campanhã station district
The area it lies in is a bit run down, but definitely not as bad as many other areas of the city.