Porto, Portugal

Hotel Kodawari Flores

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Dreamy Rua das Flores

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Hotel Kodawari Flores borrows part of its name — and philosophy — from the Japanese pursuit of exacting standards, applying it to a 16-key Porto stay. The headline act is sleep: handcrafted Hästens beds, weighted blankets and a pick-your-perfect pillow menu make lie-ins tantalisingly likely. Downstairs, breakfasts reward slow starts, and Rua das Flores puts the city’s tiled, towered historic heart outside the door. Consider your sleep debt settled, eventually.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

16.

Check–Out

Noon, and check-in is at 2pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

Also

One room is adapted for guests with limited mobility (including the bathroom); communal spaces are accessible, too.

At the hotel

24/7 concierge and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, air-conditioning, tea-making kit, free bottled water, Dyson hairdryer, bathrobes, slippers and luxury bath products.

Our favourite rooms

There’s just one category to choose from at Hotel Kodawari Flores, so no need to play favourites here. Every room gets the hotel’s sleep-first treatment, with Swedish-crafted beds dressed in Portuguese-made Blanky weighted blankets and premium Pato Rico bedding.

Packing tips

Pack for Porto’s steep streets; the hotel has your horizontal hours covered.

Also

Hotel Kodawari Flores is the first of a Portuguese triptych for the brand, with a second Porto address and an outpost in Lisbon to follow.

Pet‐friendly

Hotel Kodawari Flores does not accept dogs. See more pet-friendly hotels in Porto.

Children

All ages are welcome, but not especially catered for and no extra beds can be added to rooms. Babysitting can be arranged on request for €35 an hour.

Sustainability efforts

Mindful operations come down to the details at Hotel Kodawari Flores: energy-saving LEDs, sensors and timers keep consumption in check, and water-saving taps and showers cut down on unnecessary flow. In-room amenities are refillable and drinking water comes in glass bottles rather than single-use plastic.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Ask for a table by the window for a side of Rua das Flores people-watching with your morning coffee.

Dress Code

Whatever you're happy sightseeing in afterwards.

Hotel restaurant

Dinner is left to Porto, but Flores makes a compelling case for lingering over breakfast, with everything from eggs on toast and full cooked breakfasts to buttery croissants, fresh fruit and syrup-doused French toast.

Hotel bar

There's a modest bar downstairs for when aperitivo hour calls. 

Last orders

All-day breakfast and brunch options are served from 8am to 8pm daily.

Location

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Address
Hotel Kodawari Flores
Rua das Flores 124
Porto
4050-263
Portugal

Hotel Kodawari Flores puts you in the historic heart of Porto, on pedestrianised Rua des Flores, with São Bento station, the Ribeira and many of the city’s headline sights within strolling distance.

Planes

Porto's Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport is the nearest, around a 30-minute drive from the hotel. Private transfers can be arranged on request from €55 each way.

Trains

São Bento is the nearest train station, just a few minutes’ walk away — though its spectacular blue-and-white azulejo-clad hall is reason enough not to rush through.

Automobiles

You won’t need wheels in Porto’s walkable centre, and Hotel Kodawari Flores has no private parking. If you do drive, the nearest option is Saba Cardosas carpark on Rua Trindade Coelho, around a three-minute walk away.

Worth getting out of bed for

Hotel Kodawari Flores lands you on one of Porto’s prettiest pedestrianised streets, so sightseeing starts at the front door. Admire the azulejo murals as you wander towards São Bento station, where the entrance hall is covered with some 20,000 tiles depicting scenes from Portuguese history. Climb the 240 steps of Clérigos Church’s Baroque tower for city-wide views, then browse the neo-Gothic Livraria Lello (booking ahead is wise if you’d rather spend your time reading than queuing). Downhill, tour Palácio da Bolsa for its lavish Arabian Hall, before continuing to the Ribeira and crossing the double-decker Luís I Bridge on foot. For something closer to home, Museu da Misericórdia do Porto (MMIPO) is right on Rua das Flores, with a collection of Portuguese art worth setting aside an afternoon for within its blue-and-white walls. 

Local restaurants

Just steps from the hotel, Cozinha das Flores sees chef Nuno Mendes give northern Portuguese cooking a polished spin. Try the savoury pastel de nata or something smoky from the open-fire kitchen. Tiny Taberna dos Mercadores, down towards the Ribeira, keeps things traditional with salt-baked sea bass, bacalhau and octopus with oven-baked rice. 

Local cafés

Floresta Café by Hungry Biker is handily on Rua das Flores itself. Stop by for specialty coffee, fresh juices and generously stacked brunch plates, from eggs and pancakes to colourful smoothie bowls. 

Local bars

Taberna Folias de Baco pairs local petiscos with natural wines, including bottles made by the owner’s family in the Douro. 

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this detail-devoted hotel in Portugal and unpacked their ceramic trinkets and port bottles, a full account of their restful city break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Hotel Kodawari Flores in Porto… 

At Hotel Kodawari Flores, perfectionism is pleasingly low-key. It’s inspired by the Japanese concept with no tidy English equivalent: a near-obsessive commitment to craft, quality and getting the easily overlooked details right. This 16-room bolthole takes a decidedly considered approach to the city break, swapping sprawling facilities for things you’ll actually notice (and appreciate), from Dyson hairdryers to turndown treats. Bedrooms keeps things focused, with uncluttered interiors, calming blue hues and some unusually serious sleep kit — right down to weighted blankets and pillows chosen to preference. There’s no spa or gym to timetable, nor a restaurant demanding you return for dinner; instead, the hotel sends you out into Porto, with the cafés, bars and tiled walls of Rua das Flores immediately beyond the door. 

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