The Hotel Mercure Porto Centro is a traditional Portuguese building from the 1950s located in the historics centre of Porto, 500 metres from the River Douro. The hotel has a theatre theme and is near the tourist and business district. The 149 guestrooms, over six floors, feature traditional Portuguese furnishings and patterned fabrics. All offer climate control, satellite television with pay movies, direct dial phones with voicemail, desks, wireless Internet access, minibars, refrigerators, safes, hair dryers and clock radios. Wake up calls are available. The hotel's Restaurant Tribuna serves Portuguese specialities and features traditional furnishings with views across Porto. Multilingual staff at the 24 hour front desk can offer guests tour assistance, and there is dial up and wireless Internet access in air conditioned public areas. Guests can browse complimentary newspapers in the lobby, relax with a drink in the Bar Moliere, and order snacks and drinks from the room service menu. Practical amenities include business services, meeting rooms, secure parking for a surcharge, and currency exchange. The historical area of Ribiera is one kilometre from the hotel and the port wine cellars at Caves do Vinho do Porto are 2.5 kilometres away. Sao Bento railway station is 500 metres from the hotel. Porto Airport is 20 kilometres from the hotel, an approximate driving time of 25 minutes.