What are the advantages and disadvantages of living on a Porto Erasmus room city center or near the universities?
When the moment to book your room for your Erasmus in Porto arrives, the big question pops into your mind!…Where is the best place to live in my Erasmus in Porto?
Should i go to a Porto Erasmus room city center or should i go live near my university? To help you make the right decision I’ll tell you some of the advantages and disadvantages of both so you can be more sure about the decision you are about to make!
Also some universities are near the city center, if this is your case this also is an interesting information for you to read.
First let talk to you about Erasmus rooms in Porto near the universities…
Living near the universities has numerous advantages, for example:
1) It won’t take too much time for you to go from your house to the university.
2) There are many student houses nearby so it will be easy for you to meet friends around.
3) In case you need to go lunch or go to the house for any other reason you are near so you don’t have to eat outside the house and don’t have to waste money in restaurants or trasnportation.
4) If you want to invite some friends to go to the house once your university is near the house it’s much more easy and inviting than if you live far and have to catch a bus…
Remember that Porto has a great transportation network (Bus and Metro) near the universities so it will be easy for you to get anywhere.
Disadvantages, you are not in the city center so, for example, to go to the student bars that are in city center you will have to take a taxi or a bus.
And what about a Porto Erasmus room in city center?
You can be far from your university you are studying and near the action at night.
If you are looking for a Porto Erasmus room city center don’t live very near the bars because the first few weeks maybe nice and fun to live near the bars but later on you will find that maybe it’s not so fun as it looks like because of the bars you will find lots of drunk people that make lots of noise and may bother you.
Choose well wisely where to get your Porto Erasmus room city center because many buildings in Porto city center are very old and uncomfortable.
Remember to choose well the street because not all streets in Porto city center are safe at night.
Take a quick look ar Nazdrowia, Erasmus rooms Porto now.
You might also be interested to see the documentary about Erasmus in Porto.