Great facilities, but these folks ripped me off. Be very careful with this gym. I highly recommend…read morethat no foreigners or travelers sign up for this gym. I cancelled my my membership as I was planning on being out of town for an extended period, but they continued to charge my bank account and did not properly deactivate my account even though I filled out all the paperwork that they conveniently lost.

I'm a member of Virgin Active in the UK and wanted to use the gym while we were in Porto. My wife…read morewanted to as well but she isn't a Virgin member (she can normally come in as a visitor in the UK for £15 a session). I tried to explain this to the people at the Porto Virgin but I don't really speak Portuguese and the English of the people on reception wasn't great either, but eventually everybody understood each other and they were delighted to welcome us into their gym, free of charge. They gave us a tour and couldn't have been more helpful. The gym itself was large and well air conditioned, and had plenty of equipment in the weights areas. My only criticism would be that it had no free standing squat rack.

I have been a member of Virgin Active in both Oporto and Guia. The one in Oporto is totally…read morehorrible. The help are often rude and inappropriate, and the help act as if they own you and that they are superior to you. Frankly, they think that they are your bosses, and that you are low class help. There are a very few exceptions to the rule. Also, at times people move their bowels in the steam room, pool and Turkish bath in the poorly supervised spa and pool área in Oporto. Generally speaking, despite the pleasant facilities in both clubs, I think the clubs are undesirable and the contracts are really difficult to break. If you do join, be sure you join by the month. Beware of high pressure sales ploys as well. I think you could do better than Virgin Active!