APORTO apartment with 2 bedrooms suites in the Center of Porto

Fabulous location in a cool neighborhood with some fun restaurants! Close to Sao Bento station and easily walkable to everything in Porto but outside the downtown fray. ... Larger than expected, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms makes sharing the space very easy. Handy to have the kitchen with refrigerator and coffee machine. We loved the interior courtyard for morning coffee and evening aperitifs. The hosts are gracious and responsive. Be aware though, this flat is on a busy street, so on hot summer nights, you will have to choose between closing the windows to block out the noise and keeping them open to the street to provide some cooling.

The location is excellent. We walked to a river boat cruise and wine cellar your only 20 minutes away downhill. Uphill maybe 35 minutes back. We took the furnicular back, but was not worth 4 euros one way. The fresh produce market 10 minutes away. Grocery store 7 min away walking. But we walked there in the evening and one block from the apartment and one block from the grocery store (Coimbatre) was prostitution on this dark street. Not what I expected. But we felt very safe anyway. The apartment was big with 2 full master suites. My wife and I each loved the separate privacy for 3 nights. We could call our friends and talk individually without disturbing each others conversation. Regarding the facility, kitchen and bathroom faucets were ridiculously loose. That should be easy to fix. We didn’t see any paper towels and was only given 1 small dish towel for drying dishes. There is an induction plate in the drawer. There were 3 pots with loose handled that could be used for induction. There was a non stick frying pan that I tried for induction, but it didn’t work. Why have the pan there? I would have liked to see a small hot plate so someone could cook some eggs with the non stick pan. We had issues with the original front door lock. But the hosts father in law came and helped out. To me it’s a very confusing lock, but in the end we figured it out by using the simplest locking mode. The place is at least 100 years old so there was a lot of unique features. So I understand not replacing the lock. There was some street noise that could be heard from the front bedroom. Back bedroom fine. Overall, I think the apartment was fairly priced. But be aware of some of the issues I brought up. But there are a lot of positive things that I believe outweigh the negative.

Excellente communication avec les propriétaires avant et à l’arrivée. Emplacement idéal pour visiter Porto , tout se fait à pied et d’excellents restaurants sont tout près. La chambre près de la rue est un peu plus bruyante par contre, mais pas pour rendre le séjour désagréable.

Layout was very broken up. Doorknob to front door fell off on the first day. Needs a toaster and would be nice to have a washer/dryer. Was clean and the manager was very helpful. We had to leave early due to the corona situation. Location was good but room is in a very old building. Probably would book somewhere else if we come again. Expensive compared to our other rental in Lisbon.