Panorama Apartments Ribeira Porto

Despite this being the tiniest twin room we've ever stayed in, there was just enough room for us and our gear. It had everything we could need - bunk beds shower room, kitchenette, table & 2 chairs, aircon, fan, oil-heater. And it was right on the waterfront, on top of all the buzz with an uninterrupted view of the river

Parking was disappointing. We were on a motorbike tour and booked because it said it had parking available. I didn't read the small print which said "in a car park some distance away". We took the risk of chaining the bikes to a well-lit tree 150 yards away and they were fine.

View and location

Nothing

Location Location Location. Apartment was basic but clean and as expected. Location and views were outstanding. Host communication was first class.

The views are sensational. We had a balcony.

Where to start? If driving you cannot get anywhere near even to drop luggage off. Parking is a nightmare. The apartment is tiny and very very basic. The noise and mayhem - dreadful music blasting out and thousands of people right under your window all evening - don't even think about trying to get to sleep before it all wraps up, but even then one night we had guys with a ghetto blaster outside till 4am. Even when youve dragged your bags several hundred metres, within the building there are 51 quite steep steps to apt 3, 62 to apt 4. The floors are paper thin - this morning whoever was upstairs started stomping round and dragging furniture at 5am....