Oporto Blue Miragaia - Bright & Charming Porto Center

All told, I very much enjoyed my three days & three nights in this apartment. This had the potential to be a really excellent downtown place to stay (and achieve superb reviews rather than the present mixed bag) if the host could just get a few things sorted out, especially the electrics and lighting, and come up with more generous provision of (eg) rugs/towels/cutlery. Specific plus points: - Fantastic location. Trindade station just 5 mins walk, Aliados similar. Two supermarkets within 4 mins walk. Wide choice of restaurants nearby. - This is a corner property, so has an exceptionally bright interior, with large windows both north and east facing. Pleasant views northwards over piazza and eastwards overlooking the tower of City Hall. - Extremely spacious open plan kitchen/dining area and good size living room & bedroom - All five double windows were fully openable (useful in hot weather!) - Very efficient and easy to operate shower - Comfortable bed and pillows gave me a good night's sleep - Quirky artefacts and artwork in all rooms made for an interesting and characterful stay - Simple entry code system for access both to the building and the apartment itself (no fussing with keys) - Host was very accommodating in letting me store my bags in the flat after checkout on final day

A number of electric wall sockets were non-functional and some of the wiring looked dodgy. Two portable light fittings in living room did not work. - Electric kettle, though it worked, was literally coming apart (the handle separating from the body)...needs replacing...potentially dangerous! - Host, though helpful, was not always very responsive. Would have been good to get quicker answers to messages. - Noise/buzz of people in the piazza lasted till well after midnight, but with the apartment windows shut, it was in fact perfectly peaceful indoors - Dining table was rickety and a larger one would have been better (there was plenty of room for a more sizeable table!) - Cutlery provision was a little sparse, and to some extent crockery too (there was a good selection of plates but a few more bowls would have been nice) - I would have liked a rug or two in the bedroom, and another mat in the bathroom (ie one mat for the basin area and a separate one for the toilet area) - A couple more bathroom towels would have been helpful (I could only find one hand towel and one bath towel) - The bathroom basin was exceptionally small (there would be enough room to install a bigger one!) - Toilet area was quirky - tall people need to mind their head in that part of the flat (though I did successfully survive 3 whole days and nights without banging my head on the ceiling there!) - Blank north wall in bedroom (ie main stretch of wall opposite the bed) could have been enhanced with a picture, eg by transferring the one currently hanging on the south wall - Pictures on south wall in the living room were hung too high...would be better to re-hang them closer to normal eyeline

Localização

Banheiro, poucos utensílios de cozinha, e a torneira da cozinha derrubando água.

Buena ubicación y cómodo

Olor del baño, pero bueno no es algo tampoco horrible. Hay algo de ruido porque es una calle de ambiente pero se puede llevar bien. Merece la pena x la ubi

L’emplacement bien situé dans Porto Grand appartement lumineux

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