Samasal Trindade Apartments by Porto City Hosts

The location is excellent, close to the Metro, busses, groceries, a pharmacy, and of course many good restaurants within an easy walking distance. The room itself was very good. One large open room with three large windows let in a lot of light and did not feel cramped at all. The staff was so very helpful with the one or two issues that arose during my stay. Their luggage storage service was just down the street and was very efficient and taking and returning my luggage while I waited for checkin. I would stay there again if the opportunity presents itself.

One electrical outlet had to serve three appliances: the coffee maker, the toaster, and the microwave. Continually unplugging and plugging in appliances was necessary. A minor inconvenience. Although I never used the courtyard, the image on the website must have been taken a long time ago, as it was considerably different and smaller than pictured.

The host were easy to contact, very friendly, check in process very efficient. Flat has a lot of space, it is in central location near to all shops and metro station, fast internet, they have attention to detail, they provided small items that make the stay comfortable, like kitchen-related items. Nice decoration, they really care to make the stay a good experience in many ways.

I specifically booked the "garden view" apartment to make sure it is quiet for sleep (the back side of the building), yet I got the "street view" one (front side of the building), which is on a narrow street made of stones, meaning any car passing makes a lot of noise. Even though there is double glazing door, the contact between door and frame is not good, meaning there is noise from passing cars. The host kindly offered ear plugs, but I already have my own, the point is I am not making a booking at this price, just to sleep with ear plugs .Other small issues, there is a wall plug between the bed and the kitchen that does not accept the round plugs (they just fall out) so I was not able to use it for my laptop. The kitchen plates are under the sink and when you open to get one, there is dump smell there, I guess some issue with pipes as building is old. The bed was kind of worn out and makes a dip, it didn't bother me much but might do others.

The location was superb. Near the city centre and Trindade, which is the travel hub in Porto. There were supermarkets nearby. Our 3rd floor balcony was great for breakfast, drinks and evening meals. Looked out across roof tops.

Great central location and a good price

Advert is misleading - lots of pictures of a terrace only available to the biggest apartment. Says there is air conditioning on advert but not in our apartment. Strong musty damp smell and constant ticking sound coming from the water meter at night