Joao was a kind and gracious host. He met us at the apartment and showed us around the local area - shops, pastelaria (essential for breakfast!), restaurants, fabulous viewpoint over the city. The apartment was really well located in a quiet narrow street just off the busy area of Barrio Alto. It was cool and airy on what was a very very hot day. We rested for the afternoon - with the lucky bonus of the music from an practising acoustic guitarist floating up from a nearby window. We took to the streets for the evening to eat and to ride the crazy rollercoaster trams - great fun. Joao also arranged a taxi to the airport for the following morning and came by to make sure everything was ok. Would definitely stay again.