Joao made us feel really welcome and showed us his lovely apartment before heading off. We messaged him a couple of times to ask him for some info and he was always nice enough to reply. Thanks Joao! His apartment is lovely and the terrace is great (the photo doesn't really do it justice!). We stayed there over the weekend and whilst it is noisy (his place is in the middle of Biarro Alto after all) we knew to expect that and the windows and shutters kept the noise out. We were out anyway so it didn't matter! Overall a great place to stay.