A fantastic stay. Francisco met us at the apartment and showed us a round. The wine he left us was excellent.
The apartment was in an excellent area, just up the steps the square had two small open air bars and a craft market, down the hill was the Avenue Liberade with metro and buses. Easy 5min walk into the city centre. We made use of the guide books to find things to see. I would recommend the small local restaurant on the street (free port) + the small shop which has all the basics.

A metro card 50cents + any amount you choose makes public transport very cheap and can be used on all lifts etc. (We only missed out one because we ran out of time)

Francisco also arranged our taxi to the station for our return journey.