It was no doubt that Rita and Henrique were amazing hosts. They were detail oriented and helped us every step of the way. Always checking in and giving us advice and tips on things.
They met with us and directed us back to the apartment even helping us with our luggage up and down the grueling cobblestone streets. Once we got to the apartment they spent a good 30 minutes to an hour explaining to us everything about the town and the best places to go to.
However, at the same time it couldn't make up for the couple of downfalls we experienced which regretfully gives this 4/5 stars. This is truly a heads up for future visitors.
The apartment was very clean and tidy, but for one the bathroom sink is unusable. It's the size of a shoebox and you can barely use it for the most common of things. We had to go back and forth to the kitchen sink for things.
I could live with that, but what truly hurt our experience there is something out of the host's control. The accessibility is truly difficult to this place. To even get near it you need a resident only pass that Rita and Henrique scanned to get us close once for our luggage, but after you park and leave there is no coming back without it. The entire city is under construction including the nearby parking garage and there just simply is no parking otherwise. Our savior was a parking lot almost 1 mile away that we had to walk back and forth to every single day. Price was 8 euros per day. We tried looking for parking and there just is none. Also because of the construction driving is a nightmare anywhere you go. The icing on the cake was bringing all our luggage back to the car on the last day after I broke a wheel on the cobblestone streets.
If you have a car I truly implore you to consider these things. Plan on never using your car here.
If it wasn't for that you can't beat the authenticity of Portuguese living here.