When you come to Porto, you absolutely MUST stay at Antonio’s place. WOW! We were blessed to receive the best example of true Portuguese hospitality. He went to such great lengths to help us during our time in his beautiful city and we will honestly never, ever forget it. After an entire semester of traveling, we finally found a city gorgeous enough to completely distract us and my friend completely forgot her bag on the public bus when stopping off to see the beautiful beach. Devastated by her careless mistake, my friend was very anxious to get her bag back, but the bus drivers were no help and the bus company’s lost & found was closed for the day, and wouldn’t open back up until the day after the next when we were supposed to be leaving town. Antonio handled our situation with such understanding and kindness, never once coming off judgemental over her mistake. He immediately made copies of our keys and brought it to the apartment, as well as OFFERING to call the company first thing in the morning on Monday because we don’t have international calling and saying he wanted to ENSURE that my friend’s bag would be prioritized. As if that wasn’t enough!! He went and GOT the bag and BROUGHT it back to us early in the morning before we had to leave for our flight. His kindness, hospitality, caring nature, and respect for my friend’s unfortunate situation was out of this world. He treated the bag as if it was his own and for that, we are forever grateful.
The apartment is in a perfect spot in the center of the city, very spacious, clean and completely stocked with everything you could need- cooking supplies, toilet paper, hair dryer, and extra blankets. Antonio gave us a map and showed us a wonderful 2 euro bus ride that basically takes you on a tour of the beachside (so beautiful, hold on to your purses!) and walked us through each step to get there. He immediately responded to any and all inquiries we had and we never faced any problems relating to his listing or in contacting him.
Do yourself a favor and add the cherry on top of an already wonderful vacation in Porto by staying with this wonderful gentleman who runs a fine business and blesses you with a home away from home. A piece of our hearts will always remain in that beautiful city!