The apartment was a wonderful place to stay for a few days. It was out of the way enough to not be super touristy, but not too far away that we couldn't see everything.
Things we liked most:
THE POOL!!!(by far my son's favorite) the water is heated and so is the pool room- the warm temp of the room made swimming enjoyable(I despise being cold at all).
The proximity to the river- because of this, you get a great view of the river from the apartment. It's just few minute walk to the river wherre you can walk left toward Ribeira or walk right toward the beach.
Grocery store next door- we used this store several times to grab little things likes snacks, milk and extra coffee.
Washing machine- much needed when your kids run out into the ocean in their pants and you don't want to bring saltwater pants home.
TIPS-consider bringing extra dishwasher tabs and washing machine pods if possible. The host only provides one of each so we needed up needed to buy a box of each. Also consider packing extra towels for the beach/pool unless you want to use you're shower towel at the pool :/
This was a great place to stay and we would definitely stay here again.