Dear World,
We can recommend staying at Paula and Rafel's apartment. It is very light and modern, trafic hardly heard. You are 20 minutes from the main shopping streets and 25 - 30 minutes from the Douro river. We walked everywhere, and parked the car down the hill near the Metro in the Parking house 'Trindade' for 20 € for 3 days. Parking can be extended for a further 3 days etc. We walked to Lavadores/Madalena and Foz do Douro (on different days approx. 90 minutes / 7 km one way - from the apartment)...the wild Atlantic coast has to be seen...incredible!!!!
Should you not be the walker, then you do not have to walk the slight incline of the hill, plenty of transport close by, to the apartment. Enjoy 'Porto' at Paula and Rafels' abode!