Within about 10 seconds we were drinking Port with Manuel looking out across Porto from his 10th floor window. This about set the scene for our entire stay. We were immediately part of the family. Breakfasting everyday with Teresa's fantastic home made jams (you'll LOVE them) and a fine selection of Portuguese hams, cheeses and breads was just wonderful. Manuel drove us 200km to do a skydive in Proença a Nova and even made a video of us being trained in landing. We spent the night feasting with the family on ludicrous amounts of Teresa's wonderful cooking and watching the Portugal vs Spain football match for Euro2012. Oh the emotion!

As for the room and the apartment: it's really great, light, very clean and huge. A great base to explore Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia and beaches like Espinho with buses, metro and regular trains really close by.

Manuel gave us a great tip for a restaurant, serving dinner for four to five euros and we had dinner there three times. We definitely recommend you to go to Marinheiro in the city center.

What more can we say? You'll be embraced with loads of welcomeness, more food than you can actually eat (we kid you not) and a very wonderful and openminded couple and family. Stay there!!!