I give this stay 3 stars, but that is mostly because the hosts were superfriendly and kind people. It's a beautiful appartment at a great location, with some major flaws I hope they will be able to fix.
There were some aspects of the stay I wasn't too happy with, and some minor issues that could be improved.
Big issues:
- The apartment is so noisy that the neighbour complained about my footsteps and talking during the night. I was walking to the bathroom...
- We were staying in the top apartment, and at night it was really uncomfortably hot, even with a fan and opened windows.
- both these problems were because of the monumental value of the building, which doesn't allow the host to change the structure of the building.
- The door is electronically locked, and during a storm we were not able to get in so we had to sit outside during a thunderstorm. Nothing was done to fix this.
Small issues:
- There are no cooking essentials (salt, pepper, oil). There are cooking utilities which were fine.
- There was only one roll of toilet paper for 4 days. Thankfully the hosts gave us more, so I appreciate that.
The apartment is lovely and if they could fix some issues the stay would definitely be top notch! Porto is also a great city woth the most friendly people I have encountered in Portugal.