joao is an excellent host and he gave us a warm welcome and a lot of tips about things to do in an out of the city, the rooms are very modern and well equiped. We do a bicycle tour along the river douro in direktion foz and visites the serralves museum. Also we loved to eat in "Almeja", a Restaurant with a modern and feel well interieur in Rua Fernandes Thomas. We could also recommend the views from the garden sight around the cristal palace with a very romantic garden.