We’ve just spent a wonderful couple of weeks at Olivia’s house. Olivia was the perfect host, you have the best of both worlds as she’s only in the house next door but leaves you alone to get on with your holiday. She even brought us us fresh bread and delicious homemade cakes! The house and everything in it is spotlessly clean, it’s furnished in a fairly modern style but is still very comfortable. The shower is really good, the kitchen has everything you need to cook in the house if you want to, the pool is fab, shallow at one end, sloping down to deeper at the other (max depth approx 4.5-5ft) and there are pool towels. Olivia and her family team completely cleaned the house mid stay and changed all the towels and sheets and bedding. Olivia provided essentials such as loo roll, washing up liquid, bin bags etc. There are two aircon units in the living room which will cool the bedrooms too if you leave the doors open. You’re well placed here to explore Porto, the Arouca Geopark and to visit the fabulous beaches at the coast. There are some good (and by UK standards very cheap) local, typically Portuguese, restaurants but you’ll need to drive to reach them. The food here is excellent! The perfect house for a perfect holiday in Northern Portugal.