My boyfriend and I splurged a bit to have this beautiful apartment to ourselves and it was worth every penny and more! Marcelo and Marcelo Jr. were extremely responsive as soon as we made our booking and were waiting for us in front of the apartment as soon as we arrived to greet us. We've stayed in a lot of apartment rentals and they are the absolute sweetest hosts we have had the pleasure of meeting :). We were greeted with port wine and pastries, in addition to recommendations for the area.

The apartment is exactly as described, if not better. The place is immaculately maintained with nice, clean design and the views are phenomenal to wake up to. We were only in town for three nights so did not make much use of the kitchen as we wanted to experience as much of the local food as possible. We ate very well on both the Porto and Gaia neighborhoods.

The location is right on the River Douro across from Porto, right near the bridge. We enjoyed the quick 5-10 min walk across the bridge to Porto to explore the historic center, taking in the views and exploring the neighborhood on foot. It's a bit more quiet on the Gaia side which we appreciated and in our opinion the better side to stay on for easy access, better views and a bit more quiet to come home to each night.

We would come back and recommend this to anyone in a heartbeat!