Alice and her family are very communicative and responsive hosts. The instructions Alice gave re: traveling from Lisbon to Porto on the train were super-helpful, as were the apt binder and plentiful info resources on Porto and Portugal.
The apartment is in a great location...very clean, near restaurants, around the corner from the "Harry Potter bookstore," and is highly walkable. It might be better suited for people who want to party as we could hear club music very late into the night (ear plugs were provided.) Otherwise, it was very nice.