João is a nice man, and a good host, but the apartment that he provided for us was not exactly looking what one can see on the photos. First of all it's smaller then it looks on the photos. Although everything was clean, the bed was ok, but this accommodation looked to me as a part of a bigger apartment separated from the other part just with an interconnected door, which is covered by just some poster of size of this door, and situated between the window and the bed, right next to the bed. So, when there is someone in the next room(apartment), it becomes quite noisy especially if your neighbours don't care about silent hours, then you can't sleep (that's what happened with us one night). Also there is noise from the street, from nearest cafes, especially during the weekend, even with the windows closed. In the bathroom as well not everything what you see on the pics. There is a shower without glass door (although on the pics it looks complete with the glass door, for me it was important). There is just a curtain that is attached to the structure of the shower, so it was very uncomfortable to move it, it constantly jumped off. The upholstery of the sofa looks what is called "stale", it was unpleasant to sit on it, so we didn't. It's all sort of small things, but these things irritate and spoil the impression, I'm sorry. The only good things of this apartment (from my experience) are: kitchen, well equipped, one can easily cook for two when you don't want to dine outside every day; the bed is comfortable with soft mattress and good pillows, a/c with warming function, cleanliness in the flat (apart form sofa); and of course the place, in the mid of St.Catarina street, full of cafes, restaurants and small shops, next to the big shopping mall, just a couple of mins from Bolhao metro station, within the walking distance to the main attractions.
If your priority of the trip is to stay in the centre and not to be bothered about anything else, then I recommend. If your priority is rather comfort of staying then I don't recommend this apartment.