Our family truly enjoyed our stay at this lovely Ribeira unit. Although it is one large room, it has been efficiently designed into a one bedroom unit with a clever kitchen enclosed in cabinets, so our two young boys had a separate room and a pull-out couch to sleep on.

While we did not use the kitchen for anything besides breakfast, I think it was reasonably well-appointed, but if you did want to cook, you would need to purchase the basics to cook with, except for salt, which was lying in the cupboard. There are 2 grocery stores within a stone's throw from the apartment, so you can get your food supplies there - only one store accepts credit cards, but there are several ATMs close by too.

In fact, EVERYTHING you would want to see, do or get done is within walking distance from this apartment - a fabulous location, right in the middle of the Ribeira and easy walks to the bridge (via winding stairs to the top deck) or to the historic downtown area.
While Tania stayed in touch my messages till we landed and were met by a taxi they arranged to get us from the airport, Igor greeted us and went over a map or Porto and things to do around the town. His girlfriend gave us some lovely recommendations for restaurants serving vegetarian food, which was really helpful since Portuguese cuisine in general is more meat and fish focused.

I really liked to start and end my days by looking out from the little balcony which offered partial views of the Douro river, the Dom Luis bridge and the Porto Cathedral (with the stairs leading down from the upper deck of the bridge all the way to the Ribeira). The Palacio de Bolsa and Sao Francisco church are located one block away too.

However, being summer, we were quite hot in the apartment once we closed the balcony doors, despite the fans that our hosts provided to keep us cool. I would have appreciated cover sheets rather than blankets to help sleep better!

Great, convenient location, much larger space than a hotel suite, neat and clean space, and very helpful hosts! Thank you for being available via WhatsApp throughout our stay!