When you climb the stairs to this fourth floor apartment, you’ll be rewarded with a stunning view of the Duoro river just beyond the red tile roofs stretching down the hill. This elegant and freshly renovated apartment in an historic building in the heart of old Porto features two large glass doors that open onto a small balcony where you can sit and enjoy the vista. Its central location offers easy walking distance to many tourist sites, a variety of restaurants and several small neighborhood grocery shops.
The sleeping loft provides a very comfortable bed and pillows, but be aware that it is reached by a steep quirky stairway. But since walking in Porto is a never-ending series of hills to climb, we counted that as part of the experience.
The bathroom and shower are small, but modern and clean. There was occasional low water pressure, but that usually corrected itself in a few minutes. The kitchen includes modern appliances, and plenty of new cooking utensils including some nice sharp kitchen knives (a pet peeve of mine). The combo washer-dryer was also very convenient for our 10 day stay.
Overall we really enjoyed our stay here, found it quiet, the view relaxing, and would be happy to return.