This is a review of the Branca room at Mouzinho 134. The pictures were representative of the property, which offers rooms on either city/car street side or a back alley/pedestrian side. Branca is on the pedestrian side so there isn’t traffic though cars do sometimes pass. We didn’t have any problems with noise from inside or outside the building.
Many reviews have mentioned the smallness of the bathroom in Branca, and probably all reviews should do so as it is hard to ignore. The room is only as wide a door. We are thin people and I didn’t think this situation would phase me but we are talking “knees touching the opposite wall when sitting on the toilet” and “tilting your upper body to the side as you pass by the sink so that you can get your shoulders past the opposing towel holder” narrow. The other negative I had was the mattress, which my wife thought was fine but I found uncomfortable after two nights. Linen quality was nice and the shower was refreshing.
I couldn’t have been happier with the location which seemed central to every location we wanted to visit in Porto as well as to a metro stop. I also appreciate staying in older buildings to get a feel for the local, traditional architecture. Here you have one of Porto’s characteristically tall homes and I loved the stairs. The complementary bottle of port was a nice touch and gave us a base on which to compare others.