My family and I stayed a week at José's place. It's a spacious and very bright apartment in one of Porto's most beautiful neighborhoods. As soon as you leave the building you have a vast choice of restaurants and some of city's nicest shops (library Lello & Irmao). The street and the whole neighborhood are clean and are pretty flat comparing to Ribeira so this can be significant to parents with strollers. At the upper corner of the street there is a great café for breakfast and brunch, frequented by scholars because several universities are nearby.
Windows of one of the bedrooms and those of the living room overlook the beautiful square Gomes Texeira, always animated. But this is not a problem since there are three more quite rooms.
Two rooms situated on the lower floor are very spacious. Two upper rooms are smaller but have also big closets.
Bathrooms are clean and practical and José left a lot of towels for us to use. Bed linen is new and beds are comfortable.
The kitchen is equipped with everything you could need to cook. All electronic devices are in perfect shape. José was kind enough to leave us capsules for the coffee machine.
Since the begging of our communication, José was very available and willing to help (he provided us with a cot for our baby daughter). He was punctual when we arrived and helped us with our bags.
Thanks to all of this, we really felt at home in beautiful Porto.
I couldn't recommend enough such a good host and such a beautiful apartment.