Mario and his wife are extremely welcoming people. They are fantastic, very helpful and friendly copulr and live in a fantastic home near the ocean in the small village.
I'm sure that staying at their home was the 60% of our perfect vacation in Portugal.
The room is big, cozy and clean. With very comfortable bed and all the staff we could need. They propose us the separate big bathroom. The house is very big and beautiful, like a little palace:)
Mario let us use the kitchen. And cook everything we need.
Mario gave us bicycles and we could ride near the ocean - fantastic feeling. Staying at Mario's we felt like home - warm and friendly atmosphere.
Although Mario and his wife don't speak English - communication was not the problem. When we checked in the English speaking lady helped us and explained everything. And then we used a translator.
The location is good - very close to Porto by train (2 minutes to train station) and 15 minutes by train. It took us 2 minutes to the beach - very large, with 5 minutes walk to the restaurant's area.
Even though we planned to spend the maximum of our time in Porto we rushed home to spend the evening near the ocean.
I highly recommend spending few days at Mario's house. It was the best experience in Portugal for us.