The host Jaime was extremely friendly and helpful. He took a lot of time to show and explain everything important in the apartment to me. He also showed me the immediate area and the possibilities to buy groceries, the bakery (which, by the way, offers very tasty products) and restaurants, as well as the train station for local transport to Porto. Jaime also showed me the way to the most beautiful part of the beach. Really rarely I had such a helpful host. The communication in English was problem-free.
I know of no AirBnB apartment that is equipped with so many electrical (kitchen) appliances. A modern fitted kitchen with ceramic hob, oven, dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, fridge and freezer, contact grill, blender, vacuum cleaner, electric radiators....
In terms of dishes and cutlery, there was everything I needed and more.
The bathroom was also fairly new with a large shower, toilet, bidet and sink. I did not find a hair dryer. But maybe I wasn't looking hard enough?
There were 2 separate bedrooms with double beds and in case of need I guess another person could stay on one of the three sofas in the living room. The bedrooms have spacious closets and small bedside tables. At least in the bedroom I used, there was also a power outlet nearby. So no problem to charge the cell phone handy. By the way, in the whole apartment the "Schuko" sockets, which are also common in Germany, are installed, into which the large plugs, as well as the Euro plugs fit (is normal in Portugal).
The windows are mostly double, i.e. seen from the outside there are first sliding windows, then shutters and then again an inner window (can be to slide or to open normally). This keeps the heat out during the day.
In the living room there is a balcony of several square meters (on which you can put a small folding table with folding chairs) with sea view. In the room itself is a large, high table with 6 chairs, 3 sofas and a SONY tube TV with tens of channels program. My personal highlight was the very fast internet connection with wifi throughout the apartment. I measured over 100Mbps in download and upload. With this, Netflix and Zoom meetings are a real joy.
On the east side of the building is another balcony, which can be used as an additional storage room, clothesline, shoe closet, as it is also locked and thus belongs to the apartment. The building is 40 years old, which can be seen in some places and was built as a hotel and only later converted into apartments. You can also still sense that in some places. There is a garbage chute in the stairwell and recycling garbage cans in front of the building. The two elevators are small but snappy. Since the apartment is on the 6th floor I used them daily.
The place where the building is located is about 45-60 minutes by suburban train from downtown Porto. So in relatively quiet and not very touristy area. The beach is only a few minutes walk away and invites you to walk for miles and hours. Some parts of the beach are guarded by lifeguards. You can walk for hours through the dunes along specially built wooden paths on stilts. The Atlantic Ocean is always refreshing, but often the waves are just too high and the current too dangerous for swimming. But there is always enough space on the beach.
In any case, I really enjoyed my stay during the week in September.