We enjoyed our stay at Miguel's apartment. His sister welcomed us warmly and tried beautifully to answer our questions about the town. The view of the river and monastery is lovely and the apartment is spacious and was well appointed for our purpose. As some have pointed out the front bedrooms overlooking the river are adjoined, so might not suit everyone but for 3 women enjoying a 'girls weekend' it was fine. Being on the riverbank means the location is close to the tourist area but feels very local. The neighbours below caused no problem for us but did spend time in the evenings socialising on the stairs. Porto is small enough that we accessed pretty much everywhere in the centre of town by walking. We enjoyed our stay very much and would recommend this apartment for a weekend stay, especially great if you want to spend a lot of time wandering the port houses on the other side of the river.