We had such a lovely stay in this apartment and in Porto, it's such a great place. The partment was very clean and comfortable, it was light, well equipped, with beautiful windows looking out on a typical Porto city street, with trees which we just loved. We could easily have stayed for the whole summer! Lili was a great host, easy to contact and you could tell she cared about her apartment and people having a great time. On the day we left our flight was cancelled and we had to find emergency accomodation, we contacted Lili and she helped us find somewhere, we were so relieved and grateful to her, plus we then enjoyed a few more days in Porto! At first I was concerned about the distance from the city centre, but once I managed to find the right way to go (google maps is amazing!), it didn't take long and we enjoyed the walk. The metro is near though but we prefer walking. We used the metro once it was cheap and easy. One day I was really tired and as it was late we got a taxi which was only about four euros. The walk to the Bolhao market was about ten minutes (a great place, go soon as they are due to pull it down along with its amazing history!). There is a little supermarket at the end of the street with lovely friendly staff, wonderful wine, and you can have a coffee/pastry and some amazing fresh orange juice to get you started in the morning. There is also a Sandender bank at the end of the street (other way.). If you want to eat and drink locally there seems to be lots of places to explore. Our recommendations are a very near restaurant, literally around the corner, very Portuguese, friendly staff, reasonable food and wine and a take away if needed, I think it was called Madureira, house wine great, locals loved it and we felt very comfortable there. The best place we found though, and I think our favourite bar in porto, just a little further, walk from the restaurant straight along the road for five minutes or so, the Terraplanna bar, this was a great place, great music, wine, drinks and food. They have a pizza oven and do a small but wonderful menu, all at reasonable prices. The inside is so lovely, with a garden at the back, and the best wallpapaer I've ever seen upstairs! There are board games should you need them, the staff are so friendly. They have live music at times too. The weekends are very busy with mostly young people and visitors from all over the world, there are lots of students living in the area. Really happy memories here! Also recommended are; airport transfers - VM Transfers, cheap, easy to book, reliable and much better drivers than other taxis we used! Also Porto Walkers, we did two free walking tours and a paid food tour,...