João’s place is in a great location to explore Porto. Communication with João was easy and when we arrived he gave us a map and spent 15 or 20 minutes chatting to us, giving great advice about what to do and where to go. He suggested renting bicycles and that turned out to be such fun. He also suggested eating francesinhas at Café Santiago and our teenage son rated that as the best sandwich ever.
The apartment is very clean and modern. The only negatives are the max of 80 liters of hot water for showering and the fact that it is a hand held shower. A family of 5 people like us could not all have hot showers if we showered back to back. Luckily it was summer and very hot so it did not really bother us too much.