Outstanding apartment - completely exceeded our expectations.
Firstly - the communication from Sónia was first class. She contacted us before we arrived regarding our travels and was very responsive to our messages, we arrived quite early and Sónia was very accommodating allowing us to access the apartment as soon as was possible. We did not meet Sónia but her sister, Patricia, met us at the apartment. She was fantastic and showed us around this beautiful apartment, giving us loads of tips on local restaurants and things to do.
Apartment - Extremely well finished, super stylish and comfortable. Kitchen area is small, but you will not want to stay in for dinner in this location, there are far too many great restaurants nearby. Bathroom is spacious and well finished. Windows are BEAUTIFUL - all fully open, we spent many hours watching the square below whilst enjoying the Port that was waiting for us when we arrived. Bedroom was large with big wardrobes and comfy bed. Please be advised that the square below has buskers and a number of restaurants and can be quite noisy, it does go dead silent after midnight and it was actually quite nice to hear music and the bustle below.
Location - We have been to Porto a couple of times and this is the PERFECT LOCATION to explore the city. It's a 5 minute walk from Sao Bento station, 5 minutes to the riverside, 10 minutes to Luís Bridge. The Square below (Sao Domingos), has some really nice restaurants - LSD, just next door to the apartment entrance has a beautiful dinner menu with a great wine list, the white Papa Figos is very good for the price. The street leading towards Sao Bento has some lovely wine and port bars and a some nice bakeries for breakfast.
Walking away from the square if you head up the hill, you have a small supermarket, some nice bakeries and a really great cafe on the right hand side of the steep hill - The hungry biker, great breakfast and brunch here and very reasonable prices, you will not leave hungry.
If you head down the hill towards the river, every street has an abundance of wine bars and restaurants, we didn't try them all but we also didn't experience a bad one.
This is a great apartment to explore the city, we couldn't have asked for more, highly highly recommended.