Maria is a welcoming, responsive, and helpful host.
My husband and I enjoyed an almost month-long stay in Maria's lovely and well situated apartment. We visited around the middle of October to about the middle of November.
The apartment's windows allow for a bright environment on sunny days and the wooden shutters(located inside) made for an easy way to shut out the light(and some of the sound from the liveliness of the street below) if we wanted to enjoy an afternoon nap. The bed and pillows were comfortable and the comforter was perfect to keep us warm on cool nights(we also utilized the heat for part of our stay).
We frequently utilized the coffee maker, stovetop, refrigerator, microwave, dish rack, washing machine, and clothes-line drying rack. There is a dishwasher and oven, but we never had the need to use them. There is also a little balcony where we spent some time enjoying Port wine over good conversation.
There are two shops just across the street that supply many of the basics from, water, bread, cheese, fruit, pre-packaged deli meat, wine(including Port wine), toiletries, etc. There is also a tourist shop across the street and little cafe-style restaurant.
Below the apartment there is a shop that provides riverboat tours(we didn't utilize that company, but just informing of it's location), and two very convenient restaurants where we enjoyed delicious food.
It's about a 5 minute walk to the São Bento train station, which was very convenient for us. There are plenty of pastry shops and restaurants under a 10-15 minute walk from the apartment. If you choose to utilize Uber, many of our rides within Porto ranged from about 3-7 Euros per trip.
We had a wonderful experience staying at Maria's apartment and in Porto and highly recommend you consider staying there too.
We were sad to leave, but happy to have had all the experiences we did. We can't wait to visit again!
Obrigada, Maria!