As others have written, Paulo's place is beyond wonderful.
Let's start with the check in . Paulo met us personally, gave us a tour and showed us on a map where all the great spots were for tasting port, shopping and sight seeing. It is rare that a host meets you in person and I so appreciated his insights, help and hospitality. As I was meeting with Paulo, a friend in our group kept running by us, excitedly saying "This place is awesome". Lap two he said "How did you find this place? It's incredible!" A few minutes later he came by again (as he was checking out all the spaces), "This is the best airbnb I've ever stayed in!". Mike summoned it up nicely.
The views are stunning.
The common spaces which allowed our group of 10 to comfortably be together overlooking the Duoro River could not be praised enough.
Every person in our group was pleased with their accommodations.
And Paulo is the ultimate host.
The only problem was we loved this airbnb so much that in the evenings we just wanted to grab 'take away' (take out) and go back to the terrace and watch the sunset and the boats on the Duoro. So amazing. Don't miss this opportunity to stay at best airbnb I've ever stayed in (and we've stayed in some wonderful ones in Boston MA, California, Kansas, New Mexico, New Orleans LA, Oklahoma, Washington DC, France, Italy and Lisbon/Portugal, Seattle WA).
My husband and I loved what Paulo's airbnb offered so much that we are starting to plan a trip back to Porto with our daughters and their families because this space makes time together so comfortable - even magical.