We had a friendly greeting from Alberto's daughter with custard tarts and a bottle of port. The apartment was lovely and clean and well equipped. Communication with Alberto and Barbara was very good and we were made to feel very welcome.
The location was excellent for access to the beach - on the last and best day (beautiful sunshine and hardly any wind) we had the beach almost to ourselves! We hired a car (last minute) which meant that the supermarkets and Porto were only a short drive. We tried three of the local restaurants, two of which we almost didn't see (one almost next door and up the stairs and the other looked like an apartment block with offices below) where we had the most wonderful dishes such as octopus, steak and lamb etc - a great introduction to Portugal