this house is really well situated for living like a local but close (after some uphill climbs!) to the sites. the local restaurants (steps away) are fantastic with friendly owners, great quality food and incredibly reasonable. virtually no information is provided in the house about local amenities/attractions which is a shame. the café on the corner is great for breakfast and ridiculously cheap - owners are lovely. Backsons is a great restaurant close by and the casual corner establishment which is practically under the house is just great - the lady who owns it is so friendly and helpful and her food is terrific. go to the odd looking vintage shop/warehouse along the road which houses a bar as well as antique stalls - very funky! we used all these places over and over. the wee bar/cafe where football is on a screen evry night is good fun and the owner so kind - on our last night he sent us home with a gift of a special bottle of port! these places are out of the main tourist streets and made us feel like we were locals. I would go back to Porto in an instant - beautiful city steeped in history.