Francisco has a beautiful and very clean apartment with a lot of natural light. It has a very comfortable queen size bed with lots of closets/hangers and a small balcony. He’s very responsive and also offered some great resto recommendations upon asking.
Pros: Hot water kettle (mine had some water left over in it from the last user 😕), pots, pans, plates, glasses, dishwasher, stove, oven, ironing board/iron, and plenty of closet space with hangers are provided. His friend Joana checked me in who was super nice and helped with some local restaurant recos as well as booking a taxi for my departing flight from Porto. Safe neighborhood since it’s on a busy street. If you need any groceries / home items there is a large supermarket around the corner.
Cons: Ceilings are thin and the neighbors kids upstairs sometimes make a bit of noise (ie running around at late hours of the night). There is a combo washing machine/dryer in the kitchen but no detergent pods were provided. I ended up buying some b/c I really needed to do a lot of laundry before my next stop, so if you’re staying after me enjoy lol.
Important Note: although the listing says elevator, the elevator is a bit strange is this building and does not start from the ground floor. You’ll need to haul your luggage up one flights of stairs (about 5 steps) to get to the lift, and it only stops between floors, not on them, so you’ll still have to carry your luggage up another 5-6 steps to get to your floor. Also, Porto is mostly walkable (lots of steep cobblestone hills though, so wear comfy shoes), so for reference this place is only about 15 min away from Livraria Lello.