The apartment is in a quiet apartment block, set in a fairly quiet little square. The apartment looks out to the back, so no traffic noise in the week we were there....excellent for us! Although there will always be some noise from people moving about, it was general a fairly quiet flat, and this was one of main concerns. We did have a bit of an issue with noisy seagulls....someone said that it had been in the past couiple of weeks that they had moved "inland", so mornings...well, very early mornings...became quite noisy. No faulty of Amelia or Josefa obviously, but worth noting maybe? The area is excellent to get to nearby restaurants, tapas bars, a lovely little coffee shop, supermarket, and the main sites in porto. Also has a lovely little balcony to sit and enjoy a" porto tonico" after a long days hiking around porto.