Spent a wonderful Christmas recently in Porto and thanks to the Joao, the host, this is definitely a memorable Christmas.
Joao is a really nice and wonderful host, super friendly and helpful. There was no problem communicating with him and he is always ready to help. He is the best kind of host!
The location of the apartment was great, few blocks away from the riverfront. However, I do have a few comments about the apartment, however, am not sure how many people will be bothered by these problems, but I thought I will share with you.
The apartment only has windows in the front and not at the back. Therefore, ventilation is not the greatest especially when you wanna do some cooking in the apartment. However, light cooking is totally fine. I cook with lots of spices and we have garlic, so you can see how that can be a problem... ☺!
There are two bathrooms and there are no windows. Therefore, the bathroom always feel damped.
The apartment building is older (charming), however, the insulation are not the best. Therefore, it is always quite cold in the apartment. The host provided three portable heaters but if you turn on all three, the power will keep tripping.
I do have a wonderful stay, minus the cold, it would have been almost perfect!
Cheers!
Location: 90%
Apartment: 80%
Joao the host: 200%