Antonio made us feel very welcome. Since our phones didn't work in Portugal, we even made arrangements with him to pick us up at the airport. This worked out very well and since he brought us to the apartment he gave us a little tour of the neighborhood on the way, so we could get a sense of the surrounding areas. The apartment is not in the old section of Porto, but is very close to the metro and bus lines so getting around was easy. It is also close to grocery and pastry shops, which was important for us, since we stayed 3 weeks. The apartment building is very quiet and we rarely even encountered other occupants, though it was quite noisy on the night Portugal won the Euro cup, but that was part of the fun.