This apartment is newly renovated, tastefully furnished, secure, air conditioned, and has a stunning panoramic view of the Ribeira of both Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. I strongly recommend that you spend extra days in this apartment and fewer days in other places, if you have any flexibility in your plans. The metro runs in front of the building and it is one 3 minute stop to the center of Porto’s historic district.
Telmo, the owner, is truly a very effective super host. My wife asked where she could get her hair trimmed. Telmo consulted his connections, found a very good hairdresser, drove my wife to the shop, and interpreted my wife’s picky instructions to the hairdresser in Portuguese. The amazing thing is that my wife is pleased with the trim — which is seldom the case back in the United States.