Marcia is a wonderful hostess; she is always available to help, although, because she organized our visit so well, we hardly needed to test it. The flat is new and spotless, with a comfortable bed, and a lovely little patio where we ate breakfast every day, and all other meals when we were at home. Marcia helps those guests not familiar to Porto by recommending places to visit and restaurants that are good. Rua do Flores is right in the centre of the old town, just a couple of hundred metres from the railway station and even closer to many restaurants. It is a hive of tourist activity, yet, as a result of the flat being at the back of a terrace of buildings, one can hear no sound from the crowd, even when one is outside on the patio. Therefore one sleeps well. There is extensive building work being carried out next door, but the noise is not excessively disturbing, and is finished by late afternoon; it didn't bother us. Rosanne and I thoroughly recommend it. We shall certainly visit again.