The Airbnb cottage of Catarina and her family is, as all prior reviews indicate, beautiful and accurately represented in their photos. It is bright, clean, spacious, and sensitively furnished with "homemade" and probably locally sourced artisanal workmanship. The colors and textures of everything in the cottage and garden are earthy and warm, and the overall effect is soothing on the senses.
The Airbnb experience was of course not limited to the loveliness of the cottage itself, but had also to do with the warm welcome with which we were received, the quiet residential neighborhood, the not-far-not-close location of the cottage with regard to Porto's city center, the garden with its various sweet animals, and the wonderfully organized and curated catalog of recommendations from Catarina and her family for places to see and food to try out. We were very very torn between the prospect of staying in the cottage and relaxing in the garden and the prospect of exploring beautiful Porto equipped with "inside information" about the best spots and offers to check out.
In short, we had the best time.