I stayed in this Airbnb for four nights. I have never been to Porto or Portugal and unfortunately the check in process wasn't very smooth, I hadn't been given all the information. This property is looked after by an external party so you are required to go to their location first to collect the keys and then make your way to the place, which with only a map that didn't have the apartment on it and an address written in Portuguese- this wasn't the easiest. I had issues with Google maps, trying to find it, once I saved it, ot was fine however but without global roaming it would be very hard. I finally found the apartment and then had to recontact the company to get a room number as there were three rooms on that floor. Luckily they were very prompt and polite in their responses.
I was there alone and although the weather was warmer (around 14-17c) than where I have been living, I found the apartment very cold at night and this put a damper on things as I couldn't comfortably sit in the apartment without a blanket wrapped around me to be warm enough.
I had specifically filtered rooms with heating, and although the room is not heated there was a small plug in oil heater for the whole apartment, then the hot water didn't last long at all. Unfortunate as I was trying to use that one night to try and get warm when.
I generally like that Airbnb's supply some cooking oil or maybe some coffee of even some washing powder. This one didn't.
There was a clean sponge and tea towel to use which was helpful and if you wanted to buy your cooking supplies there was certainly a good foundation of supplies in the way of utensils and pots. I had to wash a few of the things I used first as they still had food on them.
The washing machine was really convenient and works well.
The bed was comfortable and two pillows were supplied. The space is quite large- plenty of room for two however this made keeping it warm even harder.
I should add that in the summer I think this place would be fantastic.
I was suggested to stay in this part of town by a Portuguese friend as there is a lot of construction going on in the older part of town- and I must say it was quieter, I felt safe and for the most part I didn't get a heap of noise from the other apartments. There is a small mini mart a few doors down that has basics, coffee, soap powder, milk and then a bakery and a couple of restaurants within a few ft.