Previous favourable reviews are entirely accurate. I wish to wish to summarize our experience as follows: 1. Neighbourhood. Poveiros is an older, non touristy and safe neighbourhood full of quality restaurants, bars, butchers, fruit and veggie markets. Within fifty feet of the front door there are speciality cheese and codfish stores. There are two good supermarkets that are 2 minutes walk from the apartment and if a Lidl store is a 15 to 20 minute walk. 2. Noise. There is an active young people and student bar outside the front living/dining room window and the action there goes on until the early hours. However, the bedroom is in the interior stairwell area and there is no bar noise that reaches it. You may hear some footsteps from the interior wooden staircase but overall I slept like a baby. 3. The apartment. The building is over 100 years old. You will enter from a very ordinary door on the street and go up one flight of stairs to the apartment which has been remodelled and has up to date furnishings. The exposed stone and concrete trim has been left around the windows and bathroom doors and this is the effect that is seen in the pictures. Daniela lived here when she was studying architecture and design and the apartment reflects her good taste. It is clean, clean and clean. There is adequate hot water, water pressure and the toilet and washing machine are good. The shower is small. The kitchen is reasonably well equipped. The bed is more comfortable than many that we found in Europe and the towels and bed linen are of very good quality. The fridge also has a small freezer section. Daniela pointed out to us the stove/oven was not the best and We agree with her. This may be an issue for people who wish to live here on a long term basis or those who like to cook many meals at home. The front living/dining room looks out over a small square, is bright and receives a lot of sun. We ate our meals at the table pictured which was large enough for four people to dine and more if sections are pulled out. There is a fold out couch but, considering that there is only one bathroom with a small shower, I would say that this apartment is best suited to 2 people. The Internet was fast and the tv had lots of channels including English ones. 4. Location. An easy 15 or 20 minute walk to the Sao Bento train station and downtown. Also, travel from the airport was easy - tram from the airport to Bolhau metro stop (no transfers) and then a 15 minute walk. 5. The host. Daniela has earned the title of Superhost and with good reason. She met us at the front door and gave us a tour of the apartment and everything in it. She responded to any of our enquiries rapidly. She is very proud of...