This apartment is an excellent location and great value. It's very big and the views of the river and Guia are fantastic. The stairs aren't too bad. If you can't do stairs, don't come to Porto! Even on a rainy day, we enjoyed sitting on the porch. The garden in the back is beautiful, but there are about 3 or more feral cats in the neighborhood that poop all over the yard. It's a minefield and it prevented us from enjoying the yard. I had to take quite a bit of time to clean shoes and the floor after tracking cat shit in the apartment. Also, you can lock the red gate for security but we made the mistake of leaving the back door open for air. A cat came in and shit in the apartment. Close all doors!
But even with that bad news, we'd still recommend this place. It really is a great location with the best views.
Also, the electricity went out while we were making tea once. No other apartments in the building were effected and I only turned on the electrical stove and teapot. There were no instructions on resetting the circuit and we had to skip breakfast and get ready in the dark one day. The electricity in Portugal seems pretty bad. In almost every city, there were flickering lights and 2 apartments we stayed at had electrical problems, including one near-fire in Sintra. I think the owners should give instructions for resetting a circuit breaker because of this. Mariana did come over to fix the problem while we were out, but I would never have known how to do this on a Portuguese circuit.