The good: A beautiful apartment rental in a great location. Very close to good restaurants, to transit, to the river district. The unit was nicely updated and well laid out. I appreciated how both bathrooms had showers.
The medium: The water pressure was quite low in the shower. The kitchen is a bit small if you are planning to cook, and there is no oven, but for a short term rental where most meals are eaten out it was very suitable. The second bedroom is a walled off area within the living area (directly beside the kitchen). It is separated from the living area by a wall of windows, and does have blinds, but does not feel very private.
The bad: On the last day of our trip, while we were out in the Douro doing a wine tour, someone broke in to the building. Once they accessed the building, they broke into management's on site lockbox with keys to all the units, and proceeded to break into the units. They went through our belongings and took over 4000 euro worth of items. After getting the apartment broken into, we found the communication with the host to be very poor. There was no help after departure with communicating with the local authorities to get the documentation that we needed for insurance claims. There was also no sympathy from the host that our belongings were taken. I would have expected that the host would have offered to refund our stay at the very minimum, but this has not been the case.