We stayed here for 5 days and 4 nights and José was a great host. He texted with a greeting as we landed and notified us he'll be waiting at the apt waiting to meet us. Upon arrival, the taxi was confused and took us up the wrong street (there are 2 streets with nearly the same name) but José was great to run out and meet us in-person to guide us in the right direction. The apt is really lovely and exactly as the pictures depicted. The most breath taking part is definitely the view of the Douro river and the marina across the way as you arrive to the apartment. The apt itself is very bright, clean, and certainly more than enough room for us as a couple. The neighborhood is safe, friendly folks, but the neighboring roosters were a surprising factor. It was a novelty on the first morning to hear them crow but that wears off quickly. Turns out they crow repeatedly from 4am to 7am. It was charming the first few days ... but not an issue as we tend to leave most mornings out for excursions. Also, the washroom itself is very tight and narrow for space - likely common in most European homes. Since we are tall and lean people it didn't bother us too much. Otherwise the apartment's location is great! The best unexpectedly part was how available José was in our communication and questions. He also offered us a ride into downtown as it was on his way to work and pointed us to a great pedestrian street, Flour St, for dinner and sightseeing. For the value of the rental we were very satisfied and we would certainly be back!