Porto district holiday apartment: Oporto

Wonderful location for a holiday apartment. Gorgeous views from the lounge across the river to the port wine houses. 1 minutes walk from good restaurants, the bridge and the funicular.
Well equipped apartment and kept in good order.
Fernando is a fantastic host - sent lots of friendly emails before we arrived and was in contact throughout the holiday to make sure we were ok. definitely goes beyond what you'd expect to make sure you are comfortable, a pleasure to deal with.
We had a problem with one of the beds and he came round and dealt with it the same day, leaving us some special bread from the countryside while he was there.
Only potential downsides are the number of steps up to the apartment - not good if you have poor mobility. We have a 2 yr old and left the pushchair downstairs in the hall which no one seemed to mind.
Other possible issue is the noise. The bedrooms have been double glazed so noise is fine with them shut, but i imagine if you were there when it was very hot that would be a problem. We were there in October. With them open, you can hear noise from the street as as there are restaurants and bars nearby (not in the same building). Wasn't too much of an issue for us.
Overall I would recommend it and will consider staying there again on the way to touring the Douro region.
Porto has a lot of interesting things to see and do and is good for families too - lots of parks and beaches.
For restaurants, we actually ended up preferring the more modern ones on the Villa De Gaia side for more varied and less expensive food so do try those too - it's only 5 mins across the bridge from the apartment.
You don't need a car at all to tour the city from this apartment.