Oporto River Front

“Great location and super comfy!”

Great place as a base to explore Porto! We stayed in the “Silver” room on the 1st floor. Partial view of the river but still great! Apartment has all the amenities you need, very modern, bright and extremely comfy. Highly recommend if you’re staying for 2-3 nights!

“Excellent but …. A few things to note”

The good: excellent location right in riverfront Ribeira; apartment was spacious (had the riverfront second floor so also great view over to V Nova de Gaia.) Self contained (oven, dishwasher etc) though no paper towels etc so have to buy anything you need. Not so good: get. welcome pack of (only) t… more

The good: excellent location right in riverfront Ribeira; apartment was spacious (had the riverfront second floor so also great view over to V Nova de Gaia.) Self contained (oven, dishwasher etc) though no paper towels etc so have to buy anything you need. Not so good: get. welcome pack of (only) two cheap tea bags and coffee pods (staying 5 nights!). No soap in bathroom unless you count sharing the soap dispenser in the shower ? There is no ‘reception’ nor ‘meet and greet’. The just message you the door code and key lockbox code. Poor: many weeks before arrival we asked if we could access the apartment or building at about 1pm as we were travelling in from the countryside. They said ‘yes that should be possible’. Then the night before when we checked they changed it to ‘No, not until 4pm; that’s our policy’. We had made all our travel arrangements to be there at 1 and couldn’t change that. We asked if could store our luggage there ( we would have been ok with that compromise). No they said. On further request they did say we could store our luggage at their office but that was across town(??!). They didn’t even tell us that there is a luggage storage facility only about 150m away. We found and used that (12E). What was annoy f that when we later went to the building, the door code would have allowed us in to a foyer area where we could have put our bags. And they could have given us the lockbox code for key to our individual apartment door later. Though don’t know why it took a cleaner 5 hours to clean the apartment, when we had asked weeks ahead for earlier access ? Not at all happy with that ‘service’ and lack of any consideration: Just stuck to 4pm policy statement ?

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“Amazing views and location let down by lots of minor issues!”

The location of this property is outstanding. So close to all the restaurants and bars, but still really quiet. Outstanding views of the river, literally couldn’t be better. Just be careful when booking as some rooms have no view. The building is stunning. Sadly there were a few minor things that c… more

The location of this property is outstanding. So close to all the restaurants and bars, but still really quiet. Outstanding views of the river, literally couldn’t be better. Just be careful when booking as some rooms have no view. The building is stunning. Sadly there were a few minor things that could easily be rectified but clearly management aren’t listening or reading reviews! Firstly directions to property are incorrect. The door is directly next to Bacalhau restaurant. Down alleyway and turn right not left. How hard is it to get correct? No lighting in foyer at night is annoying. No linen or towel change for 8 days! Disgusting! They wanted to charge 10€. When paying such a huge amount for accommodation I would expect at least 1 free change every couple of days. Cheaper to buy some towels. We were sightseeing all day and it was very hot so showering 2-3 times a day. There was also nowhere to hang towels to dry. Bathroom was tiny with door opening into it so could barely move. Sofa was immensely uncomfortable as was the bed, rock hard! Dining table was attached to kitchen bench, weird. Couldn’t really unpack as were only 4 coat hangers and 2 drawers. Had to live out of suitcase in living room.

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