My Story Apartments Porto - Santa Catarina

The accommodation provides modern, clean, and spacious rooms with great value. Guests appreciate the convenient location and friendly service. The comfortable beds and amenities offer a cozy stay experience.

Super nice and cozy room, however its supposed to run as Airbnb not a Hotel, you wont get cleaning services during your stay, water for the first day even and the communication to access on checkin is troublesome-like airbnb. - Checkin/out: They didnt send the checkin information in advance, and expecting you to write them an email to get it (when you dont expect to do so for a hotel-services) - same on checkout. Hope they received the email I sent via trip.com - Room type: The room isn’t the same as in the room photo when you booked, its another one. The one we stayed has no sofa and balcony. - No water even on the first day, cook yourself by using the kettle or drink from tap (which not recommended in portugal) - Cleaning: The room is clean and niche, but dont expect any cleaning services during the whole stay. - Noise from the street: mostly day and night as its in very central walking street.

Perfect location on Rua de Santa Catarina. Upon arrival, I phoned the number given and a representative (Sophia) opened the door moments later and welcomed us. Although the exterior of the building is old, the interior is all new. All floors can be accessed by lift/elevator. We had apartment 3B which is one of the two apartments with a balcony overlooking Santa Catarina (the other apartment is 3A). Our view was directly towards Grande Hotel do Porto which was actually our initial choice, but was fully booked. The apartment has free WiFi, a kitchen with all that you would expect, including a coffee machine with capsules included, bathroom with walk-in-shower including all toiletries, flat screen TV, sofa and a good sized bed. A supermarket is about 5 minutes walk away, handy for purchasing breakfast items or a nice bottle of wine to enjoy on the balcony. Plenty of restaurants in the immediate vicinity. The waterfront area is walkable (maybe 20 minutes) but a taxi may be the wise choice. The Café Majestic is also only a few minutes walk away but seems to be on every tourists list of things to do, so can be busy, especially in the morning. Best to wait until late afternoon/early evening before visiting; it is surprisingly expensive.