We are four mature adults (one married couple plus two single women) who have travelled together for numerous years, renting houses in several European countries. This house certainly met our needs with three comfortable bedrooms, each with their own bathroom.
When we arrived, we were greeted by our gracious host Miquelina and her husband, both of whom don't speak English. However, their charming son (I"m sorry I can't remember his name!) was there as well and served as both host and translator. A fresh-baked cake and a fresh bottle of Port assured our welcome as well.
The house is furnished comfortably and tastefully. The kitchen has everything you may need. It was supplied with many staples, including coffee to get us going, sugar, salt, etc. The property has a lovely large garden and we were invited to harvest vegetables from it, which we did and thoroughly enjoyed. (Tomatoes, zucchini, beans, lettuce, herbs.)
The swimming pool is a wonderful luxury. It is beautifully situated on the property and we took advantage of it every day after our day of sight-seeing.
There is a lovely deck with comfortable furniture, including a large table that served as our dining table every night. Somehow there are no mosquitoes and at dusk the ubiquitous flies seem to go to sleep, so being outside was a pleasure. We had dinner by candlelight and then played cards on the same table until midnight. The house is located very conveniently for day-trips. We easily traveled to the Douro valley, visited Braga and Guimareis, and spent two separate days in Porto. The house is located outside the very charming town of Amarante and we loved our time there as well.
It was very easy and quite pleasant to make all arrangements with Miquelina. She was wonderfully responsive and obviously enjoys making sure her guests our comfortable.
Our only reservation about this house involves the water park across the river. The music there begins mid-morning and continues until dusk. On our second day there (Sunday) apparently they had a guest DJ and the thumping music was quite intrusive. Although the rest of the week never had music that was quite so intrusive, we did live in fear that it might happen again. Happily, it didn't. If you are the kind of person who goes to the beach and doesn't mind hearing the music of the person next to you, you will be fine. As classical musicians, we were quite distracted by the sound. Despite that, we loved the house.