We stayed in Srephan’s apartment for a week over the New Year’s Eve period. Stephan kindly organised the purchase of the metro tickets for New Year’s Eve, as you have to purchase a particular time to travel on that night and if you miss your allotted slot, you can’t travel. The apartment is located within easy walking distance to the metro but as the Uber’s are so cheap, this was our preferred choice of transport. The area was peaceful, especially given that you’re in a built up area.
The apartment is absolutely massive. We found that we barely used parts of it. The air conditioning was very effective and one of the reasons we chose it was for the silent mode on the air conditioning. One of the downsides is that you have to walk through bedroom 3 to get to the master bedroom. Alternatively, you can walk outside on the patio to avoid going through bedroom 3 but this is not ideal, especially when it’s raining. My daughters preferred bedroom 3 and chose not to use bedroom 2.
We were fully aware that we shared the apartment with the caretaker (Well). He was very pleasant and his English was a bit limited. This was not a real problem for us because my daughter speaks Portuguese. This arrangement might not suit all but it wasn’t a problem for us.
We felt that the apartment was quite expensive (£250 per night) but I suppose we were paying a premium for New Year period. Overall, we had a lovely stay.