This large apartment is in a great location. It's an interesting neighborhood to walk around and explore, with plenty of good restaurants, little town squares to sit in and have a beer and a pastry, a lookout not too far away with a sweeping view of the city, and good shopping nearby. We bought a few cool things in Embaixada (an old palace turned into a little shopping mall on the high street that features Portuguese designers) and at a few other cute clothing stores all along that strip. The building itself is very quiet, we didn't see or hear another person during our entire 10-day stay in June. We did one night hear some noisy partiers from another building but that's to be expected in a city during the high season. Pedro was very responsive about anything we needed during our stay.