Samuel is a very welcoming and forgiving (our son broke a mirror... Sorry!) host and made our stay very comfortable. The appartament was very clean and big for only three of us. We were travelling with a baby and Samuel provided a baby crib and a feeding chair for us to use.
The appartament was quite dark, not many windows, and unfortunately it was too cold for us - we had two electric heaters, but it wasn't enough for the whole appartement (February). At night, the temperature inside went down even to 15 degrees, and for us - sleeping with a baby - it was too low. Also, because of the heaters turned on all the time, we had a problem with power going down when we wanted to use the stove and the coffee machine at the same time.
The location was great - we could walk everywhere by foot and the train station to Sintra and Cascais was only 10 min walk. The street is lovely, looks like the heart of Lisbon - narrow, no cars and a tram going up and down. The street is filled with pubs with great nightlife every evening (noisy at night if you want to sleep:)). We LOVED Bairro Alto, it was our favourite part of town.
We really liked our stay and when we come back in a warmer season we will stay with Samuel in the Bairro Alto appartement again. :) Thank you!