Truly wonderful apartment and two amazing hosts.
It is without any exaggeration that I can say we really loved our stay at Nicolas and Maria's gorgeous flat. The apartment is big and very sunny, opening up to a gorgeous view of the city and the river; it's furnished with style and love, and decorated with Nicolas's beautiful photos of the lovely Lisbon. The street, leading down from apartment to nearby metro station+train station and Rossio city center, is lined with little local grocery shops and restaurants. (Strongly recommend shopping here for fresh fruit!) Everything you want to see in Lisbon is within walking distance of the flat!
Nicolas and Maria themselves were a really big and wonderful part of our experience. Not only were we warmly welcomed and helped with our bags (at start and end of our trip) but the couple made sure we were able to easily find our way around the city, made tons of great recommendations, took initiative to research for us how to get to places in the north of Portugal past our stay in Lisbon, and even took us out for coffee. Truly two of the most wonderful, friendliest, communicative and caring people! We really felt very lucky to be taken care of so well and were sad to go.
When back in Lisbon, we hope to stay here again!