Staying at Alex's flat in Lisbon was our first experience of AirB&B and I have to say it was absolutely fantastic and, I would also go further and say, a great advert for all that's good about the whole AirB&B concept.
My sister and hubby had stayed with him earlier in the year and had said how wonderful the place was and what a great host Alex was. Well, even with her praises ringing in my mind (and she's never one to usually go overboard on things) we were not let down. The location is just amazing and the views from the flat, as everyone else has said, are amazing.
Alex put himself out especially for us to let us stay for the full week we had originally wanted. We had left it bit late by the time we tried to book and there were only 3 nights available for the week we had free to go, but he changed his plans to accommodate us. He was at the flat at 10pm on Sunday night to greet us after our flight arrived from the UK that night. He even thought to instruct us to close the inner door of the lift to his flat in his text, in the directions he gave us to find it from the - very easy - 5min walk from the nearest metro station, so that we were not left there standing like lemons wondering why we weren't moving!
He gave us some great advice of the places to visit - and especially where to go to catch some good fado music.
It was great and a real pleasure to stay in such lovely home in such a friendly and fascinating city! Thank you, Alex.