My group stayed for 6 days, in the apartment, it has lovely views of April 25th Bridge both during the day and night, same with Christ the King,down the avenue of the apartment.
To get to the things that need to be known, or would’ve been nice to have been in the listing. Two of the three bedrooms don’t have a key to lock, same with one of the bathrooms. One of the bedrooms also don’t close fully which isn’t shown in the listing.
Checking in wasn’t that smooth, we tried leaving our bags after the earliest time 12pm but we were waiting for a answer from the apartment to see if the cleaner was still there, we waited a hour before texting Gustavo just incase the cleaner was still cleaning. But no luck, so after sometime we let ourselves in with letting Gustavo know.
One of the bedrooms the window doesn’t open either, luckily it was cool enough in the apartment because we left some windows open while we slept, rather than using the A/C.
The kitchen, three of the four Hobbs don’t work, only the electric works. And at that we had to figure out which ones because the picture on the listing doesn’t show a up-to-date picture of the kitchen stove/hobb. And the host, didn’t explain why the other three didn’t work or why it wasn’t listed to not work. There’s loose tiles in the kitchen so be careful! And there’s a step to the adjacent bathroom and washer, that blends in with the floor.
The beds are pretty comfy, but the pillows are extremely soft, but with not searching up if that’s usual for Portugal what could we expect, it was fine.
The listing looks almost 1:1 to the pictures, the stove picture needs to be updated. And explained in the listing that one 1/4 Hobbs work
Close the doors, the door to the building doesn’t lock correctly, you have to pull/push it when leaving or entering, otherwise it stays open and slams from wind, the really sweet old lady from apartment 1 explained to us this.
She only Understands Portuguese and French, if you don’t know either use DeepL translate so she can listen and ask her to write as she’s hard to read. Don’t be too loud either, the neighbours from number 3 were stomping every single day, and the lady questioned if it was us but we explained it was them and she laughed and said many Americans are heavy footed.
She was genuinely the most lovely part of the Airbnb stay, if you can, or purchase groceries that are unopened and not used at the end of your stay, gift to her as she cannot carry heavy bags due to her wrists. She has a beautiful parrot too, which if you listen close enough in the mornings you can hear it chirping.