Great 60’s/70’s apartment for a stay in Benfica: clean, big, stylishly furnished, perfect airconditioning and located close to the market and neighbourhood shops. We had the best grilled chicken ever at the Brazilian Supersabor take away down the street. The wonderful restaurant Ana recommended, -O solar de Benfica-, is the kind of authentic Portuguese restaurant that is getting hard to find in downtown Lisbon but is typical for Benfica.
Benfica is a quiet neighbourhood (especially in the summer months) with traditional shops and restaurants from the ‘70s next to modern businesses like Continente. There’s some houses but mostly apartments and you can park easily in the streets. It takes 15 minutes by car to Saldanha. Costa Caparica can also be reached easily by car.