The apartment is well located in the heart of Alfama, and is a stone's throw away from many of the good fado places. The lisbon cathedral is also at a 5 min walk and the river front at 20 mins. The apartment is old and located on the ground floor. On a first glance we did receive the apartment quite clean, however we encountered a big spider in the toilet on our 2nd night and a cockroach in the living room on the 3rd night. I am giving the owners the benefit of doubt and I suppose they were truly unaware of the pest situation. We didn't see any on our first night either. While this was a real concern it wasn't the deal breaker for us, that would be the disturbing noise at night when we went to sleep. It wasn't people in the street and it's really difficult to pinpoint what it truly was. Felt like the sound that rats running in the attic would make but we didn't spot any during the our stay so I can't be certain, maybe it's just our vivid imagination but nevertheless it was disturbing.