We loved our visit to Lisbon and the location of this apt was super. Just a few minutes walk to anything and everything. Public transportation is great, but we still recommend getting in "walking shape" before visiting Lisbon. If you sport a fitbit, you'll love Lisbon. This apartment is fortunately situated to give you a good view of the historic region of Lisbon. The building across the street only reaches to the floor below you giving you a partial view of the Castelo de Jorge and other historic/cultural points of interest. I enjoyed watching the sunrise through our eastern facing windows a few times while I was there, but other times I slept through the sunrise because the mostly blackout window shades in the bedroom effectively cut out most of the light. The apartment itself was clean, neat and quite comfortable. The staircase is narrow and steep, but once we got our luggage to the third floor, the apartment and its view rewarded us handsomely for our efforts.

The owner/host, Maria, was sweet as could be. She was helpful in giving us great advice. She patiently sat down and showed us where everything was on an easy to use map. Gave us good recommendations about how to visit the local sites and how to easily get to Cascais and Sintra which we enjoyed visiting during the last few days of our trip. She also arranged for an honest taxi driver to transport us to the airport (16 euros).

The neighborhood is generally quiet. If you want nightlife, it is an easy walk over to the neighborhood, Barrios Altos, with its pubs and Fado musicians. Still in Chiado (the apartment's neighborhood) there can be noise at night, but it is not constant. Trash trucks, German tourists, occasional revelers passing through. These were some of the things that we found slightly annoying, but nothing a little bit of white noise couldn't diffuse. The modern double-pane windows kept out most of the noise and since we were there in April, we were able to sleep with closed windows.

The negatives on this apartment were not significant for us. As mentioned previously, the stairwell is a bit narrow and steep. Also, the round white seat pictured in the lower right corner of the promo picture is pretty, but simply not comfortable or functional. We visited in April, so the lack of air conditioning was not an issue, but it could possibly be in the summer. On sunny days, we cooled the apartment down simply be opening a couple windows for a few minutes.

Pros: The view. Location. Hosts. Apartment: Well equipped and neat.

Cons: Stairwell narrow and steep (don't rush up or down). Occasionally noisy.

We would stay here again and recommend it to our friends.