I was here for 3 weeks. It was a very pleasant stay in the apartment. It was small, but nice: a nice view over the river, everything you need is in the apartment, including microwave, tv, everything worked really well. Great wifi, music channels on the TV also. Apt was super clean and the view window is great and can see cruise ships come in also. Sometimes the parties in the bar area down below could be loud, but the new style sound 'proof' windows are really great. Actually everything in the apt is new, and top quality. The shower is small, but very nice. The only thing is that there is a tourist apt upstairs, and your comfort/sleep is dependent on the consideration of others. Most of the time people were considerate.

In 21 days I saw a lot of Lisbon. Most of it we visited just by walking. Of all the parts of the city, I liked this Alfama neighborhood the most. All the small alleys up to the hills with small restaurants and nice shops and other nice places to visit including the castle, churches, places with panorama views over the city (two great areas for that) and lovely Santa Clara Park. You are right below St. Vincent's Cathedral and the Lisbon Pantheon. The trolleys are great fun! Very unique to Lisbon.

The apt is easy to reach from the airport: just take the red line of the metro to S. Sebastiao (Red line begins at the airport and ends at Sao Sebastiao) and there change to the blue line to Santa Apolonia (last stop). Ticket is 1.80 Euro. From there it's about 5 minutes walk. Very easy. Being next to Santa Apolonia is terrific for trains and metro. Very helpful for getting train tickets too. I went all over Portugal (Porto, Faro, Lagos, Cascais and Sintra by trains) and the Lisbon metro is also from Apolonia. I highly recommend staying here. Goncalo is very responsive to questions, and eager to make sure all is fine for you. Oh, and built-in calorie burner-- there are 81 stair steps from the street to the apt. door. :))