We really enjoyed staying in this lovely apartment situated in an area which combines history/culture and a range of places to eat, traditional and not (so at the bottom of the building, there is a place serving traditional breakfasts/snacks, with amazing orange cake the day we went next to a hipster paradise offering no less amazing cinnamon rolls).
The apartment itself is great, with everything you need and lots of extras, from the fireplace to a vintage set of dominoes to play with… It’s a ten minute walk away from a bus and train station (travel to Coimbra and Porto from there on very frequent trains). You get the added bonus of doing a little cardio exercise walking back from the station because Lisbon is hilly…. but throughout the city, if you can’t face a hill you can climb on a tram or get an Ueber.
And of course Lisbon is a fabulous destination. Within a three-minute walk from the apartment, you stumble on the National Pantheon (the view from the top!) and the Monastery of Sao Vicente de Fora, which turns out to not just be a monastery but packs in centuries of history and art.