As other reviewers have said — the photos don’t do this place justice ! The view is truly gorgeous and the whole place is so light and airy. I felt so lucky staying here and loved opening all the windows and letting the cross breeze roll through. Càtia met me at the apartment for check-in and was so kind. She showed me around the place, as well as gave me a map and recommendations on places to go.
The apartment is in a great location too. Very centrally located and close to bars/restaurants/grocery stores, but close enough that I didn’t have to walk too far from where the cab dropped me off (since this area of the Alfama is closed to non-residential cars).
The only notes of caution I’ll leave are: (1) As others have said, if you have any disability or trouble walking, this is not the apartment for you. You have to go up four flights up a narrow staircase. I’m generally in shape and it was a struggle for me with my suitcase, but when I wasn’t lugging 20lbs around, it was fine. And (2) the apartment can get noisy at night. I didn’t mind it for the most part — I could even hear some fado. When the noise did bother me (I had some particularly noisy French neighbors likely staying in another airbnb next door), I just closed the windows + turned on the fan to drown it out. Not that big a deal though, and that’s the price for such a central location.
Overall highly recommend this apartment and will likely stay here again!