My husband and I stayed at Joana’s apartment for over a week, using it as a home base while exploring the city.
The apartment is spacious, well decorated, and comfortable. It stays cool during the hot summer weather, which is definitely a bonus after walking around in the heat all day. The A/C unit comes in handy at night, as we used the fan as white noise to drown out the noise from the bars across from the apartment (it works really well!).
The private garden is such an oasis! We used it in the morning for breakfast, a little bit of tanning in the afternoon, and drinks in the evening. I loved being able to do laundry and hang our wash out to dry in the garden. The larger shared garden space is really lovely too, and has such a beautiful view of the city during sunset.
The apartment is very close to the Principe Real restaurants & shops. We made it a little ritual to stop by the miradouro and then walk to the garden at night when it cooled down. It’s such a beautiful neighborhood. Everything else felt like it was more or less a 10 minute walk downhill. So know that you’ll be doing a lot of uphill walking, as you will do everywhere else in Lisbon.
Finally, having a doorman was so nice! One gentleman in particular was so kind to us, and since my husband knew the tiniest bit of Portuguese, would always have brief conversations.
Hope you choose to stay and enjoy this lovely spot!