We, 3 friends and I, had an incredible time in Lisbon! The city is a perfect destination for young to old that offers a great travel experience for very fair/cheap prices.
There is tons of museums and other cultural spots, many beautiful top of the world places with incredible views, urban, historic and very unique buildings, such friendly local people, so much good food (especially food!) and deserts, tons of restaurants, bars and clubs. To put all in a nutshell: This city really never sleeps, especially downtown.
At first we thought our apartment was really far away, because it took us a while to get from the airport to the apartment by bus, but it ended up being quiet central with the most important transportation options nearby. (train, taxi, bus). The apartment is very neat and cosy with stylish interior, the AC works perfectly fine and the balconies are SO cute with a even cuter view on the historical street. The apartment had everything you needed (hair drier, towels, dishes, wine bottle opener etc.) and was clean.
The part of the city the apartment was in, Alcantara, was very urban and perfect for a historic experience of Lisbon. There is a very cool new cafe/bar up the street with such nice workers who you can always have a good time with and who are always happy to answer questions about the city for you. Furthermore there were bakeries, cafés, little supermarkets and lots of restaurants in the street. Also, just 5minutes away there is a big supermarket where you can shop groceries cheaper.
To put all in a nutshell:
You have anything you want close to the apartment. We went to a club (Lust in Rio) for example by taxi and only payed 7€ for the drive. If you want to go downtown and enjoy some open air music with people dancing in the middle of the street drinking and eating from food stands you just have to walk 15-20min up the street.
For future guests:
Most of the times it is cheaper, less stressful and faster to take the taxi than to go by train. Especially if you are a group of 4, like we were. Also we recommend you to take the taxi from the airport to the apartment. It costs only 10€ and you are there WAY quicker than by bus. When we arrived we went by bus and it took us 2 hours to find the way because we were not familiar with the infrastructure system and also not with the city. We had to get on 2 buses, each cost us 1,80€. OUR ADVICE: If you are not sure, just take the taxi. Especially from the airport to the apartment. It will come out cheaper than the train most of the time.
Thank you for having us Diogo!
Your apartment was perfect.
Greetings from Germany :)