Location, location, location! Seriously, we spent a lot of time trying
to find the perfect spot in Lisboa on Airbnb (and on other websites),
and we're glad we chose that one. Perfectly situated on a nice
pedestrian street (you can drink excellent ginja literally seconds from
the entrance door) near Rossio Square. You can do some shopping in
Baixa/Chiado, come back to the studio to drop your bags, climb to Bairro
Alto to have a drink, come back and stop at Pingo Doce to buy some food
and cook dinner at home, then climb across Mouraria to enjoy the night
view on Miradouro de Nossa Senhora do Monte, then walk down Graça and
Alfama before coming back through Chiado. All this without having to
take the subway or the tram! It's that central...
The studio itself is very clean and roomy enough for a couple. A/C + heater (for those cool January nights), dishwasher, washing machine, oven, everything's there for a short or a longer stay (except maybe a coffee maker, but it's no big deal). Surprisingly, as soon as you close the thick double windows, you can't hear a thing outside (the studio is not directly over the
street, there's a 10 foot roof under the windows, it probably helps
reducing street noise). I usually sleep with earplugs when I travel, I
didn't have to use them there.
Paulo is very helpful, if we needed something we just had to write him and he answered promptly. All in all, we cannot recommend more Paulo's studio. If we come back, we'll stay there for sure!