You just can't beat the location of this darling apartment. It is just 2 flights of stairs up which was important for my bad knees. Loved the small balconies for people watching. Very clean and has everything you need ( even an American style coffee maker.). The street is pedestrian only except for a few service vehicles(mostly early morning). Do yourself the favor and book the airport transfers thru Maria. So reliable and they communicated with Maria to meet us at the apartment. After a long night and day of travel with very little sleep, it was worth 3 times the actual cost to pre book the transfers. Plus the driver was just a beautiful suit wearing Portuguese speaking man. I wanted to take him home as a souvenir. Wouldn't my husband have been a little surprised. We were there in October and was completely comfortable without air conditioning. FYI.... If you're a light sleeper and want to sleep with the windows open (which was absolutely lovely) use the fan as a sound machine or bring ear plugs. The street noise can be a bit noisy if that is a factor for you but in my opinion, have fun all day, drink a little local port or Gingha before bedtime and you will sleep just fine.