This is a nice apartment in a great location. I do recommend it but I think there are a few things that I would have liked to have known ahead of time. We arrived quite late from the Lisbon airport (midnight) and the taxi driver would not drive up the road to the courtyard parking area below the steps leading to the apartment. This was not a problem for us but might be for some others as it is quite steep. He also charged us 38 Euro when the meter said 8 and we had been told 15. I should have checked the price on Uber ahead of time but I feel like we were "taken" by this guy. Obviously this is not a host issue, but beware. We did not take another taxi after that but used Uber which was great. We were met by Olinda, who is great and very enthusiastic. She does not speak English but communicates quite well anyway. Through her I discovered that the washer/dryer listed with common access is actually in the kitchen of one of the other units in the courtyard. If you are familiar with the combo washer/dryer units in Europe, you will know that these take quite a long time to dry and are small load sizes. I expected this but not that it would be located in a place where I felt like I was intruding and that was almost always being used. Also, we did not have access to a drying rack so it was difficult to cut down time on usage. Again, none of these things would make me not stay there again, they were just disappointing and I feel like I could have been better prepared with more information.