The apartment was very cute; it was well furnished and the decorations gave a lot of personality. However, the heating does not circulate well throughout the apartment. We were freezing; the only time we found warmth was right after the lengthly flight of stairs.

Unfortunately, the hot water is not very reliable; it lasts only for one shower. The first night, I did the dishes with hot water (3 wine glasses) and the hot water was gone when it came time to shower. It was most likely because everyone in the entire building was taking showers and getting ready to go out. Nevertheless we still contacted Dora because maybe there was a switch somewhere. Of course that was not the case.

The second day, I woke up to my friend telling me that we do not have toilet paper. She left us one used roll for three days... She apologized and told us there is a convenient store downstairs and that she could IBAN us the money. She then proceeded to remind me that I had 4 guests in total when I only mentioned there would be 3.

I was celebrating my birthday in Portugal and a friend joined last minute. If Dora had asked for extra money for the extra, I would have paid. Instead, she just said she only had three sets of towels which I said was fine and I thought that would be the end of it. She even said that if we ran into any problems, contact her to resolve the issue. Rather, whenever I did contact her it seemed that she held the extra guest over my head...

Initially I had begun my trip already irritated because she had left us in the rain for one hour. I informed her of my arrival time (which was 12:30) and arrived at the apartment at 14:30. We made no extra stops but the taxi lines were long and the traffic was horrible (plus we had checked bags). She projected that we would get there by 13:30 and left before we even got there (she stopped by on her lunch break). Granted, she did try to text and call me that she was leaving but I do not have international so there was a lack of communication overall.

If I come back to Lisbon, I will not stay in this area because it is literally right above all the bars. People like to hang out outside the bars and drink which can be bothersome. Besides, the taxi's are super cheap therefore there is no need to be this close to the bar scene.