This place is absolutely beautiful. The apartment is spread out in a U shape. We were 7 staying in the space and had PLENTY of room to separate and have some quiet time to ourselves after being together all day. There is a washer and a DRYER which was awesome bc is was raining during a couple of our days here. And the dryer worked great, which is not the norm due to typical venting problems in these old buildings.
The hosts left so many things to make our time here wonderful...snacks, wine, local olive oil, candles, laundry detergent, dishwashing detergent...and the list could go on for quite awhile! AND they were by far the nicest most welcoming hosts we have ever had...they wanted to go over everything in person and answer any questions. Before we arrived we emailed them several times and their responses were within ONE HOUR... wow they were quick responders. AND they allowed us to store our luggage in the space prior to our check in time while the space was being cleaned. They also gave us a great lunch option around the corner from the apartment.
Beds were comfortable, nice pillows, nice full sized towels, shower had plenty of hot water and good water pressure. The bathtub shower was a little hard to work...and the host did show us this but it was harder than expected... the hot water is on the left side and to get hot water you must turn it all the way on and it's difficult to turn but just keep turning and wait 3-5 minutes for hot water and only turn on cold water to get a little more pressure. You can only get enough leverage to turn off the hot water if you get out of the shower and keep turning to the right and it sticks, so just keep turning as hard as you can.
We found the area to be quiet and about 10 minute walk from the fringes of the city center and about 20 minutes to the Rossio square area...although it's right on the tram 28 line but towards the end. You can pick up the tram to go towards the city center right around the corner or get dropped off right in front of the door. We usually walked.