Location: What can I say about the location that hasn’t been said. You open your front door and step out on the primary pedestrian walkway in Lisbon. 2 minutes to the metro and train station.
Access: A’s has been noted, the unit is in the 5th floor, with no elevator. 73 stairs in total. If you are travelling to Lisbon, where 80% of the roads are either uphill or downhill, 73 steps is nothing. Just note the steps get very narrow (in tread depth) so you often have to turn your foot sideways to negotiate the stairs.
Noise: The downside of climbing stairs when staying on the top floor is easily offset by the fact that you have no one living above you. As one often experiences in Europe, it’s the people above you that disturb your sleep, not those below you. You are also further removed from the pedestrian walkway, bars and restaurants. I was very pleasantly surprised at how easy we were able to fall asleep with the windows open. The chatter from the restaurants was very much in the background, like white noise, as was in fact relaxing.
Amenities: Like others have said, a Nespresso machine would have been nice. Great access to English tv channels and movies, for those nights your are too tired to venture out. Shower was comfortable, with great pressure and softer water than I expected. However, note it is a very small shower. You need to be careful to not hit the nozzle when turning around (lest you experience a sudden burst of freezing or scalding water, as I did in more than one occasion). Very large people would have issues in the shower, though the point is moot as very large people likely couldn’t make it up the 73 stairs in the first place!