Carole & Pedro’s place was great all around! We came as a family with a young child (5) and lots of luggage. The neighborhood (Alfama) is one of the oldest in Europe. It’s also a steep and uneven terrain. All of this mentioned because the location of this apartment is spectacular. It’s just inside Alfama so the walk up to the building is easy and the apartment itself isn’t up 6 flights of stairs but, rather, just one. Traveling as a family, this was perfect. Once we got our rhythm, it was exceptionally easy to get around. We’d call an Uber (which cannot enter the Alfama district) and then walk 90 seconds down out of the Alfama restricted zone to the main street to pick it up. 2 other exceptional amenities that made this a slam dunk for us are Fado music literally every single night in front of the apartment and the washer and dryer. Radiators and a hot, great pressure shower were a big plus during our cold and damp January stay.
If you are a light sleeper, you may want to consider another property and possibly another neighborhood. Not because of Fado or things get lively and rowdy - that’s totally not it. Nighttime garbage pick up in a neighborhood where bins have to be rolled away because no truck could fit down the tiny streets and also we could hear neighbors moving around. The building has to be 300-500 years old, so this is all expected and not a criticism. Again, we were as a family and were quite happy with everything!