We selected the place because of its close location to the places we were familiar with and the positive write ups ,including the pics.
We are older , longer term frequent travelers to Portugal including Lisbon. We always desire to get a “local” experience. This perspective perhaps explain why our rating is so different. The one thing that is Not different is our experience with Ingrid. She has been very helpful, excellent with communication and just an overall lovely person.
The apartment sits on the corner of a mini square seemingly non descript. What a surprise! At night it came alive! Loud phone conversations going on for hours, motorcycles gathering, young men talking loud until 4 in the morning! And the trucks ( garbage?) coming thru the night . Closing the windows did not help much and kept the unit very warm . We did not sleep until 4 am when miraculously it got quiet. The other issue for us was the narrow opening of the shower door and the steep step down from
it. My husband who is 5’7 and 180 lbs could only get in sideways and i had to help him with the step down when done. I could not even try to do it so no shower for a week.
There really isn’t much either in the unit where one can put one’s belongings… one
chair and two bar stools plus some small decorative shelves.
The kitchen was well equipped and i found it
very useful.
The bed in the bedroom was also very comfortable…but unfortunately didn't
filter the noise out.
Overall, we had a very different experience than what we expected from the pics and the write ups.