We have stayed with many Airbnb superhosts in the past but Jeremy takes the Prix d'Or.
From excellent pre-visit communications to arrival at the apartment, where he was waiting to meet us and show us round and offer suggestions as to where to go and what to do during our 5 day stay, checking up to make sure we had everything we wanted and even ordering a taxi for our 0715 hrs trip back to the airport.
The apartment was perfect for the two of us - just as described and pictured - and in a super area with a lovely "local" ambiance - out of the tourist melee but close enough to access it easily on foot or public transport.
Tips:
We purchased Lisboa cards (40 euros for 72 hours) which allow free use of trams/trains/metro and buses and allow free or dicounted access to all the museums and places of interest. When that ran out we bought a 24 hour Viva Viagem ticket for our last day, which enables one to use all forms of public transport.
Jeremy gave us a lot of recommendations - where to shop and eat locally - and provided an excellent list in the apartment. The only ones we would add are that entry to the National Pantheon (which we combined with the Saturday Flea Market) enables you to walk up the steps (quite a lot!) inside to go up to the terrace right at the top, which provides a fantastic panorama of the city and the Tagus - with no crowding ! Another tip : rather than joining the queue for an hour to take the Elevator San Just near Rossio Square, go into H&M 150m away, take the escalators up to the 3rd floor, exit left into the street, walk up the slope, turn first right and then right again up to Campo do Carmo; go up the steps on the left of Bella Vista cafe and access the viewing platform from there - it takes less than 10 minutes to get there.
Finally, if you have a gluten or lactose allergy, Cafe Heim cater for those; further afield there is the cheap and cheerful Cafe Zarzuela at the Cais de Sodre end of Rua do Arsenal which has a full gluten free menus, including Pastel de Nata as well as gluten free beer!
It was a perfect "end of season " break for us (the weather was beautiful the whole time) and I we are sure you will not be disappointed. We'll be back again before too long.
Thank you Jeremy !
Johnny & Viv Johnson