A review is supposed to include some sort of criticism to be plausible. Well, I am sorry but I could not find any, no matter how hard I tried. Let us start from house: really beautiful, arranged with a weird and highly imaginative taste, replete of strange objects and furbished with unimaginable creativity, with a vast library full of fascinating books, with a beautiful view over the Tagus and the bridge (it is on the fourth floor!), and with all the small and big things one would expect to find in its own place. A real home, therefore, not just a mere house: a place that fully gives you all the pleasure of being back after a day of wandering. A place that you feel it is yours the very moment you enter it.
And what about its lucky owner, Amândio? Well, again, it would be difficult to find a nicer host. I didn’t have the pleasure of meeting him personally – he seems to spend most of his time abroad – but in the frequent contacts I had with him he proved being exceedingly kind and helpful, giving all sort of suggestions and all kind of precious advices. He answered to all my messages promptly and his feedback has always been above my rosiest expectations. In the end he would have left you feeling that you were real old time friends! Yet, in spite of his absence, everything has been very well organised and the person who took charge of us, Rute, has been extremely efficient and punctual – besides being wonderfully nice and cheerful.
I have been in Amândio’s flat for two months, a period long enough to enable even the most happy-go-lucky person to find a week spot, and I cannot but very strongly recommend this precious address to anyone who feels that staying somewhere is not just finding somewhere to stay.