My wife and 3-year-old daughter and I stayed here for more than a week right as COVID-19 was really starting to hit Portugal and everything started closing, so we spent a lot of time in this apartment! This place was great! Very sunny and bright. Very clean. Gets great breezes. The kitchen was well stocked, and the knives were sharp, which my wife was particularly happy about since she loves to cook and we couldn’t eat out anyway.
Nikki & Ian were great hosts. They took us in on a few hours’ notice because our first Airbnb had toilet trouble the day we arrived. Also thanks to Nelma for cleaning the place so quickly so that we could move in quickly. They also checked in on us to make sure we were doing ok as the virus was spreading and the government was closing things down.
The area of town was pretty and quiet, kind of artsy. There are some great viewpoints to take in the city and the river. There is at least one good restaurant nearby, the only one we ate at before things shut down. We found it in the house manual Nikki & Ian wrote. There’s a bakery at the top of the hill/end of the street with a nice man who gave us extra pasteis when we stopped by. The grocery store is really close as well and is well stocked.
The only quirky thing I would note is that the beautiful sun porch is attached to the second bedroom, which is where our daughter slept, so once she was asleep, we could not access the porch. Not a big deal, but might have been nice to have some wine and sit out there.