Pedro picked us up at the airport although our plane was delayed, but a simple phonecall was efficient enough. Pedro showed also some points of recognition and gave us a good plan of the neighbourhood so whe could make our orientation in the narrow Alfama Streets. (some times, mostly the first two days, we really needed that plan to find back the appartment :-)) The formalities were short, quick and efficient handled with by Pedro so we could enjoy our stay. Some fresh fruit was waiting for us in the appartment.
The appartment is really in the middle of Alfama (5 min walk to the fadomuseum, idem to the miradoura of Portas do Sol). But, wondering, it is very quiet over there => we slept all 4 nights in april (even a saturdaynight) with the window of the appartment open and we were not disturbed. Even a very nice fado-restaurant and wine-bar are at not more than 30 meters away around the corner. A good local pastelleria for the breakfast :-) is some steps further. I enjoyed it every morning with a fresh coffee thanks to the pads Pedro set available.
The photo's on airbnb are the reality. The appartment was well organised and very clean. All you need is available (dishwasher, watercooker, toiletpaper, everything to cook, ...) We did our best :-) but we couldn't image a thing we missed. And it has a feel home-touch just like the neighbourhood.
In some mails in preparation of our stay Pedro mentioned already some interesting things to do. (free bikes in Cascais, some less known musea, some things to see in Belem, ...)
Although Pedro wasn't a fan because of the dangerous traffic we hired a motorbike (at LX bikes / Av inf Dom Henrique - very correct) to visit Cascais, the big bridge and Sintra. Maybe because we are used to the traffic in Belgium and Brussels we found the Portugese drivers friendly and the traffic very fluent. We felt very safe on the motorbike. Even the policemen are helpfull instead of having a frightening approach.
We had a very nice stay in Lisboa and this appartment was a big part of it. It was our first experience with airbnb and it inspires us for a rehearsal.
Patrick and Gudrun, Belgium