You can’t beat the location of this flat - we were spoiled for choice with places to eat/drink. We also enjoyed live music in the beautiful square literally 30 second walk away, with drinks, surrounded by the jacarandas - really beautiful!
There were some cons to the flat, but I think the value for location and wonderful check in process outweigh them - details below:
Pros:
- location !!!! Great! Really peaceful, pretty, more upmarket area of town. Still amongst all the bars/shops without being directly in the chaos/noise
- check-in: Rita was so lovely, communicative, and helpful
- we were the first to stay, so everything was brand and new and clean
Cons:
- there, unfortunately, is a sewagey smell that permeates the apartment from the drains. I have, however, noticed that this is quite a common theme in older buildings throughout Portugal (we’ve stayed at 5 places during our 2 month trip)
- the WiFi was annoying, complicated (you had to do a registering process similar to public WiFi) and not great (we couldn’t stream shows on the tv)
- the shower head has no holder, so you have to shower with one hand which was annoying
- the bedding wasn’t great- very unbreathable
- there were no pods provided for the dish washer which kind of defeats the purpose
Otherwise, spacious for 2, good value, great location, lovely host!