Think of a 21st century apartment parachuted into an 9th century medina. We had a wonderful eight days in the Alfama in this spectacular and well located apartment. I loved opening the door/windows with french balconies in the morning and watching the ships come into or leave the river and harbour of Lisbon or to open them at night and listen to the Fado music drift up from enumerable restaurants or the distant rumbling of Tram 28 on the street above us. The location allowed us to walk to the centre of the City and access transit to take us further a field. It was a very comfortable apartment with excellent AC. The Alfama, is located on a large hill (the rest of Lisbon is built on a total of seven hills) and therefore there a many twisting, steep, and narrow roads linked with many large sets of stairs. A car is next to useless but transit is easily accessable. As the apartment is located on the third floor there is a narrow set of stairs going up to the apartment. You should note that my wife and I are in our mid 60s and found that it was only a small challenge to navigate.