The apartment is nicely located in the beautiful and vibrant area of Alfama. Access isn’t the easiest due to all the small streets and stairs so pack lightly ;)
Sadly, the experience wasn’t what we expected from pictures and comments.
There is only one small window which is pointing towards the “street”. You are on ground level so if you want to let in some fresh air everyone can look inside and when they are talking it feels like they are in the apartment. Also due to the small window it’s hard to let some fresh air in.
Where humidity and little air exchange is, there is mold. You couldn’t see it but you could smell it. It’s probably an issue many hotels, hostels and apartments have, but for us it wasn’t acceptable.
Another issue was, that even though we could access the apartment earlier it looked like she didn’t change the sheets as we spotted quite a few leg hairs. The wall was stained from (maybe sweat?). We don’t know.
So to sum it up:
Pros:
- Location
- Price
- Communication
Cons:
- comfort
- tidiness
- privacy
If you only stay for a few days it might be “ok”, if you stay longer we sadly can’t recommend it. Luckily AIRBNB was super helpful so we could change the location.