Antonio and his friend greeted us and were very helpful with our luggage and gave many recommendations for attractions, bars and restaurants a good coffee shop ( O Das joanas, first shop you encounter when you come to the square.
Great communication and very helpful.
Apartment was very clean. Couple things to note: the apartment is quite small. It’s got a big, beautiful bathroom as well as a small terrace and the layout is nice. But because of the size my husband had his luggage opened in the kitchen.
Location is great in that it was a block off of the main Intendente square and about five mins walk to the metro. It’s about 15/20 mins walk to nearly everywhere-train station, downtown shopping, attractions and restaurants. The main square has several coffee shops that turn to bars at night. It was a fun social scene on Friday night.
Couple things to note: There is a construction site immediately next door. The construction started around 7/8 am. It’s not so bad now because they haven’t started work on the actual building-it’s just an open site with dirt-but in the coming months I imagine it will become very loud.
There was also a group of about 4-6 homeless drug addicts that congregate at the end of the street. A couple were loud and yelling each morning around 7am as well. It was not a big deal-since we were up and getting ready for our day. My husband and I are used to big cities in the U.S, so it’s wasn’t a big deal. They did not bother anyone, but something to know. They also sleep in decorative shrub installations in the square. Again-the worst that happens is that they ask for money-but they mostly keep to themselves.
We noticed another comment on this property after we already booked it so we asked Antonio about it. He said Lisbon had a terrible drug crisis (much like we’re having in the US) now about 20 years ago. He said they decriminalized drugs and treat it as an illness now. Helpful background and a reminder to us to be compassionate.
Lisbon was very safe. Uber drivers are super friendly and help with luggage-one even recommended a restaurant and took us there when the restaurant we were going to was closed for vacation. Enjoy your stay!