We mostly enjoyed our stay here.
The apartment is very beautifully decorated and cozy. The 3 balcony doors made it nice and bright and airy.
The apartment is right beside TimeOut Market which was fabulous!! We had many amazing dinners there! Close to the water, the square and many attractions, and conveniently close to the station. Be warned, there is a bar beside the building that is very loud well into the night. We weren’t able to have any of the balcony doors open at night because it was way too loud. So if you’re looking for a quiet nighttime retreat or are a light sleeper it may not be the place for you.
Hosts were very pleasant and communicated well leading up to check-in and for the first 3 days of our 2 week stay, but became unresponsive after that and we never spoke again. On the third day I had messaged them because we couldn’t find any more toilet paper in the apartment, so we had to go out and buy our own. A few days later my boyfriend found some hiding in the cabinet high above the fridge, but by then it was already too late. If they had just responded we wouldn’t have had to go out and pay for our own.
The other thing we were very unhappy with was the fact that when we arrived the bed was not made - none of the sheets, pillow cases or duvet covers were on so we had to do it ourselves. We had just taken the 8 hour red-eye flight to Lisbon and hadn’t slept at all so we were exhausted and it was really annoying. Also there was no fitted sheet for the mattress so we had to tuck a sheet around the mattress instead, which was always falling off and was very uncomfortable.
This listing is more expensive than many of the others and given the issues I’ve mentioned I’m not sure if it’s worth the value. If we had only stayed a few days then it may have been different, but we stayed for 2 weeks and paid a lot so of course you expect a certain level of quality. I’ve given this feedback to the hosts and hopefully they use this information to better their listing for the future. It’s a beautiful apartment with lots of potential.