Marta E Rui’s apartment is situated in the lively Bairro Alto area. Various tapas bars, restaurants, etc are literally 2 minutes away (although far enough to ensure we were not disturbed by any outside noise) and the Museu da Farmacia – offering a fantastic view of the Tagus and the 25 de Abril Bridge, opening out into the Atlantic – is just around the corner. The famous Santa Justa Lift is a 5-10 minute walk away. The apartment itself is on the third floor and makes great use of the old wooden beams in the building; it’s spacious, nicely furnished and decorated, and well fitted out with all the appliances you could need. My 17 year old daughter considers it one the best apartments she has stayed in. We had one issue with the air conditioning in the sitting room: unfortunately it did not work properly which made sleeping in the mezzanine area above a little uncomfortable. However, our host’s colleague, Marco, was very attentive and quickly dropped around a fan which helped a little. We were told that a technician had been called out to fix the problem but we were only there two nights and so it didn’t affect our stay too much.
Providing the AC unit was functional (there was another in the bedroom which worked perfectly) I’d have no problem recommending Marta E Rui’s apartment, or staying there again. We had a great time in Lisbon and due to the fact it was only a short stay, much of the credit for that has to go to this brilliant apartment. Thanks Marta and Rui!