The location was in the heart of Lisbon — 5 to 10 minutes to Rossio station, Rossio square, Liberdade avenue, Bairro Alto, Frangasqueira Nacional (best piri piri chicken in Lisbon), Manteigara (best nata), and Nanarella (best gelato in town).
Luís is an amazing host. He is very friendly, trustworthy and helpful. You can call him or message him through AirBnB and he is very responsive either way. He also kindly allowed us to leave our bags before our check-in and after check-out as our bus to Algarve was late in the evening.
His place was the most amazing place we have stayed throughout our Portugal-Spain 14-days’ trip. The studio apartment was very clean and new, equipped with hot shower (hot water running through every pipes), a huge bed, sofa, air conditioner-heater, hair dryer, foldable table and two chairs, kitchen with electric stove, microwave oven, mini fridge, all utensils and different sizes of cups and wine glasses, and most impressively, a fully equipped first aid box. He even prepared us a complimentary bottle of white wine and some cookies for our midnight hunger pangs!
Luís also gave us some recommendations on local restaurants to taste authentic local food. He also prepared some maps and a guide book of Lisbon.
Do note a few things — the sofa is underneath the hanging bed, for a girl like me who is 1.57m tall I move around swiftly standing straight without hitting my head, and for my boyfriend, he is 1.75m and he absolutely did not hit anything for the 3 nights we stayed in the lovely studio. Nevertheless hot shower throughout Portugal only lasts a while; depending on the usage, it lasted 30-40minutes for us, and fully reheated in an hour’s time. If windows left opened at night you might hear people talking or luggage rolling through; the solution is just to close the windows before sleep. :)
Overall it was a great stay for us. We definitely will stay at Luís’ studio apartment again the next time we visit Lisbon! Cheers.