Ricardo was very helpful and has worked hard to create something special in downtown Lisbon. That said we sadly did not enjoy our stay: whilst we loved the apartment, the noise levels we experienced throughout our stay were unacceptable. The noise was not only unpleasant, but stressful too; especially in the wee small hours of the morning...the old trams that pass by the bottom of the road, some 25m from the apartment, start at 6am and operate until around 11pm. The noise they make is inescapable, it seems to penetrate and shake the fabric of the building and scared the bejesus out of us the first time we heard it. But the trams were just the start! The apartment fronts onto a busy street and backs onto a narrow space between two buildings, where numerous air-conditioning units run night and day. Construction works, both inside and outside the building add to the soundscape. The upshot was that we spent three days enduring noise levels that were, and are, completely unacceptable. Of course we appreciate that we were smack in the middle of a busy, vibrant city, but we did not expect to be kept awake at night, nor unable to use the apartment in the day, due to noise. What made matters worse was that we needed to open the doors and windows to keep the place cool, however, even with these closed, the noise was omnipresent. Whilst we appreciate that Ricardo is not responsible for the level of noise, we do feel he is duty bound to make this clear in his listing, which is very much not the case. Instead Ricardo implies that the apartment is in a quiet residential street, which is completely misleading and frankly untrue. Whilst on-going works to the buildings in this area are temporary and can’t be helped, the noise from the businesses in the street, the trams and the a/c units will be nothing new and should be clearly flagged-up in the listing. In particular, it is the noise from the businesses that operate in the street that contribute most to the dissonance. Boost, who specialise in urban thrills and are evidentially the number one attraction on Trip Advisor, are based opposite the flat. All day long there are a steady stream of people hiring out everything from Go-Cars to Segways and the noise from this business was a constant throughout the day. So, all in all, we had a miserable time of things, with our only escape being long absences from the flat and the sound of the electric fan we used in our bedroom, to drown the cacophony outside. So whilst Ricardo was an excellent host, who we genuinely liked, we felt it important to post an honest and hopefully useful review.