We wish we had better things to say. Unfortunately it was pretty rough and not what we were expecting. The wifi really doesn’t work, we ran a speed test and it was 0.6 MB per second. We had to pay to use our phones and hot spot instead to send an email, and had to wait overnight to download a document. Not ideal.
The air conditioner also didn’t work. The apartment was never cool and definitely never cold, it mostly just circulated warm air.
Becuase of the heat the smell in the apartment was of must or mold, and we had to air it out for the first hour after we arrived.
The noise at night, especially in June for saints month is unbearable. We had the air conditioner on, and I brought a white noise machine and we were both awake until 3am becuase of people screaming and partying outside.
We knew it was going to be loud from the reviews, but I’ve never experienced something like that before. It sounds like the people on the street are in your living room.
The shower did not drain well, as also mentioned in other reviews.
We are traveling through Portugal for 2 weeks, we have 5 airbnbs total, this is the only one with a 10am check out, but still a 3pm check in which is annoying as well.
The location is ideal, you are in the heart of Alfama, but we will not be staying here again.