I loved my stay in this apartment! The pictures did not make justice to it at all, and once I check-in I was very impressed:
- The living room is very spacious and comfortable.
- The floor and furniture are very good quality and very well kept.
- There is loads of room to keep luggage. There are wardrobes covering several walls in the house (the mirrors we see in the pictures). One can easily keep 6 large suitcases inside these wardrobes. So while being an airbnb apartment, it does not end up like the usual ones, with suitcases spread all over. One can keep everything tidy in the wardrobes and many drawers.
- There is even a (narrow) outdoor area with a table where you can have meals.
- It is super silent: The outside walls are almost 1 meter thick (made of 1755 earthquake rubble) and the windows are high quality.
- The neighborhood is great. You are on a narrow, quiet street 100 m away from Lisbon's fancy Avenue, 5 minutes walking from Rossio, and really just at the beginning of a pedestrian street full of restaurants. You can even take the 100 year old tram Elevador da Lavra (50 m away) and be in a very nice garden where you can watch the sunset.
- Adriana, the host, was super helpful. In the beginning, we had some problems with the internet, and she managed to solve it with the internet company really efficiently (the internet, since that, has super quick and reliable).
- Everything works well: The internet is really quick and reliable; the shower has lots of pressure; the kitchen is super well equipped.
- There are 3 high-quality heaters in the house. Together with the thick walls, low ceilings, and good windows, it is really quick to heat up the house in the colder days.
The cons:
- As the walls are really thick, I had to go close to the window to make non-internet based phone calls. As the wifi is great anywhere in the apartment, using Zoom, Whatsapp, Skype etc is not a problem.
- Taller people may struggle a bit: The ceiling is 2m high, but the door/entrance to the living room is a bit lower, and so are the windows. I can imagine a taller person bumping their head if not paying attention.