Lucia was a terrific hostess. She picked us up at the airport, and then took us to the apartment to show it to us. It was just as pictured and described. Lucia said to call or email her with any questions, which we did once or twice. She also checked to see how we were doing. We enjoyed staying there, and would return again. It has a secure underground parking space. Reserved parking is almost a necessity with a rental car, since it is very hard to find a space on the street. We did not need it as we chose to walk, and take trains, buses and taxis. The location is convenient to everything we needed. It is about four blocks (short) from the "main street" (Alameda Combatentes da Grand Guerra). We could go down Tv. Visconde da Luz to a little park which faced out to the main street. The taxi stand is right there. Going right takes you to several beaches, many restaurants, shopping, the marina, and other parks. Going left takes you to two supermarkets, a mall (with a cell phone store), the bus station, and the train station. The supermarkets are Pingo Doce in the mall (with bus station underneath) and Jumbo (with the train station across the street). The apartment is just out of the main concentrations of tourists, which we found refreshing and quiet. We preferred the restaurants right in the neighborhood, although we ate in various places. The tapa restaurant was particularly good, reasonably priced, and we needed a reservation to get in. The kitchen was well equiped, so we did some cooking. The apartment is not air conditioned, but there are good breezes and a fan to cool it off. This was a great introduction to Portugal, and we thoroughly enjoyed it.