We had a short yet very sweet stay at Maria and Joao's lovely apartment in Lisbon! Maria is a wonderful and friendly person who met us on arrival and was nothing but welcoming and helpful leading up to and throughout our stay. We really appreciated how easy she made everything for us.

The apartment is located in the lively heart of the city with everything in walking distance including metro stations. Right under the apartment is a strip of shops, bars, restaurants with plenty to see and do. However, true to Portuguese culture, people are up late into the evening so it can be a bit noisy at night. But I didn't a all mind the liveliness!

The apartment itself was very clean, cosy and quaint. There was two small flights of stairs to the apartment which were manageable to get our luggage up, but might be difficult if you have a lot of heavy and big luggage. The kitchen was well equipped including some small things for breakfast or tea and coffee. A small doing table that mightn't seat everyone for a sit down meal, but going out for food is just too good in Lisbon anyway! The bedrooms were suitable to fit 4 people and the beds were so lovely ad comfortable, like sleeping on a cloud! There is a small lounge area where you can look down onto the street and people watch or pop in a Portuguese CD or sit and do some research into your next day's adventures.

Overall, we really enjoyed our stay in Lisbon and we will definitely be back and next time it'll be for longer!