The location is absolutely amazing - on a quiet cobblestoned lane right off a main street with trolleys and buses, within walking distance to absolutely everything. The Alfama neighborhood is magical, full of small winding paths, cafes, fado bars and restaurants. The apartment itself is pretty big for Alfama, sparsely but thoughtfully furnished and fairly clean. Loved the balconies in the main room and two bedrooms, and on the top floor we got a lot of light. We got 4 total sets of keys which was very appreciated. Communication with the management team was always very quick and friendly.
Things to note:
One bedroom has a window that opens up to the interior stairwell, and another that has no window at all. The bed in that room is actually a twin trundle that extends to make a double bed, but because the mattress is thin it's way more comfortable to just keep it as a twin.
Be warned if you are driving there - the entrance to the street is blocked off to cars without a special resident tag. We found this out the hard way when checking in at night, and had to double park at the top of the street, get all of our luggage out quickly and drag it down the street, all while cars were behind us waiting to enter the street. It was stressful.
The building is old, and with old buildings come problems. The second bathroom toilet leaked the entire time we were there and was unusable. After 3-4 days we noticed a smell coming from the base of the building and made it very unpleasant to be in the kitchen or the bathrooms.
We weren't given a manual to the apartment, so we had to contact management to get the wifi password, figure out check out, and other questions that came up that could have been answered with some basic instructions.