Marias place in Bairro Alto is perfectly situated, close to supermarkets, shops and restaurant and the metro is just up one of the the hills (~10mins) :). The street is a car free alley and quiet at night. The flat itself has everything you need - the shower is indeed small (which was fine for us) the stairs to the first floor are indeed steep as described before (which is typical and was no problem) - thank you Maria for a lovely time.