PROS: Cozy place with plenty of light and a great deck for relaxing as well as watching sunrise and sunset. The beds, furniture, and space are all comfortable, and the kitchen was well stocked with both cookware and pantry items for cooking. This is a typical old city property but with the added benefit of a small elevator to get you to the 5th floor (the staircase is pretty cool if needed). The location is super convenient to the metro, trams, buses, and even coastal trains. Be sure to take a walk, jog, or rent a bike to go along the river path, just to the right of the train station. There are some great restaurants within a few minutes walking distance, and a small grocery store 100 meters away. Carlos gave us a lot of info at check-in, and Helena was very communicative before and during our visit. We stayed for a week, and could have stayed longer (except for below).
CON: We live in an old European capital city and are used to occasional sewage odors in vacant apartments and some streets. I don't have a strong sensitivity to bad odors, so normally I'm not bothered. During our stay (Jan 2020), the sewer odors were beyond normal, supposedly due to a broken tile cover in the lobby. When we would walk into the lobby, the stench was so bad we would press the call button, go outside to wait for the lift, then come back when it arrived. Same process was true in the hall outside the apartment door, and it smelled in the bathroom (from the open window?). The building was supposedly aware and working on a solution to fix the broken tile cover in the lobby. Helena stopped by to check and acknowledged it was particularly bad. Hopefully the repair will make things a lot better, just be aware if you have strong sensitivities to odors.