The view is as tranquil and lovely as it looks! The place is bright, tidy, and well stocked. The café right outside the apartment door is a gathering place for locals and a nice spot to relax for a welcome cappuccino. Very easy to grab a tram or bus into the center of the city and to walk to the monastery and Belem tower. There’s an unpleasant odor at the ground floor entrance of the building, but nothing of the sort in the apartment itself.
One note for families: the stairs up to the loft level don’t have a railing and are fully open on one side. Not ideal for little ones who haven’t totally mastered staircases. Our 6 y/o did fine, but it was ever so slightly nerve racking.