We stayed at Cynthia place for 6 nights. Arrival one the first night was at 10pm Cynthia communication and direction were fab, plus she waited for us which was great.
Flat Comments:
- Brilliant, excellent location once you know your whereabouts of Alfama and Graca
- Good Comfy double bed in the bedroom
- Lots of storage for clothes
- Decent size outdoor space/veranda
- Well equipped kitchen, has all the utensils you may need for your stay
- Kitchen, Indoor dining table and sitting sofa in one space.
- It is a one bedroom basement flat, the other sleeping arrangements are only sofabeds. It was ok for us as it was just the two of us so we used the bedroom only.
- Basement flat does mean no windows in the bathroom or bedroom, apart from the extended patio area which opens into the veranda (outdoors) the rest of the flat has no external air, and can be dark.
- There is an air-conditioning unit, but only in the kitchen/dining/sitting area (its all in one) so it does not cool the bedroom hence why it can be quite warm on very hot days.
- Cynthia provides the de-humidifier to tackle the dampness in the bedroom. We were ok with it, as we were mostly out during the day and left it on for a few hours in the evening. But it can get quite loud in the night.
- The outdoor veranda space is great if you have kids, but it was a little to shady (out of the sun) and in the mornings it was a little cold to stay out for breakfast.
My constructive comments would be, it would have been good to have an a fan in the bedroom, clean BBQ in the garden and tidy up of common spaces so its comfortable to use :-)
Overall : Good host, very helpful and friendly, great place for location in the heart of the old town of Alfama and right outside the tram route.28 which is the KEY route to all the best places in Lisbon. Thank you for having us stay.