This was a nice and stylish apartment in the old town, right by the castle. We loved being in the old town! And the deck with the view was stunning. You could see the water and the cruise ships docking at the port.
There are a lot of stairs to this apartment (and the area of town), so it is best for those who travel light and are able to do the stairs on a regular basis. And if it matters to you, the taxi drivers told us we were not actually in Alfama. (It didn't matter to us, as we still adored the area.)
Ask Patricia about where to find the Pingo Doce grocery store and the public elevators on each side of the valley. Those were enormously helpful. (Tip: the one near Chiado is in the H&M store.)
We had one night where our power adapter tripped the circuit breaker caused the power to go out. Patricia came over at 10 p.m. to reset the circuit breaker for us and we greatly appreciated that.
There's also a family of pigeons that live right on the roof, so there were often scratching and bird sounds, but we found it charming.
We loved having the Homeit app to be able to unlock the building and apartment doors. But be on notice that the codes expire before check-out! Thankfully we happened to have the physical key when we went to take the trash out around the corner.