We loved our stay in Belem Skinny House! It's much bigger than it looks in the pictures. It's also decorated beautifully and the perfect size for our family of 3 adults.
Mafalda is adorable and super friendly. She met us at Skinny House and gave us a tour of her beautiful home. Any time we had a question she was quick to reply to our texts. Her English is very good and we really appreciate that. Her husband is also nice. We requested that they "please arrange a taxi to take us to the airport big enough for us and our luggage". That worked out perfectly for us because the cab driver showed up a little early and we were happy he did. The cab was a perfect size & the driver very friendly.
The nice thing about Skinny House is the big size. There are 3 bedrooms and a full bathroom upstairs. My husband and I were in the bigger bedroom with a skylight. Our adult son had his own room in the front of the house which he really liked.
Downstairs there's a big entry, 1/2 bathroom, living room, dining room and kitchen. It's very nice to have the sleeping areas upstairs and the living area's downstairs. The TV gets over 100 channels and we had a fun time watching old music video's on MTV.
We also liked the fact that we had a nice big refrigerator and a grocery store not far away. It's also on a quite street and a short walk the trams and buses. The boardwalk is also very close by. It's a lovely boardwalk along the sea. Mafalda told us to take the Number 15 bus, to get to the historic downtown, and it was very affordable and fast. We even got to ride on the old fashioned street car tram and we loved that!