The apartment itself is lovely and very spacious! We really enjoyed being in alfama. If you have lots of luggage, be aware that you can't get directly to the apartment by car but it's only a short walk up to Portas de Sol. We were there in June during the festival of St Anthony at the start of June - much of Alfama turns into a party place at the weekend which we loved but be aware that does mean it's pretty noisy until the wee small hours. I suppose it depends how close to the heart of the action you want to be! I have no idea If it's like that all the time! During the day and on weeknights apartment was nice and quite and there are plenty of bars and restaurants nearby. It would be good if some information re booking taxis was avaialable for guests though in the end we used "mytaxi" app which worked pretty well for early flight home.