We loved the apartment which is well designed, tastefully decorated, comfortable and well located in the historic Alfama district. It is close to the Santa Apolonia station where there are mainline trains, metro, busses and cabs. There is also luggage storage and a convenient small supermarket. The area has many delightful restaurants, pubs and fado establishments. We felt safe walking about. The apartment has a view of the estuary, which is often filled with large cruise ships! One can walk to central Lisbon in about twenty minutes, but busses also run frequently. Apartment was very comfortable and Cristina welcomed us personally and provided lots of advice on local amenities and attractions, both in person and in the form of books, maps, magazines and her own compilation of local info. We stayed for 13 days and would highly recommend both the apartment and Lisbon as a destination. We took day trips to Sintra (fabulous, needed more than a day) and to Coimbra.