Filipe’s apartment was our final stay on our seventeen day tour of Portugal. It was a very pleasant place, made more comfortable through Filipe’s availability and helpfulness. He was immediately responsive during the pre check-in experience and during our two night visit. While we never met face to face, he offered to meet us at the train station and accompany us to the flat. Being familiar with the Alfama from our earlier visit to Lisbon on our first leg of our journey, that was not necessary. He left our keys with a proprietor in a nearby shop, and left a lovely welcome gift of delightful small cakes for each of us as well as a large bottle of cold water. The kitchen was well stocked and a comfortable spot for our breakfasts.
The coffee machine proved to be as complicated to operate as the tv. Both could use instruction manuals in English which we were unable to find.
Filipe did provided a list of neighborhood restaurants and reacted to any questions asked through text messaging immediately, which we greatly appreciated.
The place is quite nicely furnished and decorated if a bit small. The second floor flat is in a safe and fairly quiet building. While the price is slightly high for the size of the apartment and the fact that there is little to no view, it IS very well located in the Alfama, and we enjoyed our stay.