Ricardo’s apartment is beautifully renovated and located in Lisbon’s entertainment district - filled with bar and restaurants. Given the apartment location, Walking to the old downtown Chiado and to beautiful Alfama was very easy.
Unfortunately my experience with Ricardo, started on the wrong foot as he didn’t not meet me at the apartment as previously agreed nor did he provided the entry codes to access his place. After 30 minutes of waiting in from of the building, I had to ask a bartender to call Ricardo as my cellphone didn’t have global roaming. The phone number provided by Airbnb was not Ricardo’s but a previous owner of this apartment living in France. I was eventually able to enter the apartment as Ricardo gave the entry codes over the phone. Another unfortunate incident was not being able to open the apartment door as the door know was extremely difficult to turn/open. In the first Two days , I had to wait for Ricardo to come and let me out. I waste time each day. Ricardo promised to bring a set of keys to help me exit the apartment but never did. Overall this Airbnb experience was not the best I’ve had.