If you know Lisbon then you know not to judge a book by its cover. Beyond the ageing facade of this building (this is typical of Lisbon) lays a well equipped contemporary apartment that offers all you could need and more for a base to explore this fabulous city.Unlike some photos that can be misleading it wasn't the case here. What you see is what you get.
Located a couple of streets back from the main avenue where all the high end shops are it's a 10 min stroll down to downtown Lisbon.
The road outside the apartment is quite busy which at times is both good and bad, and the refuse services tend to do their collections in the early morning which is noisy. We found sleeping in the back bedroom quieter but it doesn't have air con, but none of this spoilt our time here as this is what happens in busy city life.
Recommendations:
Research, research and research. You can't judge Lisbon by its cover and there is so much to do here.
Visit Alfama and St Jorges Castle
Take a tuktuk tour. We did Chaido and it was great.
Don't be put off by the "local salesman" there are a lot but if your polite they'll leave you a lone.
Places to eat: Sr Lisbon, just down the road from the apartment and great food at great value. Take away pizza from Mad Pizza at Tivoli Forum. Simply amazing. Restaurant Meson Andaluz, higher end on price but amazing food and staff. And Red Frog Speakeasy cocktail bar for great cocktails.
If your out shopping try Git lounge, lovely place to eat and have a bite to eat and very reasonable.
Use Uber. Very cheap!
This just scratches the surface, but after all said and done and a hard days walking in Lisbon what a great apartment to come back to to relax kickback and unwind.