Overview: We've stayed here twice before and we've had such a great experience that we're planning to stay here many, many more times in the future.
Pros:
• Great location, especially for us as the people we visit live only a few minutes' walk away. Close to shops, train station, etc.
• Lovely and comfortable apartment - clean, spacious, balcony, nice TV, towels, filter coffee machine, full array of kitchen utensils, positioned such that air flows right through the apartment keeping it nice and cool when the windows are open, no noise from neighbours, etc.
• Amazingly friendly and flexible host. Unfortunately, last year we had to cancel our reservation due to the UK government's COVID-19 travel restrictions and this time we had to cut our reservation short as our airline cancelled our original flight home due to the UK government having added Portugal to the amber list while we were there. Both times, Zorha was very, very prompt, understanding, friendly, and flexible.
• Very flexible check-in. We managed to check in 7 hours early!
• Car parking just down the back street.
Cons:
• No Wi-Fi. Although, this wasn't a problem for us due to having a full 4G signal and large data caps / limits.
• Kind of weak water pressure. Although, this was only an issue in the shower and was mitigated by rotating the shower head to use fewer holes.
• A slight smell of sewage in the kitchen. Although, (1) we've stayed here twice and this didn't happen the first time, (2) this probably happened because not many people have been able to travel to and stay in Portugal for a while before this, (3) keeping the kitchen window open aired it out fine, and (4) I think this is a common problem in the area as another Quelez Airbnb we stayed in had the same problem.