Although the ALL NEW Barrio Alto is far from ALL NEW, it is a place that has a lot of old world charm in a great location. The layout is peculiar as two of the three bathrooms form an island that is surrounded by a hallway that is then surrounded by all the rooms. The hallway is like the moat. Other than two rooms that are smaller, the other bedrooms are spacious. All rooms have windows with shutters that can be closed but not locked in place. None, unfortunately, have curtains. This means that you must sacrifice natural light for privacy. The place does not have air conditioning but luckily Lisbon was uncharacteristically cool the days we were there. There was only one electric fan/room and one was broken. As I said, we were lucky to have relatively cool weather and the breeze is prevalent in the living room. When we did the first take, the house seemed very nice, the natural light showing the walls had been recently repainted and the towels were clean and plush. Upon closer inspection, however, the renovation was more problem solving than refurbishment. None of the interior doors work like they were suppose to. Instead of fixing the original hardware, they simply screwed in new latches that didn't work well. The leaf that can be fixed in the double doors could not be fixed so most of the doors were a little ajar at nights. There were also few coffee cups in the house. All these things, I believe, take away from the experience but somehow enhance its old world charm. No place is perfect and this place is full of charm. Somehow I miss every creak of the floorboards (and they creak), every latch that frustrated me, the shutters that don't stay closed and always looking for the free coffee mug. After the initial missed expectations, it grew on us, it became a different kind of comfortable. If Daniela could just invest a little more to resolve some of its shortcomings, this place would be an outright winner.