The apartment is everything the description said it would be and was spotless, tidy and well-kept. Our host gave us a warm welcome and was very responsive to our questions, even during our stay. Without a doubt the location is the star feature - it’s a few minutes walk from public transport to anywhere. First impressions on entering the building and climbing the stairs to the apartment are not so positive - it's easy to believe that the public stairwell hasn't been redecorated since the building was built, presumably as part of the Marquês de Pombal's reconstruction of the city. But enter the apartment itself and you'll find an immaculate clean and bright oasis. The most obvious thing on entering is the rather unusual layout. In the photographs you can see a strange criss-crossing wooden structure that I had thought might be some interior designer’s whimsy, but which, it turns out, is actually a Pombaline cage - a feature of the innovative earthquake-resistant design of the area introduced in the 18th century. You can see the layout for yourself, but it is worth spelling out that the double-bedded room has no external windows. That’s obvious from the listing, so shouldn’t be a surprise. The best room is, by far, the twin-bedded room straight ahead as you enter the flat. This isn’t a place you book for the scenic views. But who cares, with the Castelo de São Jorge a few minutes walk away? Go there for the view! That said, the apartment is light and airy. Actually the children rather enjoyed watching the trams, busses and cars trundle by. And watching people make a mess of parking outside. One non-complaint. Others have commented that this is in a noisy area. Well, it’s in a major European capital city, so near to trams, buses and underground transport, so it’s never going to be silent. If you want silence don’t go to Lisbon (or Paris, London or Rome). But at night we were never disturbed by noise, though we could hear the gentle periodic rumble of trams and maybe even the metro. It's worth knowing that the building seems to remain reasonably cool even in the middle of summer. I always try to find some negative points, but given the great location and reasonable price, I’ve nothing much. There isn’t a full-size oven - only a 2kW plug-in grill-oven. Perfectly OK for general meals but not what you’d want for a full family roast. It was perfectly adequate for us though. Apart from that the kitchen is fully equipped, and our host had provided enough of the consumables to get us started without having to make an emergency trip to the shops (nearest shop is only 20 metres away though). There’s an unbelievable range of places to eat within a few hundred metres, though it's worth making the effort the seek out the more interesting ones. All-in-all, for our purposes this was ideal. You can pay more for different views from an...