I grew up in Lisbon and even if I don't live here anymore I still come often to the city.
So I chose this apartment motivated by the location and the design. The location is perfect, you have everything you need very close, the metro station is 5 minutes walking and you are surrounded by nice restaurantes and bars (you should go to the restaurants at "Mercado da Ribeira", to the bars at the "Pink Street", and walk at night through the streets of Bairro Alto). It's located in one of central and historical neighborhoods of Lisbon, placed in the famous street where runs the Elevator/Lift of Bica that connects the low part to the high part of the hill, so perfect to feel the real essence of Lisbon, and close to all the other central neighborhoods (Chiado the most trendy and dynamic neighborhood, Baixa the heart of the city, Alfama the oldest and most traditional, Bairro Alto the center of the nightlife).
The design (as you can see in the pictures) is very cool, cosy and very functional with everything you need.
Fábio, the host, was a nice surprise as well. He was there at the time (with a little gift), to show me every details of the apartment and to give me some tips about places to go and things to do in the city, of course I knew most part of them, but I'm sure those tips will be precious for the foreigns. And as he is working at the guesthouse he will open very soon at the same building, I knew that if I need something he was right there.