Francisco’s place is nice, clean and situated in a very convenient area around Barrio Alto. Francisco is also very fluent in English, which is a plus.
But there are a few things I wasn’t a fan of:
1. Francisco told us that his friend would pick us up at the airport for 30€. Coming from Madrid this seemed standard but in actuality his place is a 9€ Uber away, which would have been way more convenient than his confusing directions to meet the driver.
2. The night that we checked in he was playing really loud rock music, and already being tired from a long flight and searching for the driver he arranged for an hour made it worse.
3. Even though he told us that he’s gone for the majority of the day, on our second day after being extremely tired from the hills of Portugal we were shocked to find that not only was he home but he was loudly conducting business conversations with another stranger in the apartment. I found that to be very rude, especially not introducing us or alerting us that this could happen.
4. The doors to the bedroom and bathroom are absolutely annoying to open and close.
If none of these things would bother you, then you’ll have a pleasant stay. For me, especially having been traveling for over 2 weeks at that point, I just wanted to relax in peace and quiet-which I couldn’t really do.