Andreia & Luiz were waiting for us on our arrival. We were greeted with the best pastéis de nata that we had the entire trip & a glass of port. Luiz gave us fantastic tips on places to visit & the local area, Graça, which we loved. They also left us wine and fruit. The apartment is very comfortable & a good base to explore Lisbon from. Andreia & Luiz live in the same building so had we had any problems/queries they were close at hand. However everything had been thought of for our comfort & we didn’t need to call on them.
The timing of our stay coincided with the Festa do Sant Antoine https://www.visitportugal.com/en/content/festas-de-lisboa which was great fun, big parties in the street every night, sardines being grilled on every street corner, loads of (noisy) music & very happy people having fun. We were worried that we wouldn’t be able to sleep with all the noise at night but amazingly we managed to. I would suggest that if you really don’t like noise at all then avoid this time of year.
One of the highlights of our trip was a Jeep tour of Sintra which we also booked through AirBnB. It was worth every penny & totally unmissable.
We will definitely return as five days wasn’t nearly enough time in Lisbon; we still have loads of museums, churches, restaurants & bars to visit.
Thank you Andreia & Luiz for being great hosts!