This is a beautiful apartment, well-located at the edge of the Baixa district. Rua de Madalena is hilly, and this unit is at the top of the hill, but very near to the public elevator, which is great. If the unit was in a fully-functional state as described, this would probably be a five-star review.
However, that was not the case. Upon arrival for our four-night stay, we discovered that the sink in one of the bathrooms was broken (jammed drain), making it unusable for toileting. Further, the refrigerator in the kitchen did not cool, making preparing meals or keeping food in the apartment basically impossible. Finally, the cable TV was nonfunctional.
These issues were reported to the host immediately on night 1, and while they did show up very late the following day to inspect, they did not resolve a single issue. Excuses were made about how it was a weekend and we should not expect a resolution.
Ultimately they did repair the TV service Monday evening, about 12 hours before our departure.
Additionally, at the time of booking it was not called out in the unit description, but I will state it here: only two of the three bedrooms have air conditioning. If you plan to use all three bedrooms, someone will need to go without.
The unit was beautiful, but unfortunately I cannot recommend the host given the challenges we faced.