TERRACE WITH RIVER VIEWS
l stayed for two weeks in January and February 2021.
The building is within 300m of the Oriente railway and metro station, the large Vasco da Gama shopping centre (hypermarket, bio-supermarket) and the riverside walks.
Check-in was kindly brought forward by half an hour from the stated earliest time.
Photos are accurate representations.
Because of Covid the flat is not cleaned for you during your stay; little cleaning equipment and no materials are provided. Housekeeping collected used towels and sheets (and the recycling waste) from outside the front door once a week and left clean ones; that worked fine
Things generally worked: wifi, hot water, shower, heating, espresso capsule coffee machine, kettle, fridge, washer/dryer.
The kitchen has kit but little in the way of supplies (eg one sachet of olive oil). There is no kit for making filter coffee.
The flat is on the 16th floor so l didn't hear the main road or, with the windows shut, the railway. I did hear the wind (on windy days) and the building's extractor fan (all the time) on the terrace and in the living room. In the main bedroom, when l closed the terrace doors, shut the ventilation flaps and let down the shutters l could almost eliminate the noise of the fan. It's a continuous sound, so you may get used to it.
The terrace is in two parts divided by a door. The front part has a view over buildings of the river Tejo and the long Vasco da Gama bridge; the back part over the railway line to the suburbs of Lisbon. Glass provides some shelter on windy days. However, light wind at ground level is stronger on the 16th floor. It will no doubt vary with the seasons but while l was there, although l often stood on the terrace and admired the view, it was always too windy to sit and linger.