We where 4 people that came first time to Lisbon to participate at the 2018 Europeans BJJ Championship. Joao is a very nice host. Communication was good and he answer all our questions straight away. He arrange airport pick up for us and met us at the apartment where he show us everything and gave us some tips for during our stay.
The apartment is in nice central area of Lisbon 10 mins from the Metro stop Avenida. It's in an old apartment building up a very steep hill, so be aware of this steep hill if you have walking problems. The apartment itself is comfortable and clean and has everything you need. Enough towels and bed linen and all other amenities like wifi, cable tv etc. There is a nice terrace in the back of the apartment near the kitchen where you can sit and chill out. The only bad thing was that we had problems with the electric main switch unit that will constantly go off if you have many things on the same time, like the kettle and cooker the same time or any other thing. Joao did warn us from the start about this problem and we did complain after as well but unfortunately he couldn't solve it. It's a very old building and apartment with newly kitchen and electric amenities that the main electric switch cannot handle. So we had to manage as most we can. I think because we where so many people 4 the electric problem was more difficult to handle then if you only 1 or 2 people.
There is a small grocery store down the road near the apartment and there are good restaurants around. There is also a small shopping center near the Avenida metro stop with a food court. Other parts of the city are easy to reach by metro and you can take the sight seeing bus. For the ones that want to book this apartment in the future for the Europeans competition or any other competition in Pavilhão Multiusos de Odivelas, Odivelas is very easy to reach from this location with the metro so very well recommended.