This is a very special apartment and we would recommend it. The descriptions are accurate but it's only when you are there can you appreciate the space and calmness which fills you when you enter. Visiting cities can be exhausting particularly with kids but when you come back to the apartment and the kids can chill on the couch with the massive TV, we could also have our space, to enjoy the views from the closed or open patio in peace and comfort too. Hotels rarely give you this opportunity, so it feels more like a holiday for everyone. We didn't cook but again like the other reviewers there is everything you need if you want to. The bedrooms are spacious, the beds very nice to sleep on, the sheets fresh and there is nothing as important as a good nights sleep when you have a busy day ahead. Yes, there are a few flights of stairs and if you want to bring a sleeping baby in a buggy up .. you might get a bit hot! But for any other time, it's no different to walking around Lisbon - plenty of hills. The apartment is not in the epicentre of shopping/eating but only a short walk will take you there and we liked the feeling of being a bit apart - that you're not just another tourist, piled up on top of one another. Space and calm.