Joao's apartment is functional, cozy, well located and very clean. The apartment is in part of Joao and his wife Maria's elegant condominium apartment in a noble and very well maintained turn of the 20th century brick and stone building. Joao and Maria are both architects and have designed a beautiful one bedroom apartment with a nice long hallway entrance (very useful to take the dusty shoes off and to hung the jackets and hats after a long day out), that will walk you into the modern and functional kitchen that my wife Victoria and I used every morning to fix breakfast and some nights to prepare some light dinner, it has a beautiful double French window looking into an small patio with lots of light and air. It's very European in the sense that space is reduced but extremely well used. Next to the kitchen is the bathroom, new, clean and small with lots of light, modern ceramic tiles and a shower, reminds me of a sailing boat bathroom because the door is a rolling one to gain space!. The bedroom is separated from the rest of the apartment by these antique, wooden, tall, French doors, that created an even more private space to rest and decompress , it's the largest room in the apartment, good bed, night stands with antique table lamps on both, a nice traditional wooden square table, two white plastic chairs from Ikea, that are ok to sit and eat something, and a turn of the 20th century little gold color velvet arm chair, TV and a closet with enough room for a short stay luggage, the bedroom also has a big original window facing the street ( it's a neighborhood street, not much noise) About the neighborhood, it's one of the best and more residential in Lisbon, full of great palaces and elegant buildings, it's one block away from Amoreiras Shopping Mall, were you can get anything you need, from a big supermarket open from 8:30 am to 11 pm to your favorite international brand jewelry store. There are two farmacies on the same street. There is a good lunch joint across the street were lots of office workers go eating at midday for around 10 euros, there is a bakery three blocks down the road that we highly recommend because it is traditional and you can try the breads, sweets and cakes, that Lisboetas take home every day. About transport, even though Amoreiras is not in the city center, it is next to it, if you want a good 15 minute walk, it will put you in Marques de Pombal's square, the neuralgic center of Lisbon. Around the apartment you have at least 7 different bus stops, covering every city neighborhood and less than one kilometer away is Rato Metro Station, that will take you anywhere you want to go. In conclusion, we highly recommend Joao's apartment, because of all the good things we wrote here and because Joao and Maria are very...