Caterina and her mother in law were wonderful, gracious hosts. Left gifts of Portuguese egg tarts, wine, and fruit. My 5 year old daughter was in heaven eating her first Portuguese egg tart. Best egg tart she ever had. Apartment was spacious, clean, and modern. Big windows and high ceilings with beautiful views of the river. Loved the rain shower with the separate hand held spray hose.
Location was central, close to public transit. Right across the street from Time Out Market. The market has delicious food from local chefs that vary from pork, seafood, gelato, cakes, egg tarts etc, plus a fresh produce market in the morning. Lisbon is a great beautiful walking city with lots of character from the cobblestone sidewalks to the many tiled buildings. I would only exercise some caution when walking at night. Also the trams to Castelo de San Jorge have a widespread pickpocketing problem. I actually saw a person casing people on the tram walking back and forth looking for a target. I would highly recommend wearing a fanny pack if you want to visit the castle.