If you want to be in the historic, gritty and amazing Alfama this place is for you. Sandra’s up-to-date and very nice loft apartment is compact, well organized and equipped with everything you’ll need. It is just steps away from great Fado, performed in intimate settings. It’s also in the middle of great Lisbon walks and sights. Even though, like most of the Alfama, the building is packed in tight and near very active night life, by the time we were ready for bed it was quiet and we slept well with the windows open. If you go to bed early this apartment, and a lot of the Alfama for that matter, may not be for you when it’s warm and you want open windows. Typical of buildings in old city centers, the steps are not super wide and there are a number of flights to climb, but for us they were no problem, and for most people they won’t be hard to manage. We’d be happy to return to Sandra’s apartment and hope we can.