The castle hill flat is a really good choice if you want to stay in a nice part of the Alfama district. Although the area and the apartment is historic, the apartment is bright, stylish, modern and well equipped. We loved the fact that we could do our laundry in the apartment. We did have a bit of difficulty finding the apartment originally because we had not changed out our Sim cards and so we had no access to Google Maps. Having access to Google Maps to find the apartment originally is pretty important. There are many cafés and restaurants nearby. Also there a main grocery store, smaller Markets and the metro station nearby. Hugo the owner is kind and helpful. We would go back and so we recommend this apartment.