The apartment and location are great. You are around the corner from Candido dos Reis (a fun street with bars like Plan B), the Livraria Lello (Harry Potter bookstore) and the Clerigos Tower (great view of the city). It’s about a 5 minute walk to the Sao Bento train station and a 15 minute walk through beautiful neighborhoods down to the water front and the Pont Luis bridge that crosses over into where all the port wineries are.
We were greeted by Alexandra’s friend Diogo, who spoke perfect English and walked us through the apartment and provided recommendations. The apartment was beautiful and as pictured. There are huge windows that look over a courtyard, and a small balcony off of the kitchen. There was a small bottle of port and two Nespresso pods waiting for us.
The apartment is big, but got a little cold when we were there in January. There are heaters in every room, though, so that helped.
The apartment was quiet, but for people who are light sensitive, there is a glass window above the front door that you can see from the bedroom. As people were walking down the stairs passed the apartment, lights would come on. It wasn’t a problem for us, but just in case for anyone who might be sensitive to light.
Overall, it is a great apartment in a great location and the communication with Alexandra was easy. Highly recommend.