We liked the location. The space is like a hipster studio you’d find in the states. There isn’t a/c, as is the case in general in Portugal, but large windows and a large fan made up for it.
The disappointing part was the hosting. They left the keys with a local cafe owner, which was fine (and the cafe is great - obio) and convenient enough. But they didn’t check in with us by message, or respond to our messages until late morning the next day. Which was an issue since the WiFi wasn’t working and there was no visible router/modem for us to try unplugging and plugging back in.
We stay in touch with people back home and look up things to plan our days, which is why the lack of reliable data (cell service wasn’t so great, especially limited to 3G data while roaming, which is generally fine for us when we can count on WiFi in the evening) was a problem.
There wasn’t soap for the bathroom sink. We could have used body wash from the tub or dish soap from the kitchen, and did neither since we’d brought soap as a backup. But just seemed unprofessional.
And the bed space had floors with enough dirt/dust on them to make stepping there with bare feet feel gross until we swept them.