Filipa's apartment is stylish, comfortable, perfect located, spotlessly clean, and full of thoughtful touches. The bed is comfortable, there is an air conditioner, and the apartment is stocked with the basics in addition to port, cookies, coffee and tea. We arrived much later than anticipated and Filipa was endlessly accommodating in helping us enter the apartment.
The entire city is easily walkable from the apartment and we enjoyed watching the sunset with the locals at a favorite viewpoint (at her suggestion). Her recommendations for restaurants, shopping streets, and viewpoints were perfect and the maps and brochures in the apartment helped us plan our days.
As other reviewers have noted, Filipa's place is located near the top of quite a steep tiny street--just try to enter from up the hill vs. down. As in any city, the street isn't spotless or silent but we found the apartment to be clean and quiet regardless.
We would stay here again! Staying at Filipa's was like staying at a friend's comfortable home.