ALEXANDER APARTMENTS. SINTRA

Excelent property, I arrived late and the staff was very helpful, would definitely stayed there again

The property is well located, not suitable for elderly or people with limited mobility, since it sits on top of a very high point of a hill.The place is cute, it needs a better cleaning: shower tracks sealant and corner of tile walls has mold.There was a lot of hair in the floor through the apto, needs to be vaccummed.The small table and chair on the balcony was dotted with birds dropping.The linen and towels were clean. There was plenty of body wash, hair shampoo and dish soap.The check-in was easy, but the place wasn't ready even over 3 hours pass the check-in time.Tips: wifi is no reliable, very unstable.Be carefull with the hot water, it can be very hot and could cause burning.Kitchen was functional , I would add a couple more wine glasses and coffee mugs.AC is portable, but it can only be used in one room, but it cool down both rooms if the bedroom door is left open.Overall, you get what you pay for, it was good for our 5 nights stay

What we liked:- walking distance from the old city. Public transport 2min walking.- nice wind draft in the evening even after a hot 30C day. No AC needed at night.- small convenience stores and unfussy restaurants steps away.What to watch for:- apartment not ready at check in time. We were not the only ones waiting for cleaning to complete.- portable AC is good for the living room only.

This apartment DID NOT match the photos in the listing - the room layout was similar but it definitely was not the same room in the photos. We had good communication for self check-in but the code for the main door was pretty obvious since the 2 and the 0 were the only numbers worn off the key pad. The apartment smelled of cigarette smoke but fortunately we went nose blind quickly. The AC in the bedroom was great but we had to do some wiggling of cords and adjusting of hoses to get the portable unit in the living room to work.The listing reported a king size bed and a double futon- the futon was rock hard so we ended up sharing the QUEEN size bed. The bed was very comfortable though.The apartment was surface clean but the garbage cans had no bags and the kitchen garbage can had smelly water in the bottom, and there were some kind of dead bugs (?) under the bed - we had to pull the bed away from the way to plug in our phones /CPAP etc.The washing machine worked well and we were happy to have it after 6 days without one . The shower stall was missing one of the sliding doors so we had to put towels On the floor to catch the water and my friend pulled the bathroom handle off when trying to open We were able to walk to the national tile museum (about 30 minutes) and there were some nice restaurants about 2 -3 blocks away but the hill to the apartment was very steep which made it seem further away. We didn’t feel quite safe walking at night.