Apartment in Lisbon 54 - Castelo (managed by TravelingToLisbon)

Apartment 54 is located on the 1st floor (with elevator) of a renovated building on a small square just a few steps from the mourish Castle São Jorge, also near Baixa and Alfama.  It is in the same building as apartment 205.

Nearby you have various forms of traditional Portuguese commerce, and from there you can easily reach most of the popular sightseeing spots in Lisbon.

The building, as well as the apartment have been restaurated in 2007.
It has 75m2 and offers complete modern comfort and amenities with a traditional Portuguese architecture. It includes:

• a bedroom with double bed (140 cm wide);
• a living room with sofa bed (2 people), cable Tv and Hi-Fi;
• a kitchen with all you need including gas oven and stove, fridge with freezer, microwave, washing machine and dishwasher;
• a bathroom with hydro-massaging shower.

Wireless broadband access available for those who have their own laptop with Wi-Fi compatible equipment.

The apartment has a view over the city and river Tejo. The views are even more beautiful at sunset.
The apartment has central heating and central Hi-Fi.

We will welcome you with a bottle of cold “vinho verde”.
You will also find in the apartment various CDs with typical Portuguese music to complete your cultural experience in Lisbon.

  Please see floor plan

Apartmets 54 and 205 are both located at the Castle S. Jorge district as others, next door.  S. Jorge is located in the highest hill of the historic centre of the city and is one of the main historic and tourist sites of the city.

The first fortification was built in the 2nd century BC by the Romans and grew over the time. It was renovated in the 10th century by the Moors; it was conquered by the first king of Portugal D. Afonso de Henriques and was submitted to big renovation again in 1300, when Lisbon became the capital of the Kingdom.
Between 1373 and 1375, King Ferdinand I ordered the building of a new city wall around Lisbon. This new city wall, which partially replaced the old Moorish walls,  was designed to encircle previously unprotected parts of the city. It had 77 towers and a perimeter of 5400 metres, and was built in only two years. There are still some remnants left (for example against the walls of apartments 1 and 2). The castle is now a big tourist attraction, especially for the wonderful views (vista do Castelo de S. Jorge) of Lisbon that it offers.

This location has easy access to Baixa, the Castle (S Jorge) district and also to Alfama and to Santa Clara, where Lisbon's flee-market (Feira da Ladra) takes place.
It is also close to some of the stops of the famous tram number 28. This is a scenic route crossing most of the tourist neighbourhoods of the city centre. A definite must for any visitor to Lisbon.

After the great earthquake of 1755, when the center of Lisbon was destroyed, a new center was constructed, made of grid pattern “geometrical” streets. This area, situated between Praça do Comércio, Rossio and Praça da Figueira is called Baixa.
From Baixa you can easily access the nigh life district Bairro Alto and the smart Chiado, with all his theatres, museums, elegant and traditional shops, bars and restaurants.

To the other direction, going up street, you will accede Graça and Santa Clara the place where Feira da Ladra (Thief's market ), the flea market, happens every Tuesdays and Saturdays. Here there are also several “musts” not to miss on your visit:

• Panteão Nacional – Church of Santa Engrácia: When the construction began in 1682, it was planned as one of the Lisbon’s biggest churches. However, it had been long neglected and the construction was completed only in 1966! It was then that the Panteão Nacional was inaugurated. Here you will find cenotaphs of Portugal's heroes. The interior is colossal and contains the tombs of historic and literary figures - from Vasco da Gama to Amália Rodrigues, the famous fado singer.
• The convent of São Vicente de Fora: Portugal’s first king, Afonso Henriques laid the foundations of this church in order to fulfil a vow to construct Christian Houses of worship where Portuguese and European crusaders would lay to rest. Inaugurated in 1629, the church was severely damaged by the 1755 earthquake. It has been recently renovated and deserves a visit. The view from the rooftop is one of the greatest in Lisbon.
• Some "Miradouros" (vantage points) miradors with amazing views over the castle S Jorge, the river Tejo and the city roofs. (miradors of Graça with an open-air café and Senhora do Monte 600m further on). The views are even more spectacular at sunset.
  

If you are coming to our apartment 54, please don’t miss Chapitô a circus school, spectacles room, tapas bar and restaurant with one of the most spectacular views of Lisbon. It is next door to the apartment.

The nearest airport is Lisbon International Airport, which is 12 kilometres away.

Come and see for yourself!

You check the location in the following map:

• Largo dos Loios

  See Location in Google Maps technology

Melissa

Spacious, sunny, clean, and comfortable apartment, in a terrific location for visiting Lisbon. Especially appreciate the free wi-fi.
Thanks again!

Melissa

Vesna

Thank you very much for the recommendation for this apartment and for a good discount.

It is very beautiful and comfortable apartment with an excellent location to discover Alfama and Baixa, even Bairro Alto by foot.

We enjoyed every night on a french balcony with a glass of wine and fado cd-s watching people going up and down the street.

I wish check-in could be earlier. Hope to come back one day.

Premalatah

The apartment was great and fellipe was very polite and helpful. Very professional. We already recommended your company to our friends. Ana maria thank you for helping us find another apartment during the flight cancelations.  

All the best

Ian

It could be made more obvious that a credit card payment has to be authorized in writing despite having given you the necessary reference numbers.
A safety procedure I am pleased to go along with but not understood straight away.

I was happily surprised by your availability 24/7.
Your response seems first class. Thank you.

Suzanne

We loved our stay in the apartment, it was great to come back after a long day of walking and throw open the balcony doors and enjoy the cool breeze. I personally enjoyed watching the tourists turn circles in the street below as they tried to navigate their way to the castle.

Two suggestions:

- Cantinho da Paz (Indian/Goan food)
Located on Rua da Paz 4 (near corner of Rua dos Poiais de S. Bento and Rua da Paz). Recommended by a friend from Lisbon, excellent, opened at 8pm on Saturday. Take tram 28.

- Watching sunset over Lisbon
Just down the street at the large terrace above the "shortcut stairs" down to Baixa.

Thank you!

Mark and Sue

We stayed near Castelo de Sao Jorge in early May 2009 (apt 54). What a wonderful apartment! Everything was perfect, the staff was extremely helpful. The area was great, walking distance to most everything. We would stay here again when we come back to Lisboa. Obrigado muito muito!

Gian Franco, Anna, Guido y Teresila

We have had a good stay. We are leaving Lisbon with "saudade".
Let's hope to be in the apartment 54 another time.

Hugo, Paloma, Enrique & Carmen

Joe:
We have had a very good time in Lisboa from 9 to 12 April.
Flat is confortable, clean and near the Castelo. We couldn't ask for more.
Lisboa is wonderful. We recomment a walkabout in Sintra, Cascais and Estoril.
Kisses from Spain.

Beate & Piotr

Dear Joe,
We spent a week in your apartment together with our 2 kids.
The place is great, location as well. We had a very good time here.

Jachi & Dan

We stayed in this very confortable and fabulously located apartment for a week. Dan and I have been enjoying our honeymoon. We have spent a week in the UK with family and a little time on our own. From UK to Prague for a few nights, train to Berlin. Berlin - Lisboa (it's nicee to be out of snow).
We have been very happy with your apartment Joe and taken on quite a few of your suggestions. We found the shortcut to Baixa, Rossio very useful. We did not use the tram/bus. We used the shortcut on foot to countercut the significant food and alcohol intake.
We have throughly enjoyed our time here.

Christeen

We enjoyed our stay in apartment 54 very much. The apartment was so beautifully equipped, decorated and clean and the view and location could not be beat!
So much better than staying in a hotel! We especially enjoyed the neighborhood in Alfama and were in the heart of everything.
Your office was very easy to deal with and made things simple and enjoyable.
We would definitely recommend your services and apartments to anyone thinking of visiting Lisbon.
Thanks so very much.

Alexandra

Apartment 54 was more than I expected!!! You are exactly near the castle, and you have lots of fun places to see. It is a very modern apartment and you can find everything in it. I would strongly recommend it to people traveling to Lisbon. I will never forget the 1 month I was leaving there!
Everything was perfect!!! I cannot say that I wanted something and it was not in the apartment. You made me feel like home!!!
Thanks a lot!

Arne and Elisabeth

Dear TravelingToLisbon,
We find your apartment very good for us. And I dont know what you should done better. I will give you 4 points for everything. And if we come back, we will stay in your place.
With kind regards Arne and Elisabeth from nr 54.

Daniel

Dear Joe,
Staying in this apartment was a great pleasure! We loved both – location and the style of this perfectly equipped place. Coming home at night we enjoyed sitting in the living room with its great illumination from outside!
Thanks.

Jim

For us the Alfama district is the best area in the city. The best suggestion we can give is to explore the many old streets stopping off in the friendly bars for a well earned rest (and a beer). You may take a wrong turn but due to the location of the apartment next to the castle you always find your way home.

Anita

Joe,
You are a lucky man owning such a lovely apartment in a great location.
Having visited many cities over the years Lisbon is up there with the best.
Should we return we would not even look for any other accommodation and would not hesitate to recommend this apartment to our friends.

Olivia

Appartement confortable et lumineux fort bien situé pour rayonner dans Lisbonne à pied ou par autre moye. Agréable séjour!

Juha

The apartment is just great! It is clean, comfortable and very stylish. Also the situation of the flat is just perfect. Thanks a lot!

Carmen

Estuvimos muy bien en el apartamento 54, su situación es inmejorable. Nos encantó Lisboa, aunque ya habíamos estado en otra ocasión, gracias al alojamiento pudimos disfrutar mucho de ella esta vez. Desde luego intentaremos volver y poder hacerlo a uno de vuestros apartamentos. Gracias, un saludo.

Dan

We had an extremely pleasant stay in this confortable, modern apartment.

Beata

It was very good and nice. Nice place, clean apartment. Beautiful.
Thank you.
Best regards.