Frankly, everything. Teresa was great; on time and very accommodating, easy to reach and quick to respond. The apartment is the best by far I've rented on vacation. The location can't be beat. Clean, well equipped... everything was as you'd like it to be when renting short term.
This has nothing to do with the apartment itself, but at first it seemed very hard to locate a grocery store; this seems quite unique to Lisbon, as most cities have at least a convenience store on almost every corner; I'd asked both my driver from the airport and Teresa from Friendly and each had pointed to stores that were a good distance away; after a few days in the neighborhood we found a great grocery store (fairly new which is why it may have been unknown to those I'd asked), and organic as well. It is called Brio and is accessible from Rua Garrett immediately to the left of the clothing store Gardenia, up the stairs and escalator at the top, or from around the block off Travessa do Carmo. Just thought it might be nice to inform future renters of this. There is also another store fairly close on Rua Primeiro de Dezembro Teresa had told me of, but it's quite a bit farther and the walk home is all uphill. Brio is much, much closer, a nicer store, and an easy walk back home.
Scot, United States mercoledì 21 marzo 2012