I have fond memory of Cascais. Claudio waited some time for us, picked us up at the train station, gave us mini tour of the town, we talked, he was warm with us, even after waiting. He showed us the place, gave us keys, clean towels and linens etc. provided us with a map customized to help you get your bearings.

Everything is quite close. If you want to see the heart of town it is maybe 10-15 minutes of casual walking pace though the windy beach, Quincho is up the opposite direction round the coast some ways away from everything. There are ofcourse other beaches, some perhaps more suited to you, I just wanted to see the waves. In Cascais, it is possible to rent bikes free of charge. Just bring id or no deal. The coast nearest by is cliff. I hoped to find a decent cliff spot where it was possible to climb down or jump in. There are places but do so at your own risk!! For a couple seeking a quiet place to be yours for a time, this is a good place. If you absolutely need wifi, go somewhere else.

The building is quite nice, with vines growing around its entrance. There is a lounge style waiting area on the ground floor. The elevator has a fence folding door, there is an olive green spiral staircase that climbs the height of the place.
You have access to a pool on the roof, where everything is white and on a sunny morning it is so bright that you need sunglasses. i enjoyed all these things.
The 'Panoramic View' is from the balcony that you see in the picture. It is very tranquil, a good little place to spend time, perhaps have a bite and or beverage. In fact, that is the feeling I had about the whole place, roof included. You have a market with a good selection of meats cheeses and alcohol, that closes at 8pm, and is at your doorstep, and another market with more fresh produce nearby down the street(also closes 8ish i think).

The kitchen could do with one non-stick pan, I found that i was ill equipped to cook a serious meal, i think in this location, with the relative distance to the heart of the town, and closeness to the markets, and so forth, it would be really nice to be able to make more use of that kitchen. I only stayed in Cascais for a few days so i was not so affected by this detail.

One beautiful thing i did not realize in good time was that in the cupboard, there were a couple folding beach chairs and a parasol—v useful. I appreciated the little set of speakers to play music.

Claudio THANK YOU for everything!