Emer was very responsive and communicative, her manual was very thorough and we'd managed to check in without a phone just fine (her helpers waited for us at the apartment). The apartment itself was cozy and functional, I appreciated many shelves, tables, cutlery, fridge space, being able to do laundry. The living room felt smaller than expected, but that's where we tended to spend most of the time. The breeze was nice, too bad the week we stayed there the house across from this one was having their garage roofing redone, so the workers were noisy from 8 am. Also, the neighbors upstairs were extremely noisy a couple of nights, it appeared they may have had a children's party.

We attempted to use the pool, it wasn't crowded, but not too warm (for us anyways). The beach was just great and an easy walk, we did use the beach accessories provided, though the umbrellas seem quite worn out.

Overall it was a relaxing stay, we used public transportation which was all within 10 min walk to get to Sintra, Lisbon, Cascais. We enjoyed a mix of beach and cultural activities and I think for the area and the season Emer's place offers a lot for the money. And of course, Pingo Doce supermarket a few feet away is a great bonus!

PS. Not Emer's fault, but the driver she'd suggested (Paulo) failed to show up or notify us when we were checking out and had to catch a bus to Algarve. It was stressful, but we managed to call a taxi just in the nick of time, so all was well in the end, but just not sure why someone would do that.