We had a great stay at João 's place. Good communication and helpful when we got a bit confused with our directions on arrival. João provided good instructions and when we contacted him we had a family member come and collect us. The apartment was exactly as advertised, very clean and João and his family welcomed is beautifully and even provided some breakfast refreshments. We had good chats with the family (3 generations) and laughed our way through conversations where the goodwill made up for any language difficulties (unfortunately carmel and I only speak english). It was a great stay and I recommend this to anyone as a great base to see sintra and it's attractions and even Lisbon. Location wise we had a car so we can only comment that it was fine to get to (once we knew where we are going and we were in luck to have on street parking) . Highly recommended to experience the friendly faces of a great Portugal host family.