The comment of the other guests are just right - Maria-José is a great and attentive host with lots of local knowledge, the garden cottage is just as described in a seemingly very safe area with direct views from the garden onto the World Heritage Pena Castle. Sintra climate is ideal - warm during the day, cool for sleeping at night and enough rain so flowers abound in Maria-José´s garden - we spent hours taking photos of swallowtail butterflies!