We loved this beautiful spacious house in Colares, just outside Sintra. The neighborhood is safe, quiet, and rather private, and parking is inside the gate. The public beach is about a five minute drive down the hill with several good restaurants, especially Nortada for fish. The interior of the home is lovely and comfortable. There is a formal dining room and a very large living room with comfortable sofas, a game table, and an adjoining area for children to watch TV on separate sofas. All rooms are on the ground level, no stairs. All the baths have good hot water and some have large bathtubs. The kitchen has ample dinnerware for inside and out. Laundry is in a small room off the kitchen. The outdoor shaded dining area is near the pool with a large table seating ten. There is plenty of yard space in the back for children to play on the grass. The fenced pool was immaculately clean. Landscaping is nice with palms trees and lots of blooming flowers, even a frog pond when the rain comes, although it never rained when we were there in August. Weather temperate. Hosts Mariana and her brother Eduardo are attentive to every need, and their gardener changed our flat tire. I highly recommend this home for a family with children. It is perfect in every way.
MH from Virginia