This was a lovely apartment to stay in during our first few days in Sintra, you really are in the middle of everything! All the shops tucked around historic centre, you can access every thing really quickly, like the famous pastry shops, or artists selling tiles, ceramics, jewellery. It was really great a joy to have a view of the palace every morning though.

You definitely do not need a car for this area of Sintra, you're able to explore on foot really easily.... It's quite touristy, yes it's to be expected, but if you look up restaurants and things, you'll be able to find really nice places very nearby/stones throw away, everything is near. But Sintra is in general, is a fairytale place, and a joy to explore..

There is a little food shop that's downstairs next door, but around the corner, that has necessities and basics like water, milk, fruit, coffee and bread. The bus stop if you wish to get the 434/435 that takes you to the palaces/gardens and sites, stops right outside the building also.. It's really convenient.

The apartment is decorated really well, and full of sweet charm, and felt cosy and comfortable, but all the furnishings and textiles, and local art made it feel like we were definitely on holiday somewhere special. The kitchen is quite basic, so probably not ideal if you need to actually cook things, but great making toast, tea, making breakfast/snacks etc.. There are heaters in the rooms, which were really helpful at night, when some nights it was a little colder.

The flat is up some stairs, with no lift, but seemed easy to get up and down and not that steep, and I was with my 70 year old parents.
Our host was so helpful, and checked us in at an awkward time at night, and gave us a really great taxi company number, which we would have been lost without, when exploring places further a field. The neighbour downstairs was really helpful and sweet also. Christiane arranged for the host to check us in late, and was generally great at accepting our booking at short notice, which was quite last minute!

I would really recommend booking here if you wan to be in the centre of it all, and to not have to walk very far to access loads of great sites, and have a fantastic view of a heritage site whilst eating breakfast, and be in a flat that felt a little vintage, a little shabby chic.. Definitely full of character, with lots of details when staying in an older period building!

Thank you!