My boyfriend and I had a wonderful 5 day stay in José's apartment. We were met by José's mother who was wonderfully welcoming and left us fruit and wine! It was nice to know that if Jose didn't reply she was there for anything we might need as she lived right upstairs. We realized we stayed in a different apartment to the one we booked- we stayed in José's Noemia Rodrigues apartment. The town of Sao Joao was peaceful and had everything we could have wanted with two supermarkets close by.
The apartment was very clean and modern with an amazing shower (better than mine at home!) and large comfortable bed. The kitchen was very well equipped if you plan to cook like we did. There was cooking oil, salt and pepper in the cupboard which was a nice surprise as we've had to annoyingly buy them and throw them away in previous Airbnb flats.
There was a lovely beach (Praia da Azarujinha) a 2 minute walk away from the apartment - but at times when this was too busy there were many other nice beaches along the coast, all of which had bars and ice cream stalls. Jose left a beach parasol in the apartment which came in handy.
The coastal route from Estoril to Cascais was picturesque - my boyfriend had a nice run along the seafront, which had water fountains and bathrooms along the whole way. This route made for a nice walk during the evenings.