Carole was wonderful, she gave us a tour of the rooms and the gardens and showed us where the food for breakfast was. The oranges that we squeezed for juice came from a tree in the gardens. The rooms were exactly as described/shown in the pictures. The place itself is a fairly quick walk from the train station, and is easy to find if you follow the directions and are on the lookout for street signs (they are on the buildings, sometimes not on the side you expect them to be on).

Carole was kind enough to give us walking directions to the Quinta da Regaleira (which my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed). The location of Carole's place is excellent both for the view and the ease of access to the buses that circle the main Sintra attractions. While walking to most of them is possible, I'm not sure that I would recommend it simply because the roads are narrow and there is little enough room for cars and buses, so walking can be a bit dangerous. There is also a large binder full of useful information about the area with contact information and hours of operation for the main attractions.

I encourage anyone that thinks that Sintra can be done in a day, or two days, to seriously consider adding an extra day to their stay just to sit in the Carole's garden and enjoy the view with a bottle of wine. We were on a two week trip and only gave ourselves a day in Sintra. In truth, only spending one night at Carole's is easily the main thing we would change if we had the trip to do over again.