The villa is fantastic and the location is amazing. We rented the villa for a group of 13 friends to celebrate out 50th bdays and it was just perfect. We spent lazy days by the pool or trekked down to the local beach. We only had one car so we had to plan ahead if we wanted to go to Sintra and book taxis. Manuel was very helpful and at one point booked us taxis when we were having an issue. His local tips are great - I would especially recommend the fish market a few miles away where we went to buy fish and vegetables and then BBQ'd for lunch. Idyllic.