Maria's place is in a residential area of Sintra. It is very easy to find and is a quaint, clean, lovely apartment with full access to the kitchen/bathroom/washer. Maria is also such a wonderful hostess who likes to get to know her guests and we had many chats during our week with her. Her communication is outstanding and very quick. She was also very helpful with tourism information and busses because her home is about a 20 minute walk to the old city, which was no problem.