We had a wonderful time at the cottage and received a warm welcome from Pedro and his family, they were really attentive to our requests and gave us some good local advice about the area.

The location of the cottages was great, very convenient to Sintra park, Colares town, Cascais, and the local beaches. We had a car to travel around but the local village of Almocageme is walkable in about 10 minutes and from there you can jump on the "hop-on, hop-off" bus looping around Sintra and the coast to Cascais (about every 30 minutes until the evening).

There is also a great fresh food market in Almocageme on weekends, and lots of reasonable restaurants there. There are some great restaurants on nearby Praia Adraga and Praia Grande.

There is sufficient equipment in the cottage to cook and prepare any food you buy/bring, and the communal barbeque area is great for grilling any fresh fish or meat you can get locally.

The pool was nice for a quick swim but we didn't use the pool area very much as the weather was cooler in October!

We took a long, reasonably challenging morning walk from the cottage along the sea cliffs all the way to Cabo do Roca stopping at the amazing Praia Adraga and Praia Ursa along the way. The bus back from there takes about 20 mins. Praia du Guincho is also a quick drive away; an amazing surfing beach with lessons available in the morning at the surf school there.

In short this is a great location to base yourself for an activity holiday but also for a relaxing break with good restaurants if you want to take things easier. And the cottage is great with really welcoming and friendly hosts.

Neil & Neasa