My family and I had a lovely time staying in Cascais and in Ritas apartment, we have 2 children of 5 and 10 years who are completely unused to apartment living and we found we had plenty of space between living area and patio. The downsides were kitchen was only good for 1 person at a time and electrics could do with an upgrade as power cuts when under pressure, ie when cooking with 2 rings and oven on, switch would trip. There is a great icecream place called Gelateria Italiana just underneath run by a lovely italian couple, very highly recommended, there is another icecream place up the road that seems to be more popular but we much prefered Gelateria Italiana. Just round the corner there was a lovely bakery, Sacolina I think it was called, just at back of Jardin dom Francos. The prom was lovely to walk and cycle, Bike ride out to Guincho was incredible as well as bus trip to Sintra to see Moorish Castle, we saw enough on this trip and left pleny to return to..... We will be back!