Miguel’s place is smack in the center of Sintra, embedded next to restaurants and shops. It’s a lovely place where my two grown daughters and I felt very much at home (the sofa in the living room extends to another bed in addition to the full bed in the bedroom). Fortunately Sintra emptied out in the evening so the area surrounding the apartment was much less noisy in the evening than during the daytime. BUT the truly fabulous part of this place is Miguel (unfortunately we didn’t meet Sónia)— he is truly the warmest, most responsive and generous host I’ve ever encountered over my long Airbnb history. When we first connected about the reservation, he sent a link to a documentary about Sintra, then gave detailed instructions about reaching his place. On arrival, we got a detailed “tour” of the apartment, restaurant recommendations, and maps to all the sites— he spent about 45 minutes with us answering questions and guiding us... truly thoughtful and caring. To top things off, he left us wines, beer and pastries (and coffee)— he was just so hospitable and warm. We ended up going to many of Miguel’s great restaurant recommendations and only wish we had more time to take the tram to the coast and take him up on his other daytrip ideas. I highly recommend staying overnight (we stayed two nights) in Sintra as it is a completely different—and more personal—place when the tour buses and hordes of tourists roll back to Lisbon every evening...and Miguel definitely made our stay extra special.