Miguel's sincerity and enthusiasm is infectious as he outlined the highlights of his location, city and country. He was very helpful with recommendations on what to see and do from a local perspective as opposed to the many many tourist sites that are looking to market and collect tourist dollars. He explained the local neighbourhoods and what we could see and expect and we were not disappointed. The location of his apartment is fantastic for getting to Sintra, Cascais or downtown as he is right in the middle of the two primary metro stations as well as the Sintra line. In addition to this he has a very accessible car rental business (ausocar) one block from his house which made it very convenient to travel rent a car and get out of the city to Obidos, Evora, Porto, Aviero or Lagos. His local knowledge coupled with prepared documents on where the local supermarkets, eateries and highlight locations are made our planning very very easy, while he made himself very available for consultation at all times. His attention to detail is underscored with his recognition that the iron was not working on our first day and within a few hours a replacement was delivered to the apartment. This is a great host and fantastic property for a family and I note we spent a remarkable 30 days at his apartment.