This property is as beautiful as in the pictures but it was a disappointing stay.
The host requires an exact time for arrival. There is no keypad and you are not met by the host, but a paid person who knows little about the property and is not authorized to solve any problems on behalf of the host.
We had to change our arrival time and the host agreed to meet us at 5 pm but didn't show up until 6:20 pm. Then he couldn't get the door open due to one of the outer door locks being broken. He had to leave us his key which is the only one that barely worked.
We checked in and when we returned a few hours later the lock was broken again and we were locked out. We were unable to reach the host or her paid helper and sat outside the property for hours (again).
We finally had to spend the entire weekend with the outer door unlocked, which did not make us feel safe. The host was totally unavailable for our entire stay and never responded to any messages until after we left. She then claimed we just didn't understand how the door worked, which is not the case (I have worked as a locksmith and this lock was definitely broken and worked only intermittently).
The host's proxy person couldn't seem to understand that 2 couples who are doing different things during the day might need 2 sets of keys. The previous renter had taken the keys and the host's proxy said he was not authorized to make a new set of keys, so we finally had to do it ourselves at our own expense.
The host's proxy was not familiar with the property and couldn't figure out the locks and when we realized a lock was working only intermittently he said he was not authorized to call a locksmith and fix the lock without permission from the owner. Neither he nor I could reach the owner for our entire stay.
Light switches in Portugal are different from everywhere else, but several of the switches in Elisabeth's apartment were broken, and several outlets didn't work even after we tried every switch (some of the outlets are switched).
It would be nice if the owner provided more information about restaurants and activities around the property.
Also, we had a car, and the host and her proxy could not give us any information about which lot was closest, safest and most reasonably priced.