Beautiful house in a gorgeous part of Portugal. The house is bigger and better than the photos. Tânia and Gonçalo were very friendly and responsive. Thoroughly recommend this house.
Location- View from terrace is beautiful, you can hear waves crashing and only a 15 min (steep) walk to the nearest beach which has a café/ bar where you can watch people surfing. Close to the charming town of ericeira, sintra, and lisbon; however your own transport is necessary here.
Rooms- the layout of the rooms is really flexible with 2 twin beds that can be made up as doubles and a chair that is a fold up bed. Therefore there are really 3 singles in each of 5 bedrooms. 3 bedrooms had ensuite bathrooms, the 2 smaller ones have a large bathroom to share. There is Aircon in the lounge and 2 large bedrooms. however, there isn't aircon in the large organic suite. We were there in October so it was OK, but I imagine in summer it could be too hot in the organic suite. We gotba few mosquito bites, so I don't think you'd want to keep the doors open at night to get cooler air in.
Living area- large open plan living area, with a table for 10 and a large sofa. there were 2 additional tables outside, sitting 8 each.
Kitchen- nicely fitted kitchen with plenty of cutlery and crockery. There is a dishwasher, washing machine, oven and microwave. We did find the oven small and hard to cook for 10, but we made do for 10 days we were there. Some baking sheets would have helped. The washing machine takes a long time and only washes at 60C, so recommend the 60min cycle. There is one clothes horse, we used the hanging clothes racks and metal fence too for all the towels and swim gear.
Pool- the pool was bigger than the pictures indicated. there was enough space for 4 children and 2 adults to play in it. The kids were in it nearly every minute we were home, even if it was a but fresh in October.
Other- there is a mention of a €600 deposit which worried us. This was not taken at checkin. We did have a lampshade break when the wind knocked it over, but the owners used Airbnb cover instead.
Overall- one of the best Airbnbs we've stayed in. it's been designed with large groups in mind and is flexibly furnished. Would definitely recommend it!