Being that it was our first time in Portugal, we could only hope for the best. Holidaying as a group of 7 of us, 4 adults and 3 young children, we were very happy with the apartment, particularly for its' location and the apartment itself. Miguel ensured that our welcome went smoothly and we appreciated his friendliness and assistance. We felt very jealous of his stress-free demeanour! The best parts of the apartment is the comfortable roominess of the living spaces, the gorgeous views, and its location. The train station is so close, allowing easy day trip travels along the coastline between Cascais and Lisbon. The walk into the town of Oeiras was also very convenient, about 10 minutes, and getting orientated to the grocery store and some good local restaurants was all relatively easy. Our kids loved playing at the beach across the road, and even though we did visit some of the other beaches along the coastline, for simple sand play and running away from the waves, the kids didn't need anything better. We lucked out with the weather, as temperatures ranged from 23-29 degrees for late October but the pool regrettably was still pretty cold for most of the week. Restaurants wise we really loved frequenting the bakery that was a short, perhaps 8 mins walk away from the apartment towards town, Restaurante Ze Varunca (grilled pork was absolutely delicious), Mensa (portuguese grilled prawns highly recommended) & Godzilla Sushi Oeiras (although they weren't open on the Sunday, as we expected). The downsides were that the restaurants in the evening only open from 7pm, which for us having little kids, was often way too late. Also note that most restaurants are closed on Sunday and Monday's, but the local supermarket sells delicious roast chicken as a great easy meal in and if really desperate, McDonald's is also super close. In Cascais, we enjoyed a wonderful meal at Taberna Economica de Cascais, followed by mandatory passionfruit sorbet at Santini. In Lisbon, we loved the restaurant Tabisco (little bit more expensive) and also Time Out Market Lisboa for that yummy but very busy, grab any seat you can experience. For a great tour for the kids of Lisbon, we recommend looking at the private tour group called Little Lisbon. For great burgers, also look for the Gutsy chain and one lovely Uber driver recommended a chain called H3 for authentic Portuguese burgers too. He also recommended the beach Praia Moinho, Carcavelos, but unfortunately we didn't have time to check it out. Travel by Uber taxi was also great whilst in Portugal. Overall, it was a really wonderful holiday stay and I would be very happy to recommend both the apartment and location to anyone.