All in all, this is a fantastic apartment in the center of Cascais, close to everything in the town including the suburban train to Lisbon, grocery stores (including the delectable Mercado da Vila), restaurants, cafés, bakeries, several beaches, etc. The unit is nicely furnished and the kitchen is fully equipped. I had an incident with the kitchen floor and a dropped jam jar (the floor won, unfortunately!) and the management kindly arranged for an intermediate cleaning service to make sure all the broken glass was removed. I was impressed and grateful. It is only up one flight of stairs and the building itself is impeccably clean (as was the flat when we checked in).
There are only two negative things I’d mention to provide a complete picture: it’s on a major street and the outside noise is audible (not too bad when the windows are shut); and there’s no clothes dryer (there is a washer). I know that dryers are not ubiquitous in Portugal but for a longer stay it would be helpful to have one as, during our week, it was slightly chilly and rainy so the clothes took longer to dry on the porch than might usually be the case. But, on balance, the flat is wonderful.
I highly recommend Apartment127 and the Saboia people and would stay there again or, based on my experiences here, in another of their properties in the area. Another thought: in my view, the thirty minute train ride to Lisbon with just twenty minute headways makes Cascais an ideal place to stay with easy access to the city (and most of its major sites are not too far from the Cais do Sodré terminus and Belém, two of the major art museums, and the LX Factory sites are located at intermediate stops on the route) but with the charms of Cascais as well as the ocean also accessible (and it’s a beautiful ride, mostly along the ocean or the river). This apartment is a five minute walk from the train so it makes that access easy. Sintra and its sites are accessible by bus or a not horribly expensive Über or taxi ride. The fares to the airport/major train stations to and from Cascais are not too bad compared to other international cities and if you are traveling light, public transport is also an option (albeit with transfers required).
This is a great find!