Our stay on João's place was perfect! The location was very good, many things to do around, and the apartment was very very nice! comfy, clean, modern! we loved it!
We rented a car and was easy to find parking spots and to move around from the apt, even going to Lisbon is pretty easy! just be careful if you go on peak times, it can take long time!
we're thinking in coming back to Portugal cause we hadn't time to visit all we wanted, so we will definitely look for João's place first!