This is a beautiful house very close to the centre of Cascais. It is very well appointed with high quality furniture and linens. The garden is a delight - very pretty and well looked after. The bedrooms are all spacious and attractive and the living areas are excellent. Jose was the perfect host - greeting us on arrival and providing us with lots of information about the surrounding area/restaurants/points of interest etc.

We loved the layout of the house with access to the fabulous garden and pool from the master bedroom and the other reception areas. There were only five of us in our party but the house sleeps up to 10 and there is ample room.

The daily maid service was an added extra and it was lovely to go out and come back to a tidy and clean house.

The barbecue area with its swing seats was a particular favourite of ours with ample lighting and space to sit at a huge solid table.

Jose contacted us over our stay to check we had everything we needed - this was much appreciated.

We had a hire car and found it very simple to get around this interesting area with Cascais on our doorstep and the Unesco World Heritage site of Sintra a short drive away. We also took the train to Lisbon from Cascais and hired a Tuk Tuk for a couple of hours to see the sights of Lisbon - it was fascinating.

This was our first trip to Portugal and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Eating out (which we did a lot of) was very cheap and there are some excellent restaurants in Cascais.

Thank you Jose for making our stay such a pleasant one. :-)