We enjoyed our stay in the two bedroom apartment in Estoril. It was lovely and clean and ready for us when we arrived. Luis and Ani were so happy to help us settle in and to share their knowledge about Lisbon.
The apartment is in a nice location, about 15 minutes uphill from the train station. There’s a lovely walk along the beach from Estoril to Cascais. The trains and metro systems are a fabulous way to get about so we used them daily.
It’s about 30 minutes from Estoril to Cais de Sodre, and from there you can explore Lisbon center. We loved the Time Out market across the road from the train station in Cais de Sodre and would highly recommend visiting it. Other places we loved were Sintra, Belém and just in general touring Lisbon. There is so much beauty to be seen so be sure to put on your walking shoes and explore. Two of the churches we loved in particular are Igreja de Sao Domingos and Igreja Sao Roque.
The sidewalks in Lisbon are all cobbled stone so you need to watch where you walk all of the time. I never wore anything but sneakers for our entire trip.
We were hoping for warmer weather, but we discovered that in April the weather is changeable, so we found we were wearing our sweaters and jackets most days of our trip as it was cool and dull or raining. On one hand it made for very comfortable weather to walk about in but a little more heat and some blue sky would have been an added bonus.
We highly recommend a visit to Lisbon and if we were to go back in the future we would definitely contact Luis and Ani again. We liked not being in the center of the city and being close to the ocean.