The villa interior and design is absolutely beautiful and clearly Catarina has spent time making this place feel homely and stylish. The outside courtyard space was great for our group of 6 to enjoy cooked meals and the local wine. The wine shop just round the corner from the villa sold delicious red and white bottles for 2.80 euros each, which we thought was a total bargain!
We did share the pool with Catarina's family which we knew to expect. They hung out around the pool more on the weekend days but on Monday and Tuesday we had the pool pretty much to ourselves.
The beds were all super comfy even the fold out camping bed I slept on. There was some neighbours dogs who barked fairly early in the mornings around 6/7am and that was the only noise that woke us up at all.
All in all, a really enjoyable and relaxing few days before we headed into Lisbon to explore.