This was an A+ experience right from booking through to when Ana dropped me at the airport for my departure. Ana's attention to detail is amazing - she met me at the train station to drive me to the apartment (no charge) . The apartment had great little extras: a basket for the beach, with a separate beach towel; a shopping cart for groceries; a Nespresso machine for morning coffee. The apartment is artfully decorated, bright and airy, and is larger than it appears in the photos. There is a daybed in the sunporch area, and it is a nice touch that that room is airconditioned separately from the main part of the apartment, and that the porch can be closed off (thinking parents travelling with a child . . .) There are even blinds that can buffer the light from the main apt going into the sunporch area if one person wants to sleep and others want to read or watch TV.
Location is as described - it is a 20 minute walk into the town, but only a 10 minute walk to the Boca de Enferno and much better restaurants than down in the town. Food shopping is only 5 minutes away on foot . And a taxi ride back from the town is only 5Euros if one is hot and/or tired.
And did I mention how welcoming Ana was? She picked me up at the train station; she checked in by Whatsap each morning to see my plans for the day and then made recommendations of places not to miss in wherever I was going. And they also offer an airport transfer service (for a reasonable fee) -
All in all, a wonderful, welcoming first experience in Portugal. Thank you Ana -