The apartment was very clean, well lit, and spacious. Joanna picked us up from the train station in Cascais. She was very helpful, always responded to emails quickly, and gave us a lot of good info and helped us with taxis when needed.

The balcony was pretty windy at night and a little cool at night, so unless you get bundled up, it was a little chilly to sit on. During the day, there was really no wind and it was fine.

There are a few cafes right around the corner, although we didn't visit them. There is a British supermarket right next to the apartment, but they have mainly British imported food, so the prices were more expensive. But the beer and water prices were normal for the city. I would go to the Jumbo downtown for more food options and better prices.

The apartment is definitely recommended. Our only issue was it was about a 30 minute walk to the beach and about 25 minutes from the train station (~1.5km), supermarket, big mall and downtown area. We had done this on 2 separate routes and got the same results as far as time. You can get a taxi for about 5 euros and that takes about 5-7 minutes, but we were expecting it to be a lot closer per the description.

I had previously rented an airbnb and they provided a roll of paper towels, I think that would have been good to have in the apartment. Also, we could have used a few more towels in the apartment. I'm sure if we asked for more, we would have gotten more, but we didn't ask, so that's our fault. But maybe would be good to have some extras in the closet in case they were needed.