Jane is a lovely person, friendly, generous and caring. She has a beautiful studio, modern design, very bright and very well equipped for cooking. The location is ideal for both walking near the beautiful cliffs of Cabo da Roca (15min drive) and the beautiful Sintra forest in which is immersed Jane's studio. One can indeed enter the forest by a path just below Jane's house. The forest really amazed us. We believe in Australia. Thanks to the micro climate of Sintra, the surrounding vegetation is surprisingly subtropical type with eucalyptus, giant ferns, etc ...
But that is also what we had a little problem at the beginning of November. The humidity is very high, the temperature is cooling in autumn and the apartment has only à gas heating and a fireplace to heat us. The problem was that the gas distilled a smell that was not bearable and the chimney was not practical, because the smoke entered the studio when we were preparing the fire that was taking time because of the damp wood. This, we preferred to turn off the heat and the fire was extinguished during the night. So we had a little cold. We therefore advise either to come from May to October, or to modernize the heating system for autumn and winter. However, we do not regret having come, because excepted this point, everything was perfect.