Beautiful, quiet, small hotel.
Spacious comfortable room (we were in a premium room). You'd benefit from having a car here, but it's not essential. It's slightly inconvenient the hotel doesn't offer evening meals but the village is a 5-10min walk downhill and has several restaurants (we went in the quiet season and there were always at least 2 open). One offers delivery to the hotel but beware it's cash only!
Sintra and Lisbon are approx 30mins away by car for sightseeing - Ubers serve the area and are very inexpensive or the hotel can arrange transfers.
We borrowed mountain bikes for free and cycled 4km to the beach - be aware it's quite challenging cycling in the area due to hills and off-road terrain, so this wouldn't be an option for everyone, but if you are reasonably fit or cycle regularly you will love the beautiful landscape of the national park. The beach is beautiful with golden sand but huge waves on this coast mean no swimming.
Yes, as some reviews mention, there was still building work on a neighbouring property when we visited (March 2025) and it's a bit ugly on one side of the hotel but we weren't disturbed by construction noise.
Helpful staff, delicious breakfast, nice indoor and poolside lounging areas.
