“We have been here for a week and the weather has been cool & sunny – perfect for hiking & touring. We met Ralph & Ana in the jungle near Drake Bay in Costa Rica while they were honeymooning. They had just started renting these villas so we had them give us the email site and we dug it up after deciding to spend a week in the south of France – an unbelievably gorgeous ‘Geite’ ‘Glos du Pare’ – worth going to. We arrived after a grueling day of driving, flying,train & bus then on foot as we got off way too soon – hauling luggage though the street of Macas – Ralph found us & brought us here to this lovely, quiet perfect villa where we have had such fun. The welcome basket is perfect when you are hot tired & hungry. ‘Fatima’s’ store is great as is ‘Mario’s’ to buy meat. Sintra is amazing, we spent 2 full days there endless things to do & see. Try Lawrence’s restaurant on the way up to Quinta Regaleira – it’s wonderful and inexpensive. We ate in mostly but so far have tried Nautilus – Good + BarMacia – great view but expensive.
We are going to try again to get to Cabo da Roca after 3 failed attempts – we don’t have a car so walked to roundabout by road (once) – 1h – then twice by beach – 1st time couldn’t find the trail – take 45 minutes to begin, after 1 hour of trail hiking there is a road leading to a gorgeous beach where we wished we had a bathing suit but had great coffee & pastry then hiked back. We were still one hour away from Cabo da Roca – so return walking would take about 6 hours (4 if you take bus back and forth to trail head) buying a combine pass @sinta is much cheaper than individuals. We have really enjoyed this place, Thank you.”

Pauline & Sergio, Canada – June 2012 – Casa da Bia