This is a stylish, quiet apartment, easily big enough for 2 adults and 2 teenage children to have plenty of space, with fantastic views of the sea and pool from the two well furnished balconies. The wi-fi was great. The kitchen was very well equipped, though we didn't use it for anything other than toast for breakfast (the restaurants in nearby Cascais have plenty to offer and we found them relatively cheap) The pool area has umbrellas, sunloungers and deckchairs, and was very quiet despite it being August school holidays - no noisy music or hoardes of people fighting over sunloungers here! Most days we drove along to Carcavelos beach - 4 sunloungers and 2 umbrellas = 20 euro but strangely you can only put 4 hours at a time on the parking meter, so you need to go back and top that up. The kids had a great time in the huge waves. Beach is clean and well patrolled by Lifeguards. Parede is ideally placed to easily reach Cascais and Lisbon by road or train -which is way cheaper than the UK so we used it frequently. I would say a car is desirable for this apartment -it would be a trail for small children in the heat if you relied on walking everywhere all the time -but it isn't essential if you are up for walks to the beach and train station. (Plus navigating the apartments' underground car park is an adventure in itself - we seemed to find a different way to our spot every day !) The only drawback was the lack of air-con in the bedrooms (there was only a fan in the 2nd bedroom) but if you leave the doors open, the road outside seems noisy at night, so a fan or air-con in the master bedroom wouldn't go amiss. Didn't spoil our stay though. Would highly recommend this apartment to anyone looking for a smart stay, away from a noisy 'resort' type accommodation, but close to everything you would want from a relaxing yet varied holiday in the sun.