We particularly liked the layout of the villa, with the dining room, the lounge and the two principal bedrooms each having patio doors leading onto the pool area. There are six comfortable sunbeds around the pool (and four more on the roof terrace) and two good sized sun umbrellas.
The neighbourhood is quiet and safe and the villa enjoys distant sea views. There is a good restaurant a couple of hundred meters away. A brisk 20 min walk (downhill going and uphill coming back) takes one to the top of a strip of 20 or so other restaurants leading to the town square at the very pretty beach. There are a couple of minimarts on the strip and two large supermarkets are within a 15 min drive. There are plenty of taxis, but we are glad that we had rented a car.
The villa was very clean on arrival (and the maid called in twice during our stay), as was the pool and surrounding area (the pool was cleaned twice a week).
The villa underwent a major renovation in 2019 - we bumped into the owner who told us this - and it remains in an excellent decorative state.
We did not go to Portugal to watch TV, but there were a couple of evenings when we would have liked to do so for an hour or so. Unfortunately, the TV system (fed by NET IPTV) is not watchable. It constantly freezes, or enters a 15 second loop, or reboots or gets out of sinc, etc. There is a second TV wall mounted in the master suite, but we do not know whether that works as the remote is missing and the rental company (Elite) were unable to source a replacement during our two-week stay.
We recommend the coastal footpath which provides some spectacular views and access to more lovely beaches, especially if walked in the direction of Benagil.
Elite were most helpful in printing out the various Covid-related certificates and documents that we needed for our journey home.
Overall, a good holiday experience.