DESCRIPTION: UNIT 1: VILLACompised of twenty rooms , seven bedrooms, four full bathrooms, patio and garden. Sleeps eleven people. Possible extra beds for two to four children.Located on the top of a hill, Casa da Confraria is only a pleasant ten minutes walk from the nice town of Sintra, with access to all services, shops, museums and restaurants. 465 sqm plot with two houses, fully renovated and decorated in 2000 The villa is equipped with furniture dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Patio with tables, chairs and a fountain are some of the highlights we can find in the luxurious garden. Quiet, safe and with plenty of privacy, as well as beautiful landscapes. Good accesses to Lisbon, Estoril and five km from the beach area.Sintra itself is wonderfully beautiful, with two royal palaces and amazing courtiers' houses. Unit 2: FOUR BEDROOM HOUSEThe house of a ten rooms and four bedrooms has a kitchen with fireplace, living room with fireplace, dining room and a wine cellar downstairs. Upstairs we find a library, living room, a bedroom with closet and a bathroom. On the last floor are a suite of rooms, a living room, a bedroom and a bathroom as well. The house comfortably sleeps six people. Unit 3: THREE BEDROOM HOUSE.This is separate house of ten rooms including three bedrooms, two with double beds, and one with single bed, sleeping five people. Including two living rooms, study, full bathroom, dining room, library, kitchen.LOCATION:Casa Da Confraria could not be better located. The house is on a convenient, yet quiet street that is peaceful and adds to the historical splendor of the area. Not only is it an easy and beautiful walk to Sintra, and many of the regional palaces, it is a simple drive to see other national treasures of Portugal and is conveniently located for drives to Lisbon, the Algarve or up north towards Porto. Market shopping is also very convenient for food or for gifts that are unique to the country.The house is at the top of a hill, and at night, you can walk out the front door and see all the way to the sea. At the bottom of the hill, there is a natural spring where the locals fill their water bottles. There are plenty of restaurants, both down the hill to the main part of town and over in Sao Pedro, within walking distance from the house. Sao Pedro also has a market every second and fourth Sunday with a wide variety of foods and products for sale, including anamazing bread stuffed with chouriço made in clay ovens permanently installed in the square there. Getting it hot out of the oven makes it even more delicious. There is also a local bus that stops at the bottom of the hill and goes into another part of Sintra where there is a grocery store.