After having read all these ratings on hotels.com, the hotel was pretty much what I expected. No surprises. It was ok for what we were looking for: a few days relaxing at the beach and away from it all. The beach is not great for swimming or sunbathing though, very windy. But lots of windsurfing and other activity, which was nice to watch from the comfort of our own room - with a sea view. The sea view was exactly as stunning as in the photos on hotels.com. The windows were dirty from salt water but you can always open the windows if you want... Cleaning ladies were nice and did a good job. Breakfast is nothing to speak of, we brought food over from Cascais by taxi and bus. This hotel was quite ok, I would recommend it, but read all the critics first! Next time we might stay in beautiful Cascais though...