Not long back from a wonderful stay at The Stonehouse. The view was breath-taking over the mountains to the coast. We had lovely clear blue skies for the first part of the holiday, and it was warm throughout the entire week. The cottage is lovely with a large lounge and everything that was required for our stay there. Although we never switched the t.v. or c.d. player on, as it was just nice to sit outside on the lovely large terrace and admire the views and the sounds of the birds. We ate outside every night, buying provisions from the local supermarket about 5-10 minutes away in Monchique. There were ample towels and bed linen, and Paula the maid made sure everything was alright for us during our stay. I can understand why Mark and Sharon love it so much, we could hardly tear ourselves away but here are lots of places to visit during the stay and we visited Alvor, the West Coast beaches and Monchique. Mark and Sharon provided loads of information of places to visit and all about the surrounding areas. There were local restaurants, which you could walk to during the day, but it was a long walk uphill back, but easily driveable in 5-10 minutes. If you want to get away from it all and just relax would certainly recommend.