I was quite worried after booking this accommodation - the reviews on Trip Advisor weren't all brilliant, and it is very hard to get a sense of the accommodation from the website - not many pictures, and very few of the interior. I'll start with the positives - it's a very beautiful spot, fairly remote, and the resort has been very well designed to be in keeping with its surroundings (sand dunes, eucalyptus trees and pine forests). Our villa was a sand villa with pool and it was stunning. The pool was the perfect size, and the beds were super comfy. It was quiet and black out curtains meant we all slept well (despite the villa making odd creaking noises in the night!). The resort is fairly big, and can be reached by road from Lisbon in about 90 mins, or a much quicker and more fun way to reach it is via the car ferry from Setubal which takes 30 mins (Setubal is around 30 mins drive from Lisbon airport) and comes out literally across the road from the resort. Ferries run every 30 mins (Atlantic Ferries) and if you're lucky you might spot one of the resident dolphins on the way over (27 live in the Sado estuary) There isn't much to do on the resort, and eateries close when they want to. We turned up at the Moana Beach Club to find it had decided to close early (luckily they let us have a quick meal there first). The on-site restaurant closes at 5.30 which was pretty useless. Much better to stock up and cook yourself. The nearest supermarket is in the Troia resort, 5 mins from the resort. It's got most of the essentials, but if you want a bigger supermarket, the closest we could find was 45 mins away in Alcacer do Sal. There's also not that much for kids, a set of swings and a slide was the most we could find for our 4 year old but she spent most of her time in the pool anyway. There are bikes available to hire, our villa came with a couple but they were rusty and not that safe to ride very far. The newly build Troia resort is 5 mins away and reminded me of the Truman Show. It's an odd resort, built up and with hardly anyone around. The marina is quite sweet, and you can take dolphin watching trips which we did with Sado Emotion which was good fun (although started to get a bit boring after we'd seen the dolphins). There are a few restaurants on the marina which had nice views. Comporta, 10 mins down the road is much nicer. Some really good restaurants and expensive shops which take advantage of guests staying at the pricey resorts of Sublime Comporta and Quinta da Comporta. The rice fields here, which run down to Carvalhal are very beautiful and storks sit atop Telegraph poles on their nests rearing their chicks. The Stilt harbour at Carrasquiera is very picturesque, and the roman ruins of the old fish salting complex were worth visiting. We're glad we visited this very beautiful part of Portugal, it's peaceful and tranquil and unspoilt but at times we did feel a bit too remote and would have liked to have more restaurants nearby
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