As we expected, this was an outstanding stay in an excellent hotel. It certainly is a 5 star experience - service throughout was impeccable, the hotel and very large grounds are beautiful, historic and memorable. We had breakfast every day - a very wide range of buffet and A La carte choices. Staff are always on hand to help - reception service was excellent, friendly , and extremely professional. We are English speaking, not a problem at all for the staff. Our room was perfect - it had a small patio table area in the garden. It may be a little small perhaps, but had all the facilities we expected and needed - and reflected our room rate via ******* which was very reasonable for this hotel. One caveat - its location is in an old residential neighbourhood - and obviously, as a real stately manor is some distance out of Lisbon - too far to walk, but about a 20 minute cab ride. Local transport is bus only - so you will rely on taxis - I advise using an online app service (To the centre of the city was around 5 Euros) - its definitely 'off the beaten track' . That said - we did walk to Belem and its attractions - this took about 45 mins and was very pleasant. The area around the palace is very walkable and has a few nice restaurants - but you are a far distance form the hustle of the city centre.