We live in the US and every year, we go on vacation to Portugal, our country of origin. We always stay in our apartment in Mafra and the rest of the year the apartment is vacant. After fully renovating our apartment we decide it to rent it out as a local lodging establishment in a way to better maintain it. Due to its perfect location our guests will be able to experience Mafra, our beloved hometown, as true locals and feel the beat of the town by watching the hustle and bustle of people in the street going about their daily lifes. Mafra is a charming town that people will love as much as we do. We love to travel ourselves and we want our guests to see our apartment as a home away from home.

This town near Lisbon, in the "saloia" (rustic) area, which used to supply the capital with garden produce, is famous for its imposing Palace-Convent, the largest building in Portugal, built by order of King Dom João V in the 18th century. In the surrounding area, it is worth visiting José Franco's ceramics workshop in village of Sobreiro, where you can appreciate the more traditional aspects of life in the local villages, life-sized or in animated miniatures. Only 10 km away is Ericeira, a typical fishing village on the Atlantic Ocean that is the only World Surfing Reserve in Europe and rapidly becoming one of the surfing hotspots of the world.