Hrqls: Lisbon is one of the most beautiful citys in the world!!! You'll love it! Anyway, Mr. Darles belongs to the north, where you eat properly and cheap... it's great for vacation, and Oporto is also a very peculiar city.

Finding a holiday home in Lisbon it's trully hard. You'll find a lot of them (and some Dutsh camping parks, for example) out of the cities. I know one near Coimbra (an old universitary city, pretty enougth to earn a visit). Tell me if this is an option.

Anyway, you have a lot of small hotels in the heart of Lisbon where you can feel almost as "at home". If your interested, I may link some of them to you.

Hrqls: Well, to stay in Cascais (Vila Bicuda Resort). you definitely need to rent a car, because our public transport is not trustfull. I guess the subway don't go until Cascais, and... you could only trust in taxi to get to Lisbon properly and come back by night. It's... I don't know, maybe 10 kms far away from the town. It's the "rich field" of Lisbon. Peaceful, but not the authenthic Portugal I think you want to know. Anyway, I'm sure it's great for you daughter.

About restaurants... you'll have them all over the country, it's no problem in Portugal! Cascais is plenty of them!

Anyway, if you want my suggestion... why don't you stay in the middle of Lisbon, so you can taste it's amazing "common day life"? It's delightfull, and Lisbon is even more charming for these small details than simply by visiting its monuments. You could drink a port wine at night, in a Fado's house... you could go to the market... you could find your "neighberhood café"... I'm sure you would love it! And... it's Portugal!!! We are very nice and comunicative people! You could stay in the more "international hotel", but in Portugal, you would feel at home the same.

Eating in Cascais (or in Lisbon) can be a little more expensive, but you can lunch and dinner out, here, for... 40 €, eating really properly, with wine. But for "eating vacations", you need to left Lisbon and come to the north... That's what I always do to eat as a king! :)

Just let me know when you come, maybe we could lunch together once, and that way I would assure you would taste real portuguese food! :)

Hrqls: The more kms you go north, the better you'll eat! :) 300 kms would be great! But other options are available, not so far away.

I'll know something about your options in my travel agency, and I'll let you know. The travel "expert" is a friend of mine (and our best handball referee in Portugal!!!) and he's really an expert, he'll find you some very good options, so you can suggest them in your agency.