We stayed in Craig's apartment for a week in September. Prior to arriving communication from Craig was excellent as were the directions to the property he sent us. The property itself was in a nice quiet area about 25 mins walk from the town, which, although fairly small, has plenty of bars and restaurants.The distance didn't really bother us , sometimes we walked sometimes we took the car as there was plenty parking available. There are a couple of restaurants within 5 minutes walk, "Rota dos Sabores was excellent. The apartment has 2 bedrooms and the beds in the one we used were extremely comfortable. There's a lovely big balcony overlooking the pool which gets the sun till about 1pm. and its also nice and peaceful to sit there in the evening when the pool is lit up. We only used the pool once as we prefer the beach but it's a decent size and was very quiet, we seldom saw more than 4 or 5 people using it. The shuttle boat to Cabanas beach runs every 5 or 10 mins and it only takes minutes to cross. Our favourite beach though is Manta Rota a few miles up the coast. It's also nice to visit Vila Real and take the ferry over to Ayamonte in Spain. Our favourite trip was to the Island of Culatra (thanks Luis for recommending this) the boat leaves from Olhao and its a must see. Craig's apartment is spotlessly clean and has everything you need. It's only an observation but it would have been nice to have a few extras e.g. kitchen roll, tinfoil,washing up liquid etc and maybe some tea towels. We find that most place have some extras now on a use and replace basis. There is a dishwasher but we only used it once as there were only the 2 of us. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Craig's apartment to anyone planning to visit Cabanas.