Luxury farmhouse style villa, lavishly refurbished and maintained to a very high standard with own private pool set in gated and walled grounds. 25 mins from Faro airport and the many golf courses around Faro, the villa is 5 mins drive to Sao Bras with its fish and vegetable markets, (Fleamarket too once a month), restaurants, coffee shops, cinema, supermarkets. 20 mins to Loule (the market town of the region). Within walking distance of excellent country restaurant this is an ideal getaway retreat. Many particularly beautiful features including an impressive calcada drive,cool and spacious entrance hall with 16th Century Church doors, large airy rooms, beautiful views and an ideal location to explore the beaches and countryside, to cross into Spain,or as many of our guests choose to do, just stay and relax in the grounds and around the pool. The pool-side covered seating area is the perfect location to sit relax, sketch, read or enjoy a gin and tonic (we have the lemon trees too!)

Accessibility
access into the house is via the front door where there is a small step.There are 3 bedrooms on the ground floor which are accessible with no steps and to access the patio from the lounge or bedrooms is again via a small step. There are wide steps into the swimming pool and the lower garden can be accessed via the calcada rather than the steps.

Outside
Entering the property via electric gates, the calcada drive winds up to the stunning 16th Century entrance doors which open into an imposing hallway. Set in beautifully maintained gardens, with a large tiled swimming pool (10.4 x5m) in the extensive patio area. To one side of the patio, overlooking the pool,there is a large covered brick built outside eating area with a marble table top and wooden chairs and also a brick built BBQ. We have 8 luxurious wooden sunloungers with comfortable matresses and large sized umbrellas around the pool. To the other side of the pool is an outside relaxing area, sofas and chair with comfortable cushions and coffee tables. At the front of the house there is a typically Algarvian rockery with imposing trees and plants and adjacent to the house is an orchard with many carob, olive, almond, fig, orange and lemon trees. In the main area of the garden are grapefruit and pomegranite trees with many palm trees, jacaranda, bouganvillia and oleanders.

Coast/Beach
Faro beach is approx 25 -30 mins drive from the house. A long white sandy beach. There are many good fish restaurants here as well as bars, the famous Camanes restaurant is located here.
The beaches on Tavira Island and the beaches of Quinta do Lago are approx. 30 mins away, quiet, white sandy beaches with sunloungers and umbrellas available to hire. Excellent fish restaurants on the beach and music bars.

Golf
The golf courses of the Algarve are readily accessible accessible eg. Quinta da Ria and Quinta da Cima Championship courses (18 holes), Benamer and Colinas Verde, Castro Marim are all approx. 25mins drive, Quinta do Lago and Penina courses are approx 35 mins drive. Monte Rei golf club, designed by Jack Nicklaus is 25 mins away near Tavira.

Special interest holidays
The Algarve tourist office is located in the town square approx. 5 mins drive away. It advises of tennis and horse riding a 15 mins drive away. 2 great Waterslide parks, 20 and 30 mins distance by car. Also reef and big game fishing from Albufeira marina 25 mins away, jet skiing and minigolf at various locations and resorts all within 20-30 mins drive.

Travel
Use of a car is essential unless you want to rely on our local taxi driver service which is excellent and very reasonable. Faro airport 25 mins. Local car hire company will deliver car to the villa and collect if you wish to take a taxi from/to the airport. Details on request.

Distances
Sao Bras 5 mins by car -proud of its history as the centre of the cork industry is famous for its Easter festival. With smart pavement coffee shops offering delicious coffee,popular custard pies and pasties,a variety of restaurants, cinema, local museum, pharmacies and an amazing bakery, fish market, shoe shops, clothes shops, supermarkets and banks. Loule, 20 mins -market day on Saturdays, hand painted pottery. Seville, 2 hours. Faro-25mins. Estoi-palace and Roman ruins-15 mins Beaches-25mins

Further details
The house has the benefit of a monitored security system which can be utilised when away from the villa and also at night. The enclosed drive offers privacy and also provides large parking areas. Behind the house the hills sweep away into a large valley with just a few farmhouses dotted around making walking and leisurely touring good fun. Excellent area for photography, wildlife, sketching and outdoor activities.