Albufeira holiday studio rental, Windmill Hill with walking, beach/lake nearby, disabled access, balcony/terrace, rural retreat, TV

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Albuferia Jardim (studio)

Home description

Set in the quietest corner of a large holiday complex this apartment has been built to accommodate a couple who enjoy being close to the action, yet require the possibility of returning to peace and quiet in a cul-de-sac where only the sound of birds interrupts their thoughts. An enormous terrace offers the possibility of letting another guest stay overnight on a spare bed in the sheltered and enclosed diaphanous guest area. Ten minutes walk from refreshing Atlantic waves and a multitude of restaurants in the old town, a ten minute busride will bring you to a choice of tiny guarded and nonguarded beaches set under fascinating cliffs and private bays.
Green hills and rushing streams with natural spa water are a 30 minute drive away in the Monchique area where the Romans also settled. For those who want wind and a completely unspoilt coastline the westcoast is also 30 minutes drive where Blokarting can be enjoyed, the best surfing beach in Europe and of course Albufeira has more hours of clear sunshine than any other location in Europe. On this site it is impossible to have zero bedrooms - guests are hence told this is a zero bedroom studio, one large single room with a fold down bed.

Fishermans Beach - seen from Pool	Lounge
Escape to the hills for the day - Monchique	One of the three pools with view over Albufeira

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The Algarve region

This is the place where the highest sunshine hours are recorded in Europe. More than 3000 hours a year. Temperatures are hence higher than can be expected elsewhere. In midsummer daytime highs of 32 degrees are hot, low is 23 degrees. In midwinter an average high is 16 degrees and 3 or 4 days will drop to around 10 degrees. Rain is seldom but is usual in December or January. The Romans settled here and established harbours to refurbish their boats as tides in the Mediterannean are not high enough to be able to lift the boats out of the water. There are numerous Roman remains all along the coast and also many archeological sites of interest where Holy Grail remains and Templar societies have been said to exist.

Albufeira / Windmill Hill area

The apartment is just five minutes from a government-run internet cafe where anyone can surf for free for 30 minutes or longer if there is no one else waiting for one of six internet computers. Set in an arena specially maintained for local children and schools there is a variety of equipment and areas for playing, skating and enjoying oneself. Here are concerts and musical activities with enough supervisers to keep the children happy.

Portuguese seafood, Italian pizzas, Indian curries, Chinese spice dishes, the range is still growing as Albufeira maintains its position as favourite location in the whole of Portugal for families and singles alike for holidays. From this central location with a rental car or using cheap local busses you can reach the lush hills of Monchique and enjoy the health water which the Romans first discovered. You can reach the wild coasts of the west where windsurfers and naturelovers home in. Or you can nip across to Spain and do some Spanish shopping, Albufeira is only 30 minutes from any part of Algarve with the car. Scooters are also available to rent as low as 75€ a week and are a cool and inexpensive way to zipp around. Harley Davisons or Honda Goldwings are available for those who want to travel in style. There are festivals each month details of which are available from the tourist office just a ten minute walk away. If you want to meet up with a whole crowd of UK people then the discos and bars of the "Strip" set between souvineer shops chip shops is the place for you, no Portuguese required here.

The regular local bus service will take you to a variety of sheltered coves and beaches, some supervised and others unsupervised but most are within reach of the excellent Portuguese newly built beach restaurants. These government regulated wooden structures have been placed to make the least impact on the natural wildlife and yet provide modern facilities such as free clean toilets and showers at cost price. Visitors have the choice of a private cove of their own or an open supervised beach with loungers and with clearly displaced timetables and prices of meals everyone will feel well catered for.

The famous resort of Vilamoura is 20 minutes drive where some of the best golf courses attract visitors from all over the world mostly due to the excellent weather in Algarve. More locally there are golf courses and putting greens sprouting up like mushrooms to cater for the demand.

The newly built harbour is just five minutes walk from the apartment where boating and fishing equipment can be rented out. Excursions on yachts, motorboats or catamarans to view the caves all along the coast to the "end of the world" at Sagres, are offered locally. Those interested in buying property can find many English-speaking agents offering plots of land for as little as £5000 or apartments for £20,000 and up. See the whole of Algarve and get a view of sights that others rarely see in an endevour to find the place of your dreams while your escourt manages the hairpin bends and orientation manouvers.

Kids will be thrilled to see the numerous theme parks ranging from Zoomarine to The Big One or Krazy World, all within 15 minutes coachdrive away. Coaches pick you up outside the condominium.

Take a walk down to the coast yourself and join the locals with their rods to see what big fish you can pull in for dinner.

Shops just hundreds of yards away offer anything from specialised hardware to embroidery and for a megastore where beer starts at 50p a litre and champaigne and cheese is much cheaper than in Britain you will have to cycle or drive five minutes along the ringroad.

Sir Cliff Richard did not settle a couple of hundred metres from the apartment because things are not expensive, the local street is now named after him and he has moved back a couple of kilometres inland to run a more lucrative establishment selling wine with his name on the bottle.

How to get there

Fly to Faro - Albufeira is 30 minutes from the airport.
Transfers are £22/€31 one way total cost for 1-4 people.
Cheap flights available from Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham Intl, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Cork, Derry, Doncaster (Sheffield), Dublin, Durham (Tees Vall), East Midlands, Exeter, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Granada, Humberside, Inverness, Kerry, Knock, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, London (all airports), Manchester, Newcastle, Newquay, Nottingham East Midland, Shannon.
Tickets from: www.easyjet.com, www.firstchoice.co.uk, wwwflyglobespan.com, www.flymonarch.com, www.ryanair.com

Activities near Albufeira

Facilities

Further details indoors:
A TV with clear reception of BBC, ITV, CNN, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German channels, and stereo system where you can play your own special CDs (remember to pack them!) or cassette tapes or listen to one of many English and Portuguese stations on the radio. For a romantic evening on the large terrace there is a choice of tables, comfortable loungers, a barbeque or order home delivery and you can enjoy the cool air after an excellent meal watching the very clear skies as the stars slowly appear.
Inside you can watch TV and without moving from your seat spot yachts and boats drift past on the Atlantic.

Further details outdoors:
There are two large pools which are deep enough to dive in and a small pool for children. There are three tennis courts located just beyond the balcony these must be hired separately. A bar and restaurant where full meals and also snacks and buffet breakfasts can be enjoyed for a variety of budgets. There are a number of playing areas for children on the condominium. Swings are just 50 yards from the apartment entrance and a games room with different ball games and computer games is beside the restaurant.

Further details

Note for wheelchair access: Although this apartment enjoys a raised view from the south-facing balcony it is accessed via the ground floor and there is enough space to drive to the entrance lobby and then gain entry without anything more than a two inch high ridge at the front door.

Conditions

Refundable deposit of £100/week required

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
July - September	1 Jul 08	1 Oct 08	240£  240	4040	8080	Flexible
October	1 Oct 08	1 Nov 08	190£  190	3838	7070	Flexible
November - March	1 Nov 08	2 Mar 09	110£  110	2525	5050	Flexible
March - April	2 Mar 09	1 May 09	99£  99	3535	7070	Flexible
May - June	1 May 09	1 Jul 09	220£  220	3838	7070	Flexible
July-September	1 Jul 09	1 Oct 09	260£  260	4040	8080	2 Nights
October	1 Oct 09	1 Nov 09	190£  190	3838	7070	Flexible
November - March	1 Nov 09	2 Mar 10	120£  120	3030	6060	Flexible

The owner's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion.

Guestbook

"Had a great time" Andrea - London
"Lovely places to explore" - Mrs S. Surrey
"We loved Portugal alot and enjoyed staying" - Sanna - Germany
"It was lovely that the sun shone all the time - a rare thing at the mo in
England! We had a lovely rest while we were there not venturing too far due to a 7
year old but what was needed ." Jayne - Bristol
"Very cosy and convenient. Nice pool too. " Alan - UK
"Brilliant time thanks - what a lovely place. I've never been to
Portugal before and I'll definitely be going back. The people are so
friendly and you don't feel like you're getting ripped off - unlike
some other countries! The whole place was ideal and my daughter had a
fabulous time. The pool area didn't get too crowded even though it is
peak season. All in all a lovely holiday. " Lisa - London

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Name:	Clive Stewart
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