Long term lets (over 1 month) Short-breaks (4 days or fewer) Hen or stag parties Corporate bookings
Changeover day:
Flexible
Access:
Car not necessary Nearest amenities: 0 km
Notes:
No pets allowed Suitable for children No smoking at this property Self-catering
Home description
The sheltered position of Sao Martinho Do Porto, thanks to its famous shell shaped bay, makes it a haven for safe, warm bathing in calm waters. Just outside the bay there are also many great beaches for for surfing. This property has an elevated position with sea bay views - just a few steps away from the beach (50 metres) in the most sought after area of Sao Martinho Do Porto. You will find most restaurants and bars in this area with friendly, professional staff who can speak English.
The apartment is light and spacious with contemporary furnishings. The private balcony on the upper floor is large and perfect for entertaining. An additional private patio accessed from the lounge and kitchen has direct access to the pool (handy for families). Both the balcony and patio have sea views. We also own an additional 3 bed duplex, see link below. This is just 1 door away on the same level and a 10% discount applies for booking both properties together.
Offers 3 day weekend break -Nov/Dec excluding school hols £120
Pool (steps away from apartment)
View of apartment spanning two floors
Apartment is set on the middle hill (50 meters from beach)
Lounge
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The Costa de Prata/Silver Coast region
The apartment is located in the most desirable area of Sao Martnho Do Porto next to everything you need. It also has smallish supermarkets. However if you'd like to explore, here's where you could go:
13th century walled medieval town of Obidos - 15 mins drive. Obidos Lagoon - 15 mins drive. Foz do Arelho beach (surfing) - 15 mins drive. Caldas Da Rainha (spa town) - 15 mins drive. Alcabaca Cathedral City- 20 mins drive. Praia D'El Rey - (famous golf course) 25 mins. Rated as the 13th best course in Continental Europe by Golf World magazine. This challenging championship course runs through parkland before opening up along the cliff top to give some breathtaking sea views.
Arblaster & Clarke (01730 263111, www.winetours.co.uk) Good-value port harvest tour, Douro vineyard walks and Azores gourmet week.
25 - 27 September 2009 - Witness, and even take part in the Port harvest offering the unique opportunity to experience treading the grapes!
6 - 12 September 2009 Douro Vineyard Walk - The walking is way off the beaten track and you’ll experience genuine rural Portugal seeing truly spectacular countryside.
There are other Wine tours running in May & June 2009 www.winetours.co.uk
Sao Martinho do Porto area
Watersports Many watersports are available on the beach.
Supermarket There are 3 or 4 small supermarkets in Sao Martinho itself. Larger hypermarkets are close by.
Restaurants & Tourist Information There are lots of lovely restaurants which feature Portuguese food (with English translation on request) and there are Italian restaurants too.
Recommendations ACASA – Excellent service & fresh fish you can choose. CARVALHO – In Main st – Old Town centre. Level with the back of HOTEL ATLANTICA. Very good value. O'FAROL - located on the beach itself with the best views and good value. There is also a very good Swiss restaurant, a great Italian and a lovely bar to note- Pato No Prato.
Also try Hotel Capitao – afternoon tea on the veranda is accessed at the side/rear of the building and is wonderful!
There is a market daily- mornings only.
How to get there
Lisbon Airport is recommended as it is an easy drive along the A8 taking between 50 mins to 1 hour depending on traffic.
If you don't want to hire a car then you can take a taxi from Lisbon airport to Lisbon bus station (15 Euros) and there is a direct regular coach service from there taking just over an hour (7 Euros each way).
Alternatively you can fly to Oporto (2.5 hour drive) or Faro (3.5 hour drive).
Bmibaby (www.bmibaby.com) Flies to Lisbon from Manchester; to Faro from Cardiff, Birmingham and East Midlands.
British Airways (www.ba.com) Flies from Heathrow to Lisbon and Gatwick to Faro.
EasyJet (www.easyjet.com) Flies to Lisbon from Bristol, Liverpool, Gatwick and Luton; to Faro from Belfast, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, Liverpool, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted and Newcastle.
Flybe (www.flybe.com) Flies to Faro from Exeter and Southampton.
Flyglobespan (www.flyglobespan.com) Flies to Faro from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) Flies to Oporto from Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Stansted; to Faro from Stansted, East Midlands, Liverpool and Glasgow.
TAP Air Portugal (www.tap-airportugal.co.uk) Daily from Gatwick and Heathrow to Oporto & Lisbon.
Thomson Airways (www.thomson.co.uk) Flies to Faro from 17 UK airports including Belfast; most frequently from Luton, Doncaster-Sheffield, Manchester and Bournemouth.
Thomas Cook Airlines (www.flythomascook.com) Flies from 11 regional airports to Faro, including Belfast, Glasgow and Cardiff.
By train
The excellent website, www.seat61.com, gives a choice of routes from the UK to Portugal. For Lisbon, you can take the 10.23am Eurostar from London to Paris and the 15.50 TGV service to Irún on the Spanish border, which connects with the 22.00 overnight Sud Express to Lisbon, which arrives at 11.03am the following day. Cheapest return fare is £209. Book through Spanish Rail (020 7725 7063, www.spanish-rail.co.uk ) or Rail Europe (0844 848 4070, www.raileurope.co.uk).
Car hire Car rental companies include Avis (www.avis.co.uk); Budget (www.budget.co.uk); Europcar (www.europcar.co.uk); Hertz (www.hertz.co.uk). Brokers include Holiday Autos (www.holidayautos.co.uk) and Holiday Cars Direct (www.holidaycarsdirect.com). Rail travel For timetable information visit the Comboios de Portugal website – www.cp.pt – which has an English-language option.
The Portuguese Tourism Office (0845 355 1212, www.visitportugal.com) Telephone to order brochures and ask questions.
Nearest Travel Links
Airport:
Lisbon: 90 km
Railway:
Sao Martinho Do Porto
Activities near Sao Martinho do Porto
Sports: Tennis in town Watersports Horse Riding Golf within 30 mins drive
Great for: Walking holidays Beach or lakeside relaxation Good nightlife Cycling holidays
Sofabeds (1), Single beds (2), Double beds (1), Cots (1), Dining seating for 6, Lounge seating for 6, Sleeps maximum of 6
Other:
Linen and towels provided. Highchair available.
Outdoors:
Balcony / Terrace, Shared outdoor pool (unheated), Shared garden, Childrens pool
Access:
Secure parking
Further details indoors: Apartment also contains travel cot, high chair, potty, plastic bib and feeding bottles. It also contains a wide selection of DVDs for all ages. The master bedroom has an Emperor sized bed. There is one good sized bathroom with bath and shower over, bidet, toilet and sink plus a further WC, sink and Bidet on the ground floor. The apartment comes fully equipped with sun loungers, outdoor mosaic table and chairs, and some basic cooking ingredients, tea, coffee, pasta etc. The apartment has 2 smoke alarms and a carbon monoxide alarm plus a first aid kit including a thermometer, plastics and anticeptic cream.
There is also an integral garage with direct access to the apartment and room for 1 car.
Further details outdoors: The outdoor pool is accessible direct from the apartment and the pool can be seen from the kitchen, lounge and both upstairs bedrooms should you wish to observe young children.
There are a series of steps from the apartment down to the beach where you will also find a small park with children's games.
Owing to these steps the property may be unsuitable for the elderly.
The apartment is approximately 50 meters to fine sandy beach. Fantastic sunset as the sun sets on the ocean. There are lifeguards throughout the key summer months.
Conditions
A £200 deposit is required upon booking and the balance is payable 5 weeks before the holday.
There is a 50 Euro charge for cleaning on arrival.
Rental rates
Rental prices originally quoted in: British £
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October 2009
1 Oct 09
1 Nov 09
350£350
5050
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Nov/Dec 2009
1 Nov 09
1 Jan 10
270£270
3939
3939
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Jan/Feb 2010
1 Jan 10
1 Mar 10
280£280
4040
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March / April 2010
1 Mar 10
1 May 10
330£330
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May 2010
1 May 10
1 Jun 10
435£435
6262
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June 2010
1 Jun 10
1 Jul 10
475£475
6868
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July 2010
1 Jul 10
1 Aug 10
650£650
9494
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August 2010
1 Aug 10
1 Sep 10
680£680
9797
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September 2010
1 Sep 10
1 Oct 10
465£465
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October 2010
1 Oct 10
1 Nov 10
360£360
5151
5151
3 Nights
Nov / Dec 2010
1 Nov 10
1 Dec 10
280£280
4040
4040
3 Nights
101
The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights
NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.
Long Weekend - 3 nights in Nov or Dec - £99 (excluding school holidays)
3 nights in Jan or Feb - £115 (excluding school holidays)
Long term inexpensive winter lets available.
Guestbook for Las Palmerias
"Just a final note to thank you for arranging things for us in Portugal.
A truly beautiful part of the world, and you have a lovely apartment.
We could have taken an extra week over there, we are a bit fed up to be home actually..."
Kind regards, Charlie.
Dear Antony,
Thank you for the use of your vey fine apartment for the last 2 weeks. We had a lovely time and the apartment was so much more than was expected, it was so well equipped, and well placed. We really loved the position by the pool and the wonderful walk to the bay or the market. We found some great beaches beyond Nazare and a good water park there too. We will be returning soon.
John and Natasha Nicholson.
Hi Jenny Apologies it has taken me so long to get in touch post holiday just to say we had a great time at Palmeiras Weather was superb - just one cloudy morning which burnt off in the afternoon. Ideally placed it was so easy to access everything in St M and we could leave our teenage sons to "Chill" and watch the DVDs you had kindly left ! We enjoyed daily coffees with the locals up in the back of the town on the way back from the daily market and the fish restaurants at the port were fantastic - we visited Pesca NoPrato twice it was so good ! (The Rough Guide missed those, once again full of locals). Liz
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Name:
Antony Masters
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+44 141 5531274
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