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SUPERB 4 BED/4 BATH VILLA, OWN POOL, AIRCON, INTERNET + GAMES ROOM
CASA ALEGRIA is a very large beautiful modern 4 bedroom / 4 bath villa which comfortably sleeps 10 people using cot and portable beds. It has aircon, internet access, BBQ, large south facing pool with furnished terrace and deep shade. Surrounding Alegria is a wonderful garden with volley ball / badminton area, a second pergola with seating and a large boules area. The basement games room has table tennis, darts and table top football. An excellent family villa with something for everyone.
ALL APRIL/MAY 2010 DATES DISCOUNTED BY 10%
Casa Alegria is not isolated but situated outside the small village of Moncarapacho with other executive villas all with plot sizes of half acre. Close to Estoi, Quelfes, Olhao with Faro airport only 20+ mins drive.
This is a truly lovely part of the unspoilt Eastern Algarve.
Car hire is essential for this holiday. However there is wonderful bistro/bar just 800m from the villa, a gentle 12 min walk, where clients go time after time to enjoy low cost food/drink.
PRICE INCLUDES: All linen/towels, villa cleaning, 8 pool towels. Also local English manager to meet you soon after arrival at the villa and who will remain on call throughout your holiday. The pool is heated FREE OF CHARGE March to end October each year.
The pool can be heated November to end February at extra cost of £100/wk. No guarantees as to temperature which may be reached can be given as heatpump works off ambient temperature. But we will do our best!
Mobile internet access available. All you pay is the hours you use. Unlimited downloading.
Aircon (cool in summer, warm in winter) is an obligatory extra at £85/wk to ensure your maximum enjoyment of the villa.
The villa is very spacious an of the highest specification - with marble floors throughout, stylish modern furniture, with air con to all rooms. The pool and terraces are south facing for maximum sun. The entire villa has been very tastefully furnished. and is equipped to the very highest standard. The villa is importantly not isolated but set amidst a new countryside development of identical high quality villas. You will not be disappointed.
The very spacious lounge has large 4 seater sofas and other seating, satellite TV (with BBC and ITV channels), DVD which plays CDs, open fireplace and doors to pool and furnished terrace.. There is a dining area off, both areas comfortably accommodating 10. The kitchen is superbly equipped with marble surfaces and all mod cons including hob, oven, dishwasher, fridge freezer, coffee machine, toaster etc. There is a second drinks fridge in the utility room with a washing machine.
The bathrooms are luxurious and fully tiled. (2 are ensuite) 3 have bath/showers toilet/bidet and vanity unit. The 4th is a shower room with vanity unit and toilet.
There are two double and two twin bedrooms. Two have ensuite facilities. The first floor bedroom has a very large ensuite bathroom with corner bath and own furnished terrace. You may fight over this one!
There is a sturdy portable cot and two portable beds in the villa. Bedrooms are very large and these can be placed in any room allowing maximum occupancy of 10 using any combination of extra beds/cot. Highchair and baby play pen also provided.
On the pool terrace there is a large BBQ, sun loungers, a large table with seating for up to 10 people. There is excellent shade under the poolside terrace pergola and a second furnished pergola in the lower garden overlooking the lovely grassed garden.
The garden is large and grassed and has a full sized volley ball/badminton area area. To the side is a large boules area. There is table tennis, table top football, family games and adult darts in the basement games room.
The villa is gated with lots of off road parking.
This is an ideal location to enjoy the unspoilt Eastern Algarve, outstanding island beaches and first class golf. Fusetta beach is only 8 miles away - if you can leave the fantastic pool and gardens! There are five golf courses all within 15-25, including the championship Quinta de Cima golf course, named in the 2004/05 Peugeot Golf Guide as the Best Golf Course in Portugal. You are only 20/25 mins drive from the brand new Monte Rei golf course. There are a further 5 golf courses approx 40 mins away in Spain.
Within Moncarapacho itself there is a excellent supermarket, 2 mini markets, cash machines, petrol station, pharmacy, post office, bars, some truly excellent restaurants, cyber cafes and other local shops. Moncarapacho also has an excellent museum. Within 10 mins drive is the wonderful town of Olhao with its fishing port, wonderful fish markets, restaurants, shopping and boats to many beach islands.
There is a superb bistro only 800m from the villa offering excellent low cost food and wines where clients go time and time again. A gentle walk in lovely countryside in 12 mins.
Come and enjoy the real Portugal, the sleepy unspoilt Eastern Algarve, with wonderful beach islands, pretty countryside, wonderful golf courses, with winter temperatures from 16 degrees.
DISCOUNTS ALL APRIL/MAY 2010
THINGS TO DO, PLACES TO VISIT
The villa is within easy distance of Tavira (regarded as the loveliest town in the Algarve), Estoi (with its Rococo palace now developed into a Pousadda and Roman ruins), Olhao (fishing port, excellent restaurants, markets and shopping), Vila Real (16th century town on the Spanish border) and much much more. Moncarapacho itself has a museum and an excellent range of small local shops, restaurants, pharmacy, post office, multi bank, bars etc.
From Tavira, Olhao and Cabanas you can travel by small boat to many truly superb offshore beaches. Seville can be reached within 2 hours, Cordoba is 2 hrs further on, , Lisbon is approximately 2.5 hours away. The roads and motorways are excellent. Alternatively within 30 mins driving west you can access major central Algarve towns and attractions .... or you could just relax around the pool and enjoy doing absolutely nothing - as so many of our guests do !!
For those with quieter tastes the nearby Ria Formosa National Park offers excellent walks, extensive beaches and birdwatching. Flamingoes can be seen in cooler months and you can also see Portuguese water dogs with webbed feet.
There are some really lovely places to visit - you will not be disappointed. This is a truly unspoilt part of the Algarve. Eating out on wonderful local fish meat and wine is still surprisingly inexpensive. Why not try it for a change. THE REAL PORTUGAL !! Lots of information in the Welcome Book in the villa.
Car hire essential.
DISCOUNTS APRIL/MAY 2010