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The house in autumn
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The kitchen dining area with woodburning stove
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Tastefully renovated stone cottage nestled high up in the Ceira valley in the tiny hamlet of Salgado, surrounded by dramatic and unspoilt mountainous countryside. A perfect and quiet rural retreat: clean air and healthy living at its best! 15 kilometres from the market towns of Gois and Arganil and just over an hour's drive from the historic city of Coimbra. Quality home cooked meals available on request. Ideally suited for walkers, ramblers and wildlife enthusiasts, or anyone who simply wants to get away from it all.
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The view
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The bedroom
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Rental periods |
Price per week |
Price per additional night |
| 1 March - 1 October |
£150 |
£25 |
| 1 October - 1 March |
£125 |
£20 |
| Rest of year |
Please contact owner for prices |
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Notes on prices
Prices are for the property per week (the price per night is for an aditional night or nights ) in UK Pounds.
Property available for rent at other times of the year, please contact the owner for prices.
Firewood available for a small charge.
Discounts for long lets. Contact via e-mail for further information.
Changeover day
Flexible changeover day.
| Accommodation |
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| Bedrooms: |
One bedroom with twin beds. |
| Bathrooms: |
En-suite bathroom with shower and wc. |
| Kitchen: |
A well-equipped kitchen/dining room with cooker, gas hob, fridge/freezer, microwave, dining table and 4 chairs, woodburning stove. |
| Living Rooms: |
The bedroom converts into a living room. |
Cleaning/towels/
linen/maid service: |
Quality home cooked meals available on request. Laundry service provided for small charge. Towels and linen changed on request/weekly. Cleaning on changeover day. |
Notes on accommodation
Exposed rock-face wall in kitchen/dining room, with glass-fronted wood burning stove.
Traditional slate staircase leading to bedroom with en-suite bathroom.
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| hob/stove |
oven |
fridge/freezer |
microwave |
| iron/ironing board |
central heating |
room fans |
barbecue |
| pets accepted |
Outside
Barbecue provided. South-east facing patio with table and chairs. Use of nearby young orchard with fruit trees. Covered sitting area with wonderful view near a stream.
Coast/Beach
An hour and a half to the Atlantic coast. Figueira da Foz is a popular resort, with wide sandy beaches, good surfing and restaurants ranging from beachside seafood shacks to quality Portuguese fayre. In the summer, the local river (15 minutes by car) has a bathing spot by a waterfall with picnic area and barbecue. Gois (30 minutes) has white sandy beaches with cafes, bars, public barbecue areas and a shady tree-lined park.
Special interest holidays
Cookery courses or daily lessons can be given by arrangment. For further information or specific requests, please ask the owner, a professional cook in the City of London for 25 years.
Travel
Car hire is strongly recommended, either from Porto or Lisbon airport, or Coimbra (the nearest city, just over an hour's drive away).
Fast trains between Porto and Coimbra take approximately an hour and fifteen minutes, and about 2 hours between Lisbon and Coimbra.
Distances
15 km to nearest towns.
Coimbra: just over 1 hour's drive.
Porto airport: two and a half hours' drive.
Lisbon airport: three hours' drive.
Bucaco National Forest is also about an hour away.
Lousa is an hour away (a nice scenic drive but with windy roads).
Further details
Coimbra is home to one of the world's oldest universities, sitting on the hill top. Well worth a visit is the Biblioteca Joanina, the early 18th century library with its gilt wood rooms lined with 300,000 books.
Bucaco National Forest is an hour away, with its exotic trees creating shady walks where there are hermits' grottoes to be found. The amazing Palace Hotel is in the centre where you can have a good meal overlooking the gardens and forest.
There are more interesting and beautiful places to visit, details of which can be found in the cottage. I recommend that you bring an up-to-date guide book.
Lousa is a good place to shop locally: there is an Intermarche supermarket and a Lidl. Just outside Lousa there are the ruins of a castle, where there are many interesting walks around the hills. Also there is a natural swimming pool near the O Burgo restaurant where you can have a well-cooked meal of local produce.
Coimbra, of course, is the best place to shop with its three large shopping centres. Gois (30 mins), has a 24-hour health centre, chemist, post office, bank, butcher and two mini supermarkets. Arganil (50 mins) is larger with an Intermarche and Lidl, etc. Colmeal (7 mins) has two bars, one with a shop where you can buy almost everything for your everyday needs. Cabreira, in the other direction (10-15 mins on your way to Gois), has the nearest restaurant.
For guests who may be intrested in buying property out here i can put you in touch with Portuguese translators, solicitors etc.
Booking notes
A small deposit is required.
To make a booking, or if you would like more information, please contact the owner through e-mail or by telephone.
For booking and further information
Catherine McDonnell
Tel: (Portugal) + 351 235 761 004
Email: Click here
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