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Price Range: £932 to £1455 (GBP)

The villa
Vivenda das Rosas is located on a high spot of São Martinho do Porto, only 200 meters from the beach. The beach at São Martinho do Porto consists of a large and beautiful bay, with quiet waters, appropriate for families with children. Shopping facilities, restaurants and coffee shops are within walking distance. The fishing town of Nazaré is 12 Km distant, and Lisbon is 80 Km to the south. This high quality villa is tastefully decorated and consists of 2 floors: 1st floor: at the swimming pool level, with a living/dining room with fire place, cable TV, glassed wall and direct access to the swimming pool, one double room with en suite shower room and balcony, a large fully equipped kitchen (dishwasher, wash machine, hob, oven, microwave, coffee maker, etc.). 2nd floor: large hall, one double room with private shower room, another double room with extra bed, one bedroom with three single beds, one complete bathroom. The villa is surrounded from green gardens, BBQ area, and swimming pool with pool furniture (communal area, shared with adjoining apartment). Maid service, linen and towels change twice per week. Sleeps 9 adults + 1 child, self catering.

São Martinho do Porto
A perfect beach along an astonishing bay, a blue sea soft of quite, a paradise for the children and for the nautical sports. From the top of the Belvedere of Facho and Cruzeiro or the Chapel of Santo António, it is a pleasure to have a look at the bay coloured by the typical yellow fishing boats and by the silvered track of small boats. The bay of S. Martinho do Porto is the last vestige of an ancient gulf that, until the XVIth century extended itself to Alfeizerão and that opens itself to the ocean through a bay, with around 250 yards large, between the hills of Santana, at south, and the Lighthouse, at north. The town, founded by the monks of the Monastery of Alcobaça at the XIIIth century, goes down in the shape of an amphitheatre since the Chapel of Santo António to the Dock and the Beach and it has extended, each time more and more, through the Avenida Marginal to the dunes of Salir. Its ancient houses can be discovered climbing the walk D. Pedro V to the Belvedere of José Bento da Silva Square, or to the Main Church from the XVIIIth century. Nowadays, the Square Vitorino Fróis, the pedestrian street Vasco da Gama and the Tourism Garden, along with the Avenida Marginal, are the cosmopolitan centre, due to its esplanades, stores, town pubs and restaurants practically all vocationed to the sea flavours: the sued lobster, stuffed crabs, bass, breams and grilled sole or grilled sardines. This magnificent view coloured by the typical fishing boats can be enjoyed from the belvedere of Facho or the Chapel of Santo António (St. Anthony). The bay of S. Martinho do Porto is the last vestige of an ancient Golf that, until the 16th century reached Alfeizerão. The monks of Alcobaça Monastery founded the town in the 13th century. It has the shape of an amphitheatre from the Chapel of Santo António down to piers and the beach. Its ancient houses can be discovered climbing the D. Pedro V alley up to José Bento da Silva Square, or to the Main Church (18th century). S. Martinho do Porto has many possible walking routes, esplanades, pubs and restaurants. Enjoy the local dishes, mainly of fish and shellfish (lobster, stuffed crabs, bass, breams, grilled sole or grilled sardines).The recently completed motorway between Lisbon and Caldas da Rainha puts São Martinho at less than one hour comfortable drive from Lisbon International Airport. Good roads link São Martinho to the network of Portuguese motorways making it easily accessible no matter where you come from. Nevertheless, nothing can beat the old time charm of the quaint three coach old trains that run from Lisbon or Figueira da Foz. Getting off at the picturesque São Martinho railway station is an experience in itself.

Nazaré
A typical fishing town, Nazaré is nowadays a busy summer resort, where side by side with the crowds of tourists, one still sees all over the streets of the town the fish-sellers, and the carapaus (horse mackerel) laid out to dry. The Sítio district, at the town's highest point (accessible by a funicular), is without doubt the best viewpoint in the area. But it is also associated with the cult of Our Lady of Nazaré who, according to the 12th century legend, was invoked by the alcaide (commander of a fortress or castle) Dom Fuas Roupinho who, while stalking a deer, was about to fall down into an abyss with no possible salvation. As a sign of gratitude for the mercy he received, Dom Fuas Roupinho ordered a small chapel to be built - the Ermida de Memória. A little way away, in the 18th century the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré was built, in whose honour grandiose festivals are held in September. The Nazaré people's connection with the sea is reflected in the local handicrafts, in particular the nets, buoys, baskets and traditional puppets dressed in the typical costumes of seven skirts, as well as in the cuisine, with its emphasis on fish and shellfish dishes, such as caldeiradas (fish casseroles), soups, açorda (purée of bread, herbs and garlic) and the dried horse mackerel. The most important feature of the surrounding area is the 7th century Chapel of São Gião, one of the rare holy places of the Visigoths existing in Portugal.

Nazaré distance 12 km

Property Features
Sleeps 9
Doublebeds 3
Twinbeds 1
Cots 1
Bathrooms 3
Satellite 1
Cooker
Microwave
Fridge
Freezer
Linenprovided
Traffic Medium
Seaside 1
Tourist 1
Openfire
Patio
Balcony
Sharedpool
Airport Lisbon
Airportdistance 80 km
Beach 15 Minutes Away
Sailing 15 Minutes away
Walking On site
Horseriding 15 Minutes away
Golf 45 Minutes away
Tennis 45 Minutes away
Garden