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Villa For Sale in Lourinha

Regina Caruncho — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:34:00 GMT

Reduced

• 2 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story - MLS® €275,000 EUR - Excellent Price

Lourinha, Leiria - Fantastic Large Villa with Sea Views

Ref. LP-VIV-SC-0004

Region: Estremadura / Silver Coast
Localisation: Lourinhã surroundings

Total plot area: appox. 2000m2
Total construction area: approx. 350m2

Villa with fantastic views to the sea and to the future Golf Course which will never be spoiled.
Located at the border of a little and calm village.
Excellent exposure to the sun

5 minutes driving time to Lourinhã
3 minutes driving time to the beach
15 minutes driving time to the main highway A8
45 minutes to Lisbon airport
2 minutes driving to the future Golf Course and about 15 minutes to several Golf Courses

Beautiful Villa Composed with:
Entrance
Open plan fully furnished kitchen with appliances with fire place
2 Living Room with open fire place one of them in the attic with a Large balcony
2 Bathrooms
Large terrace
4 Bed rooms (1 en suite with wardrobes)

Outside area:
Double Garage
BBQ
Possibility of the construction of a swimming pool.

Annexe:
Large room which could be used as a playroom or other activities
1 Bathroom

PRICE: 275.000 Euros

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Price Reduced on villa for sale in Rio Maior Silver Coast

Regina Caruncho — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:49:00 GMT

Silver Coast, Leiria - Announcing a price reduction on Rio Maior, a 270 sq. m., 1 bath, 4 bdrm bungalow. Now MLS® €266,000 EUR - Bargain.

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You are welcome at the Portugal "Silver Coast" blog of Villas Luz, Lda.

Regina Caruncho — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:22:00 GMT

Villas Luz, Lda. is a Portuguese government licensed Real Estate agency (License number AMI 3728) founded in the year 1999 with our head quarter based in the ALGARVE in FUZETA (located between Tavira and Olhao seaside).
We have also branches in the "SILVER COAST"("Costa de Prata") covering the areas of Obidos, Nazare, Caldas da Rainha, Peniche, Lourinha, Alcobaça, Bombarral, Ericeira etc.

Advice is available on all aspects of purchasing your dream property (legal, financial and also practical).

Our approach to selling property is simple-by having professional, responsible, trained staff backed with a well organized office we provide the best quality properties in the Silver Coast at reasonable prices. According to the necessities of our clients, we have a multi-national staff including English, Spanish, French, Russian and German.

Our sales consultants have extensive knowledge and are perfectly positioned to find you your dream home in the |Silver Coast Portugal|.

Our main slogan: Our clients have become our friends along all these last years - and our friends have ensured to bring their friends to our agency - Their satisfaction has always been our best publicity.

Sincerely,

Regina Vasconcellos Caruncho
Villas Luz, Lda.

Portuguese Licensed Real Estate Agency

License number: AMI 3728 - APEMIP 1773

Branch 1 - "Silver Coast" - (covering the areas between Ericeira and Figueira da Foz):
Avenida do Mar, Prédio 4 - Loja 26
Rua da Biquinha, 26
2520-123 Ferrel (Baleal - Peniche) - Silver Coast
Mobile: (+351) 919 054 792
Office : (+351) 262 750 097
Fax : (+351) 262 750 099

Head office (Algarve) - (covering the areas between Albufeira and Spanish boarder):

Avenida 25 de Abril - Edificio Miramar, Loja B

8700 - 038 FUZETA (Olhao) - East Algarve

Mobile: (+351) 919 054 792

Office : (+351) 289 798 099

Fax : (+351) 289 798 101

In case of any need we are contactable each day (including Saturday & Sunday) between 9.00 am and 9.00 pm through the mobile phone (+351) 919 054 792 or if you dial from a Portuguese phone 919 054 792

Silver Coast - Handicraft

Regina Caruncho — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:15:00 GMT

The Tourism Region of “Oeste” is particularly rich in ceramic handicraft.

Torres Vedras, Bombarral, Óbidos and Caldas da Rainha have an enormous ceramic tradition, although it has been in the old village of Óbidos that the magnificent artist of the 17th century, Josefa d’Óbidos, created a workshop of ceramic art. In Caldas da Rainha the famous artist Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro created the most known caricature ceramic. At the present days, besides the highest levels of industrial ceramic expression, Caldas da Rainha, still has the Knowledge of handwork the crockery in traditional ways.

In Peniche, the sea-city, the secular bobbin laces present themselves as a reference.

An impressive patrimony conservation of ancient values that are kept along the time and transmitted to the forthcoming.

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Silver Coast - OBIDOS

Regina Caruncho — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:12:00 GMT

Óbidos is located at the centre of Portugal, by the sea, 75 Km away from Lisbon. A medieval town, a land of lore and legend, it stands out due to its splendid cuisine, its dynamic cultural lifestyle and vast architectural and historical heritage, visited daily by thousands of tourists.

With a magnificent countryside, outstanding verdant fields, the blue of the sea and gorgeous beaches, it is here that Óbidos and its castle mark the landscape, an enchanting location of historical and cultural interest.

The famous Chocolate Festival is held here annually, attracting countless foreign visitors to that historic city in the search for those century-old chocolate secrets.

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Silver Coast - Health / SPA

Regina Caruncho — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:03:00 GMT

Termal Hospital Rainha D. Leonor

Therapeutic Indications: Breathing systems and Muscular-Skeletion Rheumatics

Characterization: Water: 35º C / PH 6.9 / Mineralization: 2947 mg/1
Sulphurous / Sulphated / Chloride / Sodium / Calcium / Magnesium

SPA of Vimeiro

Therapeutic Indications: Digestion System, Circulative System, Breathing System, Skin problems

Characterization:

Fonte dos Frades: Water 26ºC / PH 7.2 /Mineralization: 3390 mg/1
Chloride / Sodium / Magnesium
Fonte de Santa Isabel: Water 26ºC / PH 7.0 / Mineralization: 1120 mg/1
Chloride / Sodium / Calcium / Bicarbonate

SPA of Cucos

Therapeutic Indications: Metabolic - Endocrines, Rheumatics and Muscular-Skeleton

Characterization: Water 38º C / PH 7.1 / Mineralization: 3431 mg/1
Chloride / Sodium / Fluoride

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"Silver Coast" meeting points

Regina Caruncho — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:16:00 GMT

Caldas da Rainha..
Every day Caldas da Rainha has a lively bustling market in the town square. Return to the old world of the freshest local and regional produce including vegetables, fruit, nuts, cheese, chickens, flowers, sausages and fresh-baked cakes. The cobbled side streets are excellent for clothes shopping with branches of Mango and Etxart & Panno and other well-known retailers. There are dozens of shoe, sports, lingerie, kids, casual and perfume shops and an excellent cinema with new-release films in english shown at the same time as the UK. 1 hour north of Lisbon.

Óbidos..
Considered to be one of the jewels of Portugal's national heritage, Óbidos was once the favourite retreat of King Sancho I and was a wedding gift from King Diniz to Queen Isabel. Its unspoilt beauty is retained in its narrow cobbled streets and elegant whitewashed buildings with balconies brimming with flowers. Óbidos has dozens of restaurants, bars and cafes as well as open air opera in the old town square, music festivals and our favourites, the medieval feasts and the chocolate festival! 5 mins southwest of Caldas da Rainha. Fine wine area the most famous being Gaerias and a traditional.

Foz Do Arelho & Nadadouro..
Sitting at the edge of the beautiful turquoise 'Obidos' lagoon these quaint fishing villages still have all the traditional fishermen in their flat-bottomed boats and their catch of prawn, clams and crabs are sold in the local restaurants. Although it is now a protected natural heritage site there are still all the water-based leisure facilities you could wish for as well as surf bars, beach bars, night clubs. Foz do Arelho and Nadadouro have long been the wealthy Lisbon persons choice and their 'weekend' houses around the lagoon certainly live up to that reputation. Building is now quite restrictive to protect the nature of the lagoon. 5mins northwest of Caldas da Rainha.

São Martinho do Porto & Salir do Porto..
Sitting beachfront in the old town of São Martinho do Porto which has been recently renovated with new cobbled pedestrian areas and upmarket shops, bars and cafes. Just around the other side of the bay São Martinho is a lively seaside resort with yellow sands which are cleaned daily, beachbars, cafes, restaurants, beachwear & beachgear shops and and lively nightlife. Old portuguese buildings and new modern apartments all look onto a beautiful bay with boats bobbing on the water in this natural harbour. Salir do Porto sits on the south side of the bay and is much quieter with fantastic views of the bay and within walking distance to São Martinho .

Peniche..
A lively old-style fishing town with fishing boats leaving the harbour every evening and returning to port during the early morning with their catches of seafood and fresh fish. The catches are on sale that day in the big covered market in the centre of town and in the many fish restaurants throughout the town. With excellent waters and beaches around Peniche this is surf-city with annual surfing championships (Baleal). 20 mins southwest of Caldas da Rainha.

Lourinha..
Lourinha is in a very attractive area within easy reach of Bombarral, Óbidos, Peniche and Torres Vedras tho' with it's distance from the A8 it is still about an hour from Lisbon. For some time this area has specialised in the production of grape brandy known as "Aguardente" that are only sold after being kept 2 years in oak casks. The town of Lourinha itself has small individual shops reminding us of the days before impersonal concrete shopping malls.

Santa Cruz..
Also an exciting place. Close to all the surf areas on the Silver Coast. In need of a lick of paint in places but it does have some lovely properties and beach cafes and is ideal for holidays as it is only 35 minutes from Lisbon.

Cadaval & Bombarral..
In fantastic agricultural countryside the concelho of Cadaval is home to vineyards producing many good quality wines of the Tejo Valley and is famed for the delicious pears known as pêra rocha and sweet sponge cakes called Pão-de-Ló. With the majestic backdrop of the Montejunto mountain known as the 'Varanda da Estremadura' this is truly beautiful Portuguese countryside. Only 20 minutes from Caldas Da Rainha or the sea at Santa Cruz and 40 mins from Lisbon.

Rio Maior..
Rio Maior = salt mines, but it is also famed for fine quality wines, chicken with walnuts and bife de novilho (bullock steak). Littered with 16th and 17th century churches to visit, parks & gardens to stroll in and a ruined castle this is a typical Portuguese city in a traditional agricultural and industrial region. Rio Maior holds an annual Onion Fair, a Taverns Fair and a Gastronomical Week to show off it's tasty local produce.

Silver Coast - Interesting places and some history

Regina Caruncho — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:29:00 GMT

PORTUGAL - COSTA DE PRATA - THE SILVER COAST

Aveiro in the north is unique: it is criss-crossed by canals grandly embroidered with art nouveau houses and spanned by hump- backed bridges. Here in colourfully painted ‘moliceiro’ boats, seaweed is gathered in the vast saltwater lagoon. Further inland you can sample the curative waters of the elegant thermal spa towns of Luso and Curia, fashionable since early this century. And in the Bucaco forest nearby, stands the Palace Hotel, resplendent with turrets, arched galleries and an enormous marble staircase: a perfect hideaway for romantics.

The lively University city of Coimbra is a mixture of ancient and modern. Its streets are filled with the chatter of black-caped students and the soulful tones of fado. The university library, one of the best in Europe, is a Baroque fantasy where the rooms each lead into the next creating a telescope-like effect. The old Cathedral is one of the most important examples of Romanesquc architecture in Portugal. In the Marchado de Castro Museum, you’ll find religious art treasures and can actually explore the ruins of the Roman crypt over which the museum was built. An even more impressive sight is the nearby Roman city of Conimbriga. On the west coast, the town of Figueira da Foz has vast beaches and a famous casino.

Further south is the charming town of Leiria with its crenulated walls towering high above an almost perpendicular rock. From May to October, the roads nearby are lined with pilgrims - many on foot - visiting the famed shrine of Fatima where three shepherd children claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary.
Thirty four kilometres east is Tomar where the bastion of the Knights Templar later became the Convento de Cristo. Tales of mystery and hidden treasures echo around it’s cloisters and its crowning glory is the ornate Manueline window.

Another magical place is the Castle of Almmourol, just south, which stands on a tiny island and is steeped in legends of giants and knights.

Further opulent architecture can he discovered at Batalha in the Santa Maria da Vitoria Monastery, with its flying buttresses, gargoyles, pinnacles and the intricate stonework of its cloisters. Close to this is one of Portugal’s most awe-inspiring monuments: the Monastery of Alcobaca, which has been given UNESCO world heritage status. The kitchen, with ovens big enough to roast six oxen at once, even has two streams converging through it into one. The monastery also contains the tombs of King Pedro and Ines de Castro whose passionate love story has inspired writers and poets all over the world. Many of the farming methods and agricultural science of the region introduced by the Cistercian monks are still in evidence today.

The delightful town of Obidos, with white houses adorned with bougainvilleas and honeysuckle was captured from the Moors by the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, in 1148. D. Dinis later presented it to his wife, Queen Santa Isabel. From then until 1883, the town of Obidos and the surrounding land was always the property of the queens of Portugal.

Encircled by a ring of medieval walls and crowned by the Moorish castle rebuilt by D. Dinis, which is now a pousada, Obidos is one of the most perfect examples of our medieval fortress. As in olden times, the town is entered through the southern gate of Santa Maria, embellished with eighteenth-century azulejo decoration.

Inside the walls, which at sunset take on a golden colouring, one can sense a cheerful medieval ambience of winding streets, old whitewashed houses bordered with blue or yellow, Manueline embrasures and windows, reminding us that King D. Manuel I (sixteenth century) carried out major works here, and masses of colourful flowers and plants.

Be sure to visit the Igreja Matriz de Santa Maria (Parish Church of Santa Maria), the pretty Capela de Sao Martinho (Chapel of S. Martinho) and, outside the town walls, the Igreja do Senhor da Pedra (Church of the Senhor da Pedra).

Among the events that take place every year in Obidos, the most important are the Holy Week Festivities (recreating the steps on the Way of the Cross), the Ancient Music Festival in October and, for the more gluttonous, the International Chocolate festival in November, which includes an international competition in which the recipes are judged by an international jury of experts.

Fatima - With its origins deep in history, it was during the Arabian occupation that this settlement developed and was named. According to legend, during the Christian Reconquest, the Templar knight Goncalo Hermingues, also known as Bringer-of-Moors, fell in love with Fatima, a Moor captured in the course of an ambush. Reciprocating the love, the young woman converted to Christianity and adopted the name Oureana.

In the sixteenth century, the settlement became a parish in the collegiate church of Ourem within the Diocese of Leiria.

Its subsequent development dates from the events known as the Apparitions of Fatima, in the early part of the twentieth century. It has become one of the key centres for the Cult of the Virgin Mary in Portugal and has been recognised world-wide by the Catholic Church.

The first apparition took place in 1917, in Cova da Iria, at the site of the current Sanctuary. The most important celebrations are held on 13th May (including the Candlelit Procession on the night of the 12th and the Farewell Procession closing the event on the 13th) and 13th October. Furthermore, the 13th of every month between these two dates is also a day of devotion.

For those interested in the historical context of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, visits can be made to the houses of the shepherd witnesses in the village of Aljustrel.

In the gardens of Casa de Lucia, there is a monument commemorating the second apparition of the Angel of Peace and the end of the Via Sacra which begins in the Sanctuary.

Along this route, there are 14 chapels donated by Hungarian Catholic refugees in the West. Of particular note is Valinhos, 400 metres from the village where monuments commemorate the fourth apparition in 1917 as well as the place chosen by the angel. Here, in 1916, the shepherds saw the Angel of Peace for the first and third times.

On the coast is the fishing village of Nazare where you’ll find fishermen in knee length plaid trousers, and women in full skirts and seven petticoats, mending nets. The walled town of Obidos should also not he missed, with its narrow streets of brightly white-washed houses and striking towers of the Castle that’s now a splendid Pousada Take just a short trip south and you can explore the active fishing port of Peniche which has a dominating 16th century fort built for protection against marauding pirates. The Silvercoast is one of the most peaceful and romantic places of all.

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Villa For Sale in Foz Do Arelho

Anonymous — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:00:00 GMT

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• 250 sq. m., 4 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story "Villa" - €550,000

Foz Do Arelho , Caldas Da Rainha - Silvercoast – Lagoon of Obidos / Foz do Arelho - Sea and Lagoon view villas – just coming up on the market!!!
Quick decision necessary…

6 Luxury modern styled Designer Villas – Silvercoast – 1 minute walking distance to the lagoon of Obidos and 3 minutes driving time to the beach
(2 Villas already sold – remaining only 4!!!)

Plot size of each villa: between 900 – 1.200 m2 (different sizes)

1 minutes walking time to the lagoon of Obidos
3 minutes driving time to the beach of Foz do Arelho
5 minutes driving time to the main town Caldas da Rainha
10 minutes driving time to Obidos
10 minutes driving time to the main motorway A 8 (Lisbon – Porto)
45 minutes driving time to the intern. airport of Lisbon

6 Luxury detached villas located a few minutes away from the beach village Foz do Arelho, as well as from Caldas da Rainha.

Cellar:
Large Garage (remote control)
Machine / storage room
Storage

Ground floor:
Large living room with open fire place and lagoon views
Full equipped kitchen (including appliances) with larder and laundry
Dining room
Common Bathroom (W.C.)

1st floor:
4 bedrooms with incorporated wardrobes (2 en suite – 1 with Jacuzzi)
2 bath rooms
2 Balconies with lagoon and sea view

Swimming pool (4 x 8 meters) – including lightening system
BBQ
Remote Control Main entrance and Garage
Under floor heating
Central Hoover
Thermo accumulator
Wind protections (Wood with Glass panels)
All electric appliances included (German trademark TECCA)
Electric shutters

Great areas and luxury finishing. The properties are located on a tarmac road without exit – totally peaceful

Price: 1 villa at 550.000 Euros, 1 villa at 580.000 and 1 villa at 650.000 Euros (first line)

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