Holiday apartment Sao martinho do porto, Lisbon (90 km), Costa de Prata, Portugal.

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This property benefits from an ideal location in beautiful Sao Martinho Do Porto.

The apartment has 3 bedrooms (2 king size beds & 2 single beds) and 2 bathrooms and is well equipped with TV, DVD, CD player etc. Perfect for families wishing to make the most of the pool & beach in the day and restaurants & bars in the evening!

See more on our own website at www.rental-retreats.co.uk.

The best way to spend your days in Sao Martinho are to enjoy eating out with the incredibly cheap shellfish and drink the famous green wine -vinho verde whilst enjoying the sun or sunset over the bay. But if you want to venture out elsewhere here are our recommendations...

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 - lovely 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


Lisbon
We recommend a day visit to Lisbon. It's only an hour away by regular coach service. Lisbon enjoys the best winter climate of any European city so it stays busy throughout the year. You can walk across the centre in half an hour and it's very beautiful with no skyscrapers. The hills of the Alfama and Bairro Alto are mazes of lanes and alleys - try the pastries at the Art-Nouveau cafés. Taxis are plentiful and cheap, but the old trams with wooden benches are great fun, offer better views, and are even cheaper.

Nothing is more Portuguese than port, and the Port Wine Institute (Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara 45) has every imaginable variety - ruby, white, tawny or vintage. It also offers wine by the glass.


Your locality...

Watersports
Many watersports are available on the beach.

Supermarket
There are a couple of small supermarkets in Sao Martinho itself. Larger hypermarkets are close by. A daily market opearted in the centre of Sao Martinho daily so you can pop out for fresh warm bread, cakes, meat, fish & veg.

Restaurants & Tourist Information
There are lots of lovely restaurants which feature Portuguese food (with English translation on request) and there are Italian restaurants too. Portugal is the cheapest Westen European country so many holiday makers choose to eat out most nights.

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!



Nearest Airport: Lisbon 60 mins drive

Nearest Beach: Sao Martinho Do Porto 6 mins walk

Nearest Shops: 5 mins walk

Hire Car: Not necessary

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.

There is a 85 Euro final cleaning charge payable on arrival.

A 20% booking deposit is required to secure your booking and the balance is payable 5 weeks before your holiday.

Please note: There is an additional final cleaning charge of 85 Euros to be paid on arrival.

NEW YEAR - Please note if your holiday includes 31st December then a minimum charge of one weeks rental applies. You may for a shorter period than 1 week however the price will still be one week.

Facilities: Washing Machine. Dishwasher.

Outdoors: Communal Pool. Parking.

Entertainment: DVD Player. CD Player.

Activities Nearby: Golf. Tennis. Water Sports. Horse Riding.

Allowed: Children Welcome. Long Lets Available.

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