host:

facilities:

rate:

Per Night**	(until May 09)	(May until Sept 09)
one room	€35	€40
two rooms	€65	€70

* Breakfast is toast, butter and conserves, fresh fruit, fruit juice, tea and coffee.

 ** Minimum two night stay.

description:

• Our renovated farmhouse is set within three acres of farmland and is on the outskirts of Vila do Bispo, a village in the West Algarve.
• We are pleased to offer comfortable bed & breakfast accomodation in our two guest rooms. One of the rooms is a twin, the other a double. They share a spacious shower room, plus a living and dining room, complete with Sky freeview television and wireless internet access.
• As well as eating and drinking (there are ten restaurants in Vila do Bispo alone), the area is famous for its excellent (20+) beaches. On the edge of the Natural Parque do Sudoeste Alentejano / Costa Vincenta, the area is perfect for horse-riding, surfing, walking, cylcing and golf (there is a golf resort and spa just 5 minutes away).
• We would be very happy to arrange horse-riding or surfing on your behalf.
• Places of interest:
  • Budens - A village with picturesque streets, an antique fountain and tank for washing clothes. Nearby stand abandoned windmills and a typical lime kiln.
  • Raposeira - One of the places in the south-western Algarve where Prince Henry the Navigator lived. There are several houses with 15th and 16th century doors.
  • Hermitage of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadeloupe) - According to local tradition this was a place of prayer for Prince Henry the Navigator.
  • Barão de São Miguel - A typical village surrounded by rolling hills covered with cistus.
  • Torre de Aspa - Ruins of a watchtower on a hill overlooking the sea (elevation 486 feet), and affording a panoramic vista of the coast as far as Cabo de São Vicente and Sagres.
  • Burgau - Fortification built in the reign of King João IV (17th century).
    
  • Ponta da Almadena - Ruins of a fort built at the command of King João III (16th century).
  • Figueira - Remains of a 16th century fortification. Access difficult.
  • Zavial - Ruins of a 17th century fortification. The ruins of a large masonry tower, formerly part of a watchtower, are visible at Ponte da Torre.
  • Barranco - Ruins of a 17th century fortress.
  • Baleeira - Remains of a fortification and a lookout tower
  • Belixe - Fortress dating from the 16th/17th centuries. Shield of arms of King Sebastião (16th century) on the entrance gate. Chapel of Santa Catarina cubic in shape, recalling the cells of Moslem ascetics.
  • Rio - an important Roman villa with frescoes and mosaics, bathhouse, warehouses and a fish salting and conserving factory.
  • Sagres - Praia do Martinhal - a major Roman pottery centre, with 3 kilns. On the islets opposite the beach are remains of tanks used for salting fish.
  • Praia da Mareta - ruins of silos and medieval tile and brick kilns.
    

how to get there:

You get onto the EN125 West of Lagos and the remaining drive takes about 20 minutes on a good, straight road.

We are within easy reach of ancient Aljezur and the stunning mountains of Monchique.

For local streetmap click here.