Luxury villa with swimming pool north of portugal

The accommodation

Modern holiday house in the countryside and on the border with Spain (Galiza). Large windows create a bright, friendly and homely atmosphere. Quality construction with fine materials (marble and granite). This property is a great base from which to explore northern Portugal and Spain.

The property is situated on a hillside, in a small village which contains one local bars (30m), restaurants (200m), church (50m) and necessity shopping (30m). The nearest town is Valenca (5km) where the bridge to the Spanish town of Tuy is situated. Both towns have an abundance of shops supermarkets and restaurants. Valenca has a fortified walled city section and Tuy a castle. The beaches of the Costa Verde (Green Coast) start off in Caminha (35km ) at the estuary of the Miño river. There are a great many interesting places to visit.

Setting

This modern villa is located at the top of the village and has a stunning views to the village and to Spain. The nearby town of Valenca (5km away) contains a well preserved fortress which features excellent shopping opportunities within the fortified walls. There is also an open air market which takes place on Wednesday. Just across the old iron bridge from Valenca is the Spanish border town of Tuy with its beautiful Cathedral.

The closest airports are Porto, Portugal and Vigo, Spain. Vigo is the nearest (45km/30 mls) but Oporto (Porto) has the best direct flight connections with regular services of the low cost airlines Ryanair, Monarch, etc. At either one of these airports a car can be hired and the journey to the Villa is very straight forward. It will take about 30 minutes from Vigo and 1 hour from Porto.

Activities and attractions

The nearest beach is just 35 km away in Caminha and runs south through Viana do Castelo almost to Porto where the established Port Merchants can be visited such as Sandeman, Croft, Cockburns etc.

There are many other attractions such as the ancient cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, the Port of Bayona from which one of Christopher Columbus's ships departed in the late 1400's (see the replica on display) and Gires the famous nearby nature reserve.