In the heart of the Saloia egion, 6 km far from Malveira and only a few minutes far from the highway A8 Lisbon – Torres Vedras with fast access to the Estoril coast, Sintra and the Lisbon Airport.
The local coastal town of Ericeira is a 20 minute drive it boasts excellent fish and seafood restaurants and many sandy beaches with fabulous surfing. Also Ericeira offers a big and lively outdoor market each Thurday morning; in the village of Sobreiro visitors can enjoy a model miniature village, complete in every detail, created by José Franco.
Golf
If you play golf, you will find several golf courses in the surroundings: Campo Real - 15 minutes, Praia del Rey - 40 minutes, Sintra & Estoril - 45 minutes.
Places to Visit
Mafra - The small town of Mafra is dominated by the Convent, a huge monument which includes a monastery, a royal palace and a church, containing aproximately 880 rooms and 300 monks´ cells.
Alcobaça - Alcobaça grew around a moorish castle and then a christian abbey,: between these two, a clutter of medieval looking streets and ornamented churches like those of Misericórdia and Nossa Senhora da Conceição remind us of its ancient history. The abbey has been declared by the UNESCO as a World Heritage monument and in it lie the richly ornamented tombs of the legendary lovers King Pedro and his murdered mistress Inês.
Batalha - On the way to Leiria, turning a bend on the road, the sight that meets the astonished traveller´s eyes is the monumental monastery of Batalha, a masterpiece of Portuguese gothic architecture. The abbey dominates all the town, and although some disagree of the hotel unit set next to it, there are still interesting 18th-century houses to be seen, with porches and guilhotine windows, besides the Mother Church with a fine manueline portal.
Obidos - Ressembling an open-air museum, this walled medieval town has been preserved to look like a picture-postcard, with its monuments, narrow winding streets and white-washed houses with windows and terraces full of flowers.
... and Lisbon with it's many atttractions.
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