Great base for exploring the little known delights of Central Portugal

Very well-equipped, fully private villa. Tucked away, but easy to find, everything works very well, the pool is lovely, nice views and a shaded area to relax in outside. We stayed in the height of summer, but if you are there in winter there are radiators and extensive opportunities for televisual entertainment in the evening. I've not much to add to the previous reviews - all still just as good in August 2025!

Excellent house which is well equipped and perfect location to visit the center of Portugal.

This house was perfect. We've been renting holiday houses for about 10 years and this is possibly the best. Our family of four (kids aged 10 and 12) loved the size of the house, the cleanliness, the fruit trees in the garden and the amazing views but best of all we loved the fact that it has everything: a wide range of books, loads of DVDs, games, every last kitchen utensil and a bundle of hammocks. The house sits in its own land complete with olive groves and a quiet bench where you can sit with a drink and gaze over the hills. We stayed for two weeks in August 2019, the weather was mainly good though patchy - we were happy to hang out by the pool or play games indoors. We ventured out to Tomar, the National Forest of Buçaco and Coimbra all of which were great but family favourites were the beach at the São Pedro de Moel (great restaurants for lunch) and the huge dinosaur tracks at Serra de Aire. We'd not been to Portugal before but found it exceptionally relaxed and easygoing. The motorways are largely empty with very few macho tailgaters found elsewhere in Europe. We hired a car from Goldcar at Lisbon airport which was (relatively) painless - and shopped at Intermarché (Ansião) - 15 mins from the house (which had everything, including patience for dithering non-Portuguese speaking Brits). Every house has a downside, you can't always have everything, but any niggles with this place aren't worth worrying about. We were looking for a big house, in a quiet village, lost in a beautiful, remote, authentic region and we found everything we were looking for. Dan, Herts.

We were a family of four and enjoyed every minute of our stay. Information level from the owner was excellent. The property had everything needed to feel both at home and on holiday. The pool was perfect and the outdoor seating areas met every need. Bakery in walking distance and various supermarkets reachable within short drives. It would have been nice with a restaurant within walking distance (hence the 4 stars on location). We highly recommend this house and hope to be able to come back some day.