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Casa Opal

Vale do Garrao
Vale do Lobo and Area, Algarve, Portugal

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Casa Opal is a delightful, beautifully furnished, four bedroom villa located in Vale do Garrao, a quiet community of holiday villas close to a 5 star Spa Hotel, the restaurant and facilities in Dunas Douradas and the beautiful beach. The golden beach is less than a kilometre away and can be reached by walking through woodlands or along the road. There’s an impressive selection of international restaurants, championship golf courses, tennis, horse riding, shops and bars close by for you to enjoy if the mood takes you.

Interior

This delightful, two storey villa is well presented and offers high standard holiday accommodation in a lovely secluded setting. It has a spacious air-conditioned living room with a fireplace and limited satellite TV, a formal dining area and patio doors to the pretty garden and pool terrace. There’s a large, fully-fitted kitchen with a breakfast table, utility room and access to the terrace. Casa Opal has four pretty bedrooms. The master bedroom is located upstairs. It has a queen-size bed, en-suite bathroom with a bath and walk-in shower, TV with full satellite package, air conditioning and a very large private sun terrace. There’s an adjacent bedroom with a small double bed, which is suited to young children or just one adult. Two bedrooms are located on the ground floor, a double bedroom and a twin bedroom, with a full shower room and a bathroom.

Exterior

The gardens of this lovely villa are charming, very private and provide sunny and shaded areas of terrace and lawns in which to enjoy the balmy Algarve climate. Doors from the villa lead out to out to a partially shaded dining terrace and barbecue, beside the swimming pool. The pool measures 9x5 metres and is accessed by steps in the shallow end. To the side of the pool terrace is an enclosed lawn with shade from mature trees.

Amenities

Casa Opal is well located in this quiet community, just a short walk to five star Ria Park Hotel with a restaurant and bar and an impressive health spa set over three floors and, Dunas Douradas resort with restaurant, snack bar and mini-market. You can also walk to the beautiful sandy beach where you can hire sun loungers and enjoy lunch at one of a number of beach-side restaurants. Just a few minutes drive to the west of here is Vale do Lobo, perhaps the best known resort in the Algarve with a wonderful choice of amenities, two golf courses, a tennis academy with pro coaching, there's a new spa and wellness centre within the Vale do Lobo Shopping centre which also has some fine boutiques and a wine merchant, whilst down by the beach is the famous Praca, a dining and entertainment centre with a choice of restaurants, bars and cafes. Ten minutes to the east is “Quinta Shopping” and “Bouganvillea Plaza” which offer a wide choice of classy boutiques as well as bustling restaurants and cafes, which are very popular with families. Quinta do Lago is a huge resort area that contains several luxury resorts and prestigious detached villas amongst the 72 holes of world-class golf on offer. Close to the beach is a large lake where a variety of watersports are available including windsurfing, sailing and pedaloes can be hired, there’s also a well sited restaurant café at the water’s edge where you can relax and watch the activities. Beach access is via a long wooden bridge that straddles the waters of the nature reserve below, and there are fabulous views towards the open sea. Once on the beach there's a superb restaurant open daily with a wonderful choice of fresh fish. Also within 10 minute’s drive is a horse riding centre and a Go-Kart track.

This area also has a number of impressive water parks with the nearest one “Aquashow”at Vilasol, several others can be found on the N 125 heading west. A fifteen minute drive takes you to the resort of Vilamoura with its bustling marina and a variety of marine excursions, including big game fishing, charter yachts and dolphin spotting. Vilamoura is best known for its golf courses of which there are five. A twenty-five minute drive west takes you to the small town of Guia, famous for its authentic chicken piri-piri and seafood restaurants as well as some nearby fantastic sandy cove beaches. The Zoo-Marine theme park near Armacao da Pera has a number of family friendly rides, sea-life shows and there is the opportunity to swim with the dolphins.

Services

Maid service is provided three times a week with a mid week towel change. For guests staying longer than one week there is also a weekly linen change. A damage and telephone deposit will be required on arrival; this is taken by blank credit card slip.
The villa benefits from air conditioning in the living room, dining room and master bedroom which is an optional extra.

Car Requirements

Whilst one can walk to many amenities in the area we feel that a car is essential for your stay at this villa.

Location

1 km to the nearest Beach
6 km to the nearest Supermarket
18.60 km from the Airport
500 m to the nearest local Supermarket
200 m to the nearest Restaurant
3.50 km to The Praca

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