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Villa Madalena

Dunas Douradas
Vale do Lobo and Area, Algarve, Portugal

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This beautiful two storey villa is surrounded by pretty gardens and there are views to the sea from the upper terrace. Located in the exclusive resort of Dunas Douradas, which has attractive communal areas with a large Romanesque pool, a children’s pool, snack bar, tennis courts, mini-market and a highly-regarded restaurant. The villa is within walking distance of the fantastic, golden beach, with a selection of beach bars and restaurants along the dunes. The resort is located between Quinta do Lago and Vale do Lobo and is the perfect location to soak up the warm Algarve sun. This villa is conveniently located close to the communal pool and tennis courts, making it ideal for families with older children who want to meet other young people.

Interior

This delightful, two-storey villa is bright and spacious with attractive and comfortable furnishings. On the ground floor, there’s a modern and well-equipped kitchen, a formal dining area and down a couple of steps is the spacoious and comfortable living room with patio doors to the garden. It also benefits from local cable TV with la good selection of UK channels. Villa Madalena DD502 has three bedrooms. Two of the bedrooms are on the ground floor, one has a double bed, the other has twin beds and they share a family shower room. The master bedroom is on the upper floor, it has a double bed and patio doors out to a private roof terrace, with views over the pool, gardens and down to the sea.

Exterior

This lovely property has extensive private gardens with many mature trees, which create cool shady areas and a good level of privacy. The covered terrace offers a choice of seating areas and the covered dining area with a barbecue, presents the perfect setting for al fresco dining and relaxation. The attractive, kidney shaped swimming pool measures 8x4 metres and is entered by steps in the shallow end and has surrounding tiled sun terrace with ample loungers.

Amenities

Set in the exclusive Dunas Douradas resort, in a delightful wooded valley leading down to the sea with the beautiful sandy beach less than 1km away. At the heart of Dunas Douradas is a communal area with an elegant Romanesque swimming pool with separate children's pool, spacious sun terrace complete with loungers and a pool-side snack bar. With the mini-market selling a selection of essentials and the fine Xenia Restaurant open in the evenings there's almost all you need on the doorstep. There are also tennis courts and pro coaching is available but please book in advance. From the centre of Dunas, it's a 10 minute walk to the beach where there are 2 restaurants, Maria's in an enticing spot right on the beach and a new restaurant in the Dunas Beach Club. Dunas Douradas is located right on the eastern side of Vale do Lobo, so there's easy access to the facilities at the beachside Praca, the golf club, Barringtons and in Tennis Valley where there's a Chinese restaurant within walking distance of the villas.
Less than a ten minute drive away is more exclusive shopping and dining in the “Quinta do Lago Shopping” Plaza with its sophisticated atmosphere, the resort of Quinta do Lago has extensive watersports facilities, wind surfing, jet skis, pedaloes and sailing on the lake and at the beach and there are 4 championship golf courses. Also within a 10 minute drive is the horse riding centre and a Go-Kart track. A fifteen minute drive takes you to the resort of Vilamoura and 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. This area also has a number of water parks with the nearest one, Aquashow at Vilasol, several others can be found on the N 125 heading west. 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 dolphins.

Services

Villa Madalena DD502 is provided with maid service four times a week and a mid week towel change is included. 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 will be checked and the damage deposit returned by mail during the week following your departure.