Quinta Velha, meaning Old Farm, is a beautifully restored Old (over 100 years) Portuguese farmhouse converted into 4 period homes, 3 of which are holiday homes and can be rented, subject to availability.
Nestling at the foot of the Monchique Mountains, close to Alvor, Portimao,Praia da Rocha, Meia Praia in Lagos you are never far (20 minutes by car) from the many beaches in the Algarve.
Algarve Apartments are ideally situated for your relaxed and peaceful holiday stay and yet near to most facilities including restaurants, water parks and shopping centres.
QV has its own gardens with orange. lemon, fig, apple & exotic fruit trees, paved terraces front & back, securely fenced, with off road parking, communal swimming pool and large barbecue.
Each holiday home has its own both front & back terrace so you can follow the sun all day long, relax in the shade with a cool beer or local wine. Vineyard Torre de Morgado is 10 minutes down the road as are 3 golf courses and Alcalar historic site.
Quinta Velha was a working farm with cow sheds, horse stables, hay lofts and a rectangular water tower to store water for farm animals during the dry hot summers. The buildings have very thick walls and been sympathetically converted & modernised using local Santa Catarina tiles (inside and outside) on floors and roofs, with wooden ceilings. Over 2000 hand painted tiles produced by the owners in their studio (formerly horse stable and groom's sleeping quarters, using Portuguese & old Dutch Delft blue designs, can be found on walls, bench seats & on the external staircase, leading to the veranda on the top of the old water tower.
Girassol was the original heart of the old farm and has been sympathetically restored with disabled holiday makers in mind, so the entire floor area is on one level, with no doorsteps, 90 cm wide internal doors.
Both front and back doors are accessible by wheelchair via a paved footpath from the car parking area around the old water tower and terraces.
The bathroom has a wet floor shower with support bars and a shower wheel chair is available in addition to a number of aids, such as bed blocks to increase bed height and a toilet seat height extender.
Via permanent ramps harmoniously arranged as part of the front terraces, wheelchair users can get the covered barbecue area and the swimming pool.
Monte Canelas is in the rising foothills of the Monchique Mountains (highest point in the Algarve and 920 meters above sea level) close to the ancient and historical Neolithic burial grounds of Alcalar. (National monument)
The windy roads to Monchique with woods either side offer great vistas as far as the Ocean at special viewing stops
Excellent walking country with footpaths well marked by white orientation points several local restaurants are actually with walking distance of Quinta Velha. We have maps listing walking treks and mountain bikes or canoe trips can be hired locally for those wishing a more energetic activity.
Within easy driving distance of many beaches ( Alvor, Meia Praia, Praia da Rocha, de Vau and many more)
golf courses like Penina, Palmares, Torre de Morgado, Alamos, at most 20 minutes drive - the towns centres of Portimao (new shopping centres, old town centre narrow street small shops,harbour and Sardine Museum) & Lagos,
Roman ruins at Abicada, the water reservoir Bravura near Odiacexe (Pancake restaurant Hansel & Gretel and walks along the banks of the water reservoir, as well as the Algarve Autodrome - car & bike racing and carting circuit.
