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Our bed and breakfast in Portugal's rural
Alentejo region is a large, romantic country
house 4km outside the historic walled town
of Elvas with views into Spain, set in two
hectares with olive and orange groves and
our own swimming pool.. We are
approximately 2.5 hours from Seville airport
and 2 hours from Lisbon
airport, both via empty motorways.
New 2007 - a one-bedroom cottage
(sleeps 2+2) in the grounds next to the
olive grove. Double bedroom with air
conditioning,
en-suite bathroom, kitchen, sitting room
with sofa bed. Upstairs terrace, covered
patio area to front, open patio to rear, BBQ. Use of the pool.
Washing machine available in the main house.
New 2008 -
Poolside recreation area, paved, shaded,
huge BBQ, fridge, boules court, darts, golf
pitching.
Around the house
we have swallows nesting in the well
and a pair of owls that sit above the marble
table in our courtyard awaiting twilight
with the bats. Collect eggs from our
free range hens and meet Shah our male
peacock. You’ll pretty much have the
house and grounds to yourselves starting
with breakfast. Private space to read or to
be, inside or out, is plentiful, as is shade
in the mature gardens when needed. We pick oranges
and lemons from our twenty or so trees (plus
seasonal figs, quinces, pomegranates,
almonds, loquats, grapefruit, asparagus,
kumquats, tomatoes, pimentoes) and
have a stall on the village market every
other week for our plants. We are
around when you want and our small garden
nursery leaves us time for advice if
invited. We know the surrounding area and
are happy to advise on walks, visits, dining
out, horse riding and any local events.
Cool box available for picnics by the Guardiana
or elsewhere.
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