Many dream of a fresh life in a village in Central Portugal where they would have the opportunity to relax, live the good life and buy quality produce locally. In fact, Lagares is one such village, where individuals deliver items such as fresh bread, meat, fish, and groceries to the doorstep. Although rural and rustic enough to provide you with peace and quiet, Lagares is also near to the convenient routes of the IP3 and IP6 which provide uncomplicated entry to leading routes around Portugal, including major cities and airports.
What benefits does this pleasing area have to lure you ? Well, how about being able to take a ten-minute stroll taking you to nearby Travanca do Mondego? This nearby community boasts a small shop for items not delivered to the doorstep, a couple of charming cafe's doubling as bars, and fine primary school opportunities for children.
What benefits does this pleasing area have to lure you ? Well, how about being able to take a ten-minute stroll taking you to nearby Travanca do Mondego? This nearby community boasts a small shop for items not delivered to the doorstep, a couple of charming cafe's doubling as bars, and fine primary school opportunities for children.
For those seeking outdoor activities you will find a wide range of choices available to suit all ages, such as biking, equine activities and many relaxing walks around the many tracks and forest walks. Locally, one will come across a range of water activities to keep you busy, including fly-fishing and canoeing in the waters of the reservoir of the Aguiera dam. This reservoir is created by the Rivers Alva and Mondego. There are many good restaurants and bars locally the closest restaurant is in Silveirinho, or you can enjoy BBQ's most of the year round due to the warm and sunny climate.
Lagares has incredible views of mountainside to be enjoyed. These can be reached in just 25 minutes where you will find the Montebelo golf course. Set between the Serra da Estrela and Serra do Caramulo mountain ranges, this course offers you a unique opportunity to encounter this popular sport amongst the most stunning scenes in the country.
Sao Pedro de Alva is merely 4 km away. And here you can locate secondary education, health care, banks, a post office and various shops with more choices of refreshment in local bars and cafe's in and around the main square. For more serious shopping and metropolitan facilities, the larger towns Mortagua, Penacova, Santa Comba Dao, and the City of Coimbra are just a half hour's drive too. Visitors find Coimbra of particular interest, as it hosts the second oldest university in the world, the Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra University was founded in 1290. Also the ancient buildings of this beautiful city are guaranteed to charm and stay with you a long time to come. Close by\Just 10 min's away is Conimbriga, where you could pay a visit to the remarkable Roman ruins open for visitors.
The famous Serra da Estrella National Park is only an hours drive from Lagares and through part of the year there are great skiing facilities open to the public. In under an hour you can reach the coast at Figueira da Foz and
Lagares has incredible views of mountainside to be enjoyed. These can be reached in just 25 minutes where you will find the Montebelo golf course. Set between the Serra da Estrela and Serra do Caramulo mountain ranges, this course offers you a unique opportunity to encounter this popular sport amongst the most stunning scenes in the country.
Sao Pedro de Alva is merely 4 km away. And here you can locate secondary education, health care, banks, a post office and various shops with more choices of refreshment in local bars and cafe's in and around the main square. For more serious shopping and metropolitan facilities, the larger towns Mortagua, Penacova, Santa Comba Dao, and the City of Coimbra are just a half hour's drive too. Visitors find Coimbra of particular interest, as it hosts the second oldest university in the world, the Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra University was founded in 1290. Also the ancient buildings of this beautiful city are guaranteed to charm and stay with you a long time to come. Close by\Just 10 min's away is Conimbriga, where you could pay a visit to the remarkable Roman ruins open for visitors.
The famous Serra da Estrella National Park is only an hours drive from Lagares and through part of the year there are great skiing facilities open to the public. In under an hour you can reach the coast at Figueira da Foz and
Sao Pedro de Alva is merely 4 km away. And here you can locate secondary education, health care, banks, a post office and various shops with more choices of refreshment in local bars and cafe's in and around the main square. For more serious shopping and metropolitan facilities, the larger towns Mortagua, Penacova, Santa Comba Dao, and the City of Coimbra are just a half hour's drive too. Visitors find Coimbra of particular interest, as it hosts the second oldest university in the world, the Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra University was founded in 1290. Also the ancient buildings of this beautiful city are guaranteed to charm and stay with you a long time to come. Close by\Just 10 min's away is Conimbriga, where you could pay a visit to the remarkable Roman ruins open for visitors.
The famous Serra da Estrella National Park is only an hours drive from Lagares and through part of the year there are great skiing facilities open to the public. In under an hour you can reach the coast at Figueira da Foz and Praia da Tocha.
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The famous Serra da Estrella National Park is only an hours drive from Lagares and through part of the year there are great skiing facilities open to the public. In under an hour you can reach the coast at Figueira da Foz and Praia da Tocha.
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Casa do Poco Velho is a stunning 4 bedroom Property in Central Portugal close to the lovely university city of Coimbra. It is situated in a lovely area at the end of a friendly village and is the last house on a track leading into the forest with stunning views over the surrounding forests to the distant Serra da Lousa mountains. Property Central Portugal.