Mountain Bike Guides Lake District
About Central Portugal
Dreaming of living in Central Portugal might seem like a designer fantasy, one that is filled with home delivered groceries provided by the local small village. Lagares is a village just like this, where individuals bring fresh bread, meat, fish, and groceries to your door. This charming and welcoming rustic community is beautifully situated close enough to the connecting routes of IP3 and IC6 leading to the rest of Portugal.
What might you find in this charming area which could prove a interest to living there? To start with, how about the ability to take a ten-minute walk that leads you to Travanca do Mondego? Here you will come across two cafe/bars two small supermarkets, along with educational facilities and several park areas.
Not only that but the rural nature of the area lends it to a variety of outdoor activities, such as hiking, cycling and horseback riding amongst the surrounding miles of forest. In a matter of minutes, you can reach many waterside locations where you can enjoy a number of aquatic activities including sailing, kayaking, wake boarding, fly fishing or swimming. The Mondego and Alva rivers form a conjunction that creates one of the country’s major man made lakes. In addition to finding self-tended spots along the shoreline for swimming, sunbathing, running a small dingy, or enjoying a BBQ, there is the Montebelo Aguiera lake resort and marina plus plenty of other restaurants and bars in the area.
There are in just a 25-minute drive, and nestled among them is the 27-hole Montebelo golf course. Set between the Serra da Estrela and Serra do Caramulo ranges, this course grants a unique opportunity to play this sport among the most stunning scenes in Portugal.
The small town of Pedro de Alva is only four km from Lagares. Here you can access all necessary conveniences, for instance schools, health care facilities, and cafe’s, in addition to grocery stores, banks, shops and malls and even a post office. For larger supermarkets and choice of facilities you can reach Penacova, Mortagua, Santa Comba Dao or Coimbra within 15 to 30 min’s. Visitors find Coimbra of particular interest, hosting the second oldest universityworldwide, the Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra University was founded in 1290. Coimbra City, presents you with a number of visual and culinary experiences to enjoy Close byJust 10 min’s away is Conimbriga, where you could visit the noteworthy Roman ruins open for visitors.
From Lagares you can visit the Serra da Estrella National Park an hour away with skiing facilities available part of the year. A drive west will lead you to coastal locations where you will come across fantastic seaside to explore including Praia da Tocha and Figueira da Foz.
Casa do Poço Velho is a stunning spacious 4 bedroom house in Portugal set in about half an acre of south facing, fertile land near to the beautiful city of Coimbra. It is located in a lovely area at the end of the small and friendly village of Lagares and is the last house on a track leading into the forest with fantastic views over the surrounding forests to the distant Serra da Lousa mountains. Property in Central Portugal.
mountain bike ride in coniston, lake district
