Tavira Garden Family-friendly Holiday Rental Apartment
Photos, Maps see www.portugolf.co.uk
This holiday rental apartment is located in Tavira Garden, a luxurious Swedish-developed family-friendly, holiday apartment rental complex in the old Roman town of Tavira. Set in lush, mature gardens, Tavira Garden offers excellent vacation facilities including 2 adult pools, 2 kids pools, fitness room, tennis, boules, 2 kids play areas, BBQ areas, ample safe parking, etc. Tavira Garden is only 35 minutes from Faro airport (taxi Euro50 in 2015) and 10-15 minutes on foot from the old centre of the historic town of Tavira. There is a supermarket at 300m, a shopping mall (hypermarket, shops, food court, cinemas, etc) at 800m.
Apartment Tavira Garden 15A has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lounge, dining room and a balcony with sea view. With 110sqm/1200sqft, this duplex apartment is luxuriously equipped to accommodate 4 to 6 guests. The individual front door opens directly onto the gardens beside one of the pool areas. Internally, the front door opens into a lobby area off which are the dining room and the kitchen. From this lobby area, steps lead down to the living area and up to the bedrooms. The living area and both bedrooms are air-conditioned; with the exception of the kitchen, all windows are fitted with �blackout curtains�. WiFi Internet free at Reception (weakly accessible in lounge); dedicated WiFi 'HotSpot' in apt GB£20 for the first week, thereafter £15.
The master bedroom has AC, double bed, individual bedside tables and reading lamps, wardrobe, chest of drawers, mirror, etc. There is a bathroom en suite off this bedroom with bath, shower, WC, bidet, shaver socket, mirror, etc.
The second bedroom has AC, twin beds with shared bedside locker and reading lamp, wardrobe, chest of drawers, mirror, etc. The second bathroom is adjacent to this bedroom; it has shower, WC, shaver socket, mirror, etc.
A fifth or sixth guest can be accommodated at an additional charge of GBP 3,50 per night (min GBP 24,50). The dining room has a two-seater couch which doubles as a pull-out bed capable of accommodating two children or one adult; a camp-bed is also available.
Bed-linen and towels are are changed in mid-stay on longer stays when the apartment is also cleaned. NOTE: Bring your own beach towels.
The dining room has an elegant glass-topped 6-seater dining table. Crockery, cutlery, glassware, etc, is provided to cater comfortably for six people.
The living room has two couches (1x3-seater, 1x2-seater), stools, graceful standard lamps, occasional tables, prints, etc. Equipment includes CD/DVD player and Sat TV with UK channels but also D/Fr/NL/Es/Pt channels. An informal library of books, CD's, etc, is available.
A full set of cooking utensils is provided and appliances include 4-plate electric hob + oven, microwave, cordless kettle, coffee percolator + grinder, toaster, juicer, blender, fondue set, etc. There are also fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, iron/board, drying frame, etc. The complex also has a self service launderette where a washer and drier may be used at a small charge.
The access area for the apartment is pedestrianised with ample free safe parking nearby. The complex grounds, the gardens and the common areas are well lit at night.
Tavira boasts Phoenician, Roman, Moorish, Crusader and other remains (including a Roman bridge still in everyday use but now pedestrianised). The town abounds with restaurants, old churches, bric-a-brac shops and boutiques, and the town council organises a steady stream of entertainment during the season (street theatre, exhibitions, concerts, folk music and dancing, film festival, circus, etc). Fishing is still a major local source of employment and this is reflected in the menus of the very reasonably priced restaurants. The nearby Ilha da Tavira (Tavira Island, reached by 10 minute ferry ride or by an old train straight out of a kids cartoon) boasts 8 miles/12 km of some of the best and least crowded beaches in the Algarve. The Ria Formosa Nature Park, the historic and picturesque Guadiana Valley with its walled towns, and the Algarve hills, are all within easy reach. Express buses and trains permit day trips to Seville or Lisbon. Three golf courses lie within 5 to 10 minutes drive (Benaor, Quinta da Cima, Quinta da Ria), a furtehr four within 20 mins (Quinta Vale, Monte Rei, Castro Marim, Colina Verde) � one hour will bring you to almost all of the well known course in the Algarve or to Isla da Canela and Islantilla just over the border in Spain.
Note re facilities:
Tumble drier in launderette;
Sauna, Jacuzzi are in fitness room.
Usage fees apply for tennis and fitness room.
Photos, Maps see http://www.PortuGolf.com
