Santa Bárbara de Nexe, Algarve, Portugal

A lovely pathway of calçada portuguesa lined with cypress trees leads up to the entrance. Inside, there's a huge, bright, and airy cathedral-style lounge with expansive views over a pretty south-facing terrace. This pretty terrace has a covered dining area, swimming pool, and smashing views along the coastline, looking out over the Ria Formosa Lighthouse on the horizon. The living room is complemented by a wood-burning fireplace and a dining area, which leads to the fully fitted kitchen.

Two bedrooms on the ground floor share a bathroom. Another room houses a guest toilet. Other rooms on the ground floor are another room that could be a possible fourth bedroom, a technical room with a sink, and the possibility of putting in a third bathroom.

An internal staircase leads from the living room up to a light-filled mezzanine on the first floor, used as a study, library, and master bedroom with its own bathroom, looking out toward the hills and the sea. From this mezzanine, there will be an external staircase that drops you outside onto a huge roof terrace boasting splendid 360-degree panoramic views of the ocean and surrounding hills.

Accompanied by a beautifully landscaped garden, this property has a heated overflow swimming pool 10 x 5 m, a pool shower, various open and covered terraces, outbuildings for technical equipment, and a wooden house of 5 x 4 m used as a workshop and for garden utilities. One petanque court is available for enjoyable moments with friends.

The garden has a great variety of flowers, bushes, and fruit trees like oranges, lemons, figs, olive trees, and carob trees. It is equipped with an automatic irrigation system and several groups of lighting. The land is totally fenced, the access being through an automatic gate.

The property comprises a large double garage with a laundry corner, plus another covered parking place. The underfloor heating is connected to a 1000 kg gas cylinder and heated by 10 solar panels for domestic water.

All the windows are double-glazed, mosquito netted, and provide electric shutters. The house also includes air conditioning, an alarm system, and a video camera at the gate. In addition, there is a borehole with mains water connection, a fitted water softener, and descaling filters by Kinetico.

This is, in fact, a property built and cared for with the greatest attention to detail, offering comfort at its best throughout the whole year. The domain in which it is situated is actually pretty unique in atmosphere and set on a large plot of land. Conveniently located from Faro airport, being just 20 minutes away, 25 minutes from the nearest beaches, and 14 minutes from Loulé.