Break Holidays House | your vacation home | your familly cottage @alentejo

Plenty of space and nice sitting out areas. Big pool. Visited some nice restaurants, at the local lake, and in Moura and the surrounding area. Host Francisco was really helpful. We can recommend a sunset boat trip on the lake with Nixon.

This is a great property which is well equipped. Most rooms have air conditioning which worked well [it was 37 degres most days]. The pool is bug although there was only one working outside light which was under the waterline. Some of the vegetation in the pictures is no longer there. The kutvhen is great - big and well equipped. The beds were comfortable and the villa is a 5 minute drive to Moura where we found 3 supermarkets as well as shops in the town, free access to the castle and a well cared for 'jardim'.

Nice house to relax. Big swimming pool Very close to Moura (nearest village) The donkeys are a plus, always nice to have their visit and be able to pet them.

4 adults, 2 kids, 1 week. We spent a brilliant week in the property. The pool is really big, the surroundings beautiful and calm. If you’re looking for a peaceful and quiet vacations with family, I can only recommend this option. Amazing sunset and a beautiful sky during the nights. Property owners are super friendly and always available. Finally, the only neighbours are two super nice donkeys. Bring carrots, they love them.

Spacious house with enormous pool. Peaceful rural location, a short drive to Moura. House was very clean and well equipped. It was serviced half way through our stay. One of the best houses we have rented.

We spent 1 week in this villa and it was the best place we found in Portugal since many years ! The villa is just beautiful, extremely clean, really in a quite area! The swimming pool is just fabulous! Margarida and Francisco have been extremely nice in advising us where to spend good moments in their beautiful region, that you feel they sincerely love! And the location, close to this beautiful lake where you can do paddle, canöe, water ski! Amazing experience!!!!! Kids want to return asap!

Really a fantastic villa, everything you need is there, Francisco and is wife couldn’t have been more helpful, would really recommend to anyone who is looking for a relaxing villa holiday.

Everything was great: the house,the swimming pool, canoë,... Francisco and his wife are great and very nice, go on you'll pass great holidays. Thanks for everything Francisco ?

We were relieved on arrival to discover Fransisco & Margarida's villa was even bigger and more beautiful than the photos suggested, as was the fabulous pool (for sole use) which we played, exercised, relaxed and cooled down in at every opportunity. There were four of us and our two little girls chose a bedroom each and so we all had loads of space, even though we could have easily brought other family members or friends to share with. The living spaces are wonderfully comfortable and everything is extremely well equipped and the villa is very secluded and private, despite our hosts only living a few moments walk away. The town of Moura is very close by car and has plenty of shops and restaurants to choose from. Franscisco and Margarida are wonderful, friendly and helpful hosts, giving us lots of useful hints and tips on where to visit and translating names of the local wildlife, foods and sights. We went on a fantastic sunset canoe trip with Franscisco and his colleague on the Alqueva lake and learned lots more about the history of this beautiful region. During the week we visited the museum Bolotel at Portel and learned all about the cork (cortiça) and the special ecosystem of the cork forest area (the montado). We took a drive up a tiny winding track up to a fabulous viewpoint (and chapel) at São Pedro and surveyed the habitat with the cork trees all around. Another day we drove almost to the Spanish border to a small village called São Pedro do Corval to visit some of the many olaria (potteries) there. To reach this, we drove through Reguengos de Monsaraz with vineyards gracing every strip of land, contrasting with the vast plantations of olive trees we had seen elsewhere. We should have also got the children to count storks as it is fun to spot all the stork nests elevated up on high chimney pots or anything tall enough to host them. We also saw their graceful black and white forms riding the thermals on many occasions. For our family, this villa couldn't have been in a better location. The drive from Faro was worth the effort to enjoy this fabulous villa in a superb yet clearly lesser known region. Thank you Fransisco and Margarida. We hope to come and stay again.

We’ve just spent a fabulous 2 weeks enjoying Francesco and margarita’s wonderful hospitality. As previously mentioned the photos don’t do this property justice. The setting is beautiful and the star is the wonderful pool. We never stopped marvelling that we had that huge pool all to ourselves. Francesco was really helpful but also very respectful of our privacy. There was no hard sell to do the activities his company offers but the times we went to the lake he was extremely kind and generous of his time. It is a very quiet area so if you are looking for a bustling town and lively night life then this isn’t the area for you. However, if you are looking for a more authentic Portugal with outdoor adventure then we couldn’t recommend this property highly enough. In the words of our kids, “best holiday ever!!” Thank you Francesco and Margarita x