A Move to Central Portugal

Many daydream of a fresh life in a village in Central Portugal where they would have the opportunity to relax, enjoy life and enjoy great quality produce locally. Lagares is a village just like this, where businesses bring fresh bread, meat, fish, and groceries to the doorstep. This charming and friendly rural community is beautifully situated in close proximity to connecting routes leading to the rest of Portugal.

What opportunities does this delightful neighbourhood have to entice you ? Well, how about the ability to take a short walk that leads you to nearby Travanca do Mondego? This nearby area has a small shop for items not delivered to the door, a couple of charming cafe's doubling as bars, along with good primary school establishments for children.

The rural nature of the area lends itself to a variety of outdoor activities, including hiking, bike rides and horseback riding along the many miles of woodland. In addition you will find plenty of water sports nearby on the lakes created by the Barragem da Aguiera dam like fly fishing, sailing,boating activities, swimming or pedalos. The Mondego and Alva rivers create one of the country's major man made lake area. In addition to finding self-tended spots along the shoreline for swimming, sunbathing, taking out a dingy, or having a BBQ, there is the Montebelo Aguiera lake resort and marina plus plenty of other restaurants and bars in the area.

The village of Lagares has amazing views of mountainside for your enjoyment. You can reach the mountains in approximately half an hour and here you have the 27 hole Montebelo golf course. This unique course provides the opportunity to enjoy your sport whilst benefiting from the breath taking and picturesque Serra do Caramulo and Serra da Estrella mountain ranges.

In just 4 km is Sao Pedro de Alva. Here you are able to access banks, the postal office, health clinic, schools and yet more cafe's and bars to choose from. For your urban requirements, the larger towns Mortagua, Penacova, Santa Comba Dao, and Coimbra are within a half hour's drive. Many find Coimbra of exceptional interest, as it hosts the second oldest university in the world, the Universidade de Coimbra, which makes for an interesting day out. Coimbra's Universidade was founded long ago, in 1290. The unique architecture and charm of Coimbra will provide you with many opportunities to explore. Close by\Just 10 min's away is Conimbriga, where you can visit the astonishing Roman ruins which are open to visitors.

Lagares is in the central area of Portugal, within close proximity to some stunning areas, including the Serra da Estrella National Park that sits an hour's drive east. a 45 min to 1 hour drive will take you to the coastal areas of Figueira da Foz and Praia da Tocha.

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A Move to Central Portugal