Rocha Brava - lovely air-conditioned apartment — Property 4910

Rocha Brava - lovely air-conditioned apartment

A beautiful apartment on Rocha Brava, one of the best developments on the Algarve. It overlooks the lovely gardens close to the wonderful two-tier swimming pool with a waterfall. The apartment occupies a very central position on Rocha Brava with shops, restaurant, and swimming pool only a few yards away. The tennis centre and gym, and two further swimming pools, together with the shops, bars, and good facilities for children, makes Rocha Brava an ideal holiday complex. Features newly fitted kitchen for the 2006 season with granite worktops, touch control ceramic hob and dishwasher etc. Newly fitted bathroom for the 2007 season.

Location Rocha Brava < Carvoeiro / Lagoa region < Algarve < Portugal

Rocha Brava < Carvoeiro / Lagoa region < Algarve < Portugal

 marks the location of this property in Rocha Brava

Availability for the apartment in Carvoeiro / Lagoa region, Algarve, Portugal

Last updated on:

Monday, 04 August 2008

Changeover day:

flexible

Normal availability

All Year. Flexible changeover days

Rental rates for the apartment in Carvoeiro / Lagoa region, Algarve, Portugal

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Notes to the rental rates

• Optional extras: Maid service £60 p.w (5 days pw) or £25 (1 clean + linen change). Fold-out bed for 5th person £25 p.w. or Cot hire £35 p.w. High chair hire, no charge, please order in advance
  
• Rental includes all linen and bathroom towels (not beach towels); For multi-week stays linen will be changed weekly.
  
• 20% deposit required with booking; balance due 8 weeks before departure.
  

Accommodation and Facilities for the apartment in Carvoeiro / Lagoa region, Algarve, Portugal

Travel

The development is 45 minutes drive from Faro airport. A hire car is not essential, but will enable guests to visit many of the more secluded beaches and villages nearby. A taxi from the airport will cost about £35. From Lisbon, Carvoeiro is about 4 hours drive. For those who do not wish to drive while on holiday, there are frequent buses and cheap taxis into the town from Rocha Brava, and courtesy coaches to the water-slide park (Slide and Splash) which is just the other side of the town.

Rocha Brava Complex

Rocha Brava is a beautiful villa complex set in lovely grounds on the clifftops near Carvoeiro. Among its facilities are a 24-hour reception office, and a small supermarket. For eating and drinking there is a bar/cafe with an Internet cafe upstairs, a restaurant, and a pool side bar. For fun there is the four court tennis centre with a resident professional for coaching sessions, and an adjoining gym. There is also a holistic healing centre for a well-earned massage after the exercise! For children, there is a playground and an indoor childrens room with table tennis, and organised kids activities in summer. There are three main pools (one of them with a waterfall) and all with paddling pools, open to all guests.

Nearby attractions

Carvoeiro has very many bars and restaurants, with varying styles and prices, but all are good value. You can take a boat trip from the town beach to see the nearby caves. There are two water slide parks within a short drive, and a marine theme park (Zoomarine) about 30 minutes away where you can swim with dolphins! 'Krazyworld' is a fun day out for the family, a short distance inland. Silves is a historical walled town just 15 kms inland, and the fishing port of Portimao is about 20 minutes drive along the coast westwards. This town has many larger shops. Algarve Shopping is a large shopping mall with many beautiful shops on the main road from Faro.

Golf Information:

Vale do Milho, a 9 hole par 3 course, is within walking distance. Two 18 hole courses - Vale de Pinta and Gramacho - are at Carvoeiro (5 kms). 40 percent discount on green fees at Vilar do Golf, 20 minutes away. Championship courses are available at Penina (25 minutes) and Quinta de Lago (30 minutes). Many courses are within 30 - 40 minutes drive.