Art Courses:
The owners live on site in separate quarters. They work as artists and offer short courses from time to time. Guests may be interested in participating in the drawing & painting or etching courses and are encouraged to indicate their interest when booking. Alan designs and makes contemporary sculpture. Mary is a painter and a printer. Please ask owners for their website for more details / photos of house, courses, and area.
Lord Byron’s letter to his mother, August 11, 1809
‘The village of Cintra about 15 miles from the capitol is perhaps in every respect the most delightful in Europe, it contains beauties of every description natural and artificial, Palaces and gardens rising in the midst of rocks, cataracts, and precipices, convents on stupendous heights a distant view of the sea and the Tagus, …..’
Owners' Background:
Alan who is British worked as an architect in London at BDP (Building Design Partnership). He qualified at the AA (Architectural Association). When he moved to Portugal he opened an architectural office in Cascais in 1980. He retired in 1992. Mary, American, also worked as an architect, having completed her diploma at the Central London Poly. She also has degrees in Art History, International Education, painting and etching. She was head of the Art Department at St. Julian's School in Lisbon and continues to teach on a part time basis. She is also an examiner for IB Diploma Visual Arts finalists.
Golf:
There are 6 golf courses within a 30 minutes drive of Casa do Celeiro.
Other Activities:
drawing / painting and etching facilites on site (owners offer classes)