Apartment overview
- 4 bedrooms (3 doubles, 1 twin) = accommodation for up to 8 people.
- 2 bathrooms.
- Fully fitted kitchen (with oven, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, microwave and washing machine).
- Fully air-conditioned (with heating facility for the winter months).
- Spacious living room with tv, DVD, dining area, sofas, etc.
- Satellite tv with over 200 channels in English (BBC, ITV, etc) and Portuguese stations. Three televisions distributed throughout the apartment.
- Spacious balconies around three sides of the apartment, including an array of outdoor furniture.
- Underground, off-road parking with elevator to apartment.
- Quiet setting in semi-residential area in the suburbs of Lagos, 5 minutes from the A22 motorway.
- 10 minute walk to Lagos Old Town with its dozens of restaurants.
- 10 minute walk to the beach at Porto de Mós, several others within easy reach.
- 15 minutes walk to Lagos marina.
- Less than 15 minutes drive to the new Algarve Motor Park, host to the final round of the 2008 World Superbike Championship.
- 8 golf courses within 25 kilometers (25-30 minute drive), with the closest course (Boavista) around 3 minutes away.
- Meet and greet service upon arrival.
- Welcome pack (e.g. bread, milk, butter, etc) to get you started.
- Maid service between rentals and every seventh day on longer rentals, linen provided (except beach towels).
World class sport comes to the Algarve in 2008!
Our apartment is ideally situated for easy access to the following sporting events on the Algarve in 2008:
Date |
Event |
Location |
Travel time |
|---|---|---|---|
Feb 20-24 |
Tour of the Algarve (cycling) |
Stage 2 finish in Lagos, stage 5 finish in Portimao |
2 mins / 20 mins |
May 4 |
Formula One Powerboats |
Portimao |
20 mins |
May 09-10 |
Rally of Portugal |
Faro (Estadio Algarve) |
40-45 mins |
Oct 16-19 |
Portugal Masters Golf |
Oceanico Victoria Clube de Golfe, Vilamoura |
25 mins |
Nov-02 |
World Superbike Championship |
Algarve Motor Park, Pereira, nr. Portimao. |
10-15 mins |
Getting there: Lagos is situated on the western Algarve, approximately 50 minutes from Faro along the A22 motorway. Our apartment is five minutes from junction 1 of the A22, providing easy motorway access to explore the region whilst still being within walking distance of the restaurants, sights and beaches of Lagos. Most of the British budget airlines fly to Faro (50 minutes east of Lagos) whilst British Airways go to Lisbon (300 km north of Lagos).
| Airlines flying to Faro | |
|---|---|
Airline |
Departure points |
| bmiBaby | Cardiff, Birmingham, East Midlands. |
| easyJet | Belfast, Bristol, East Midlands, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted. |
| First Choice | Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Manchester. |
| Flybe | Exeter, Southampton |
| flyglobespan | Aberdeen, Durham-Tees, Edinburgh, Glasgow. |
| GB Airways | London Gatwick |
| Jet2 | Blackpool, Leeds-Bradford, Manchester |
| Monarch | Birmingham, London Gatwick, London Luton, Manchester (also Manchester to Jerez, Spain) |
| RyanAir | Brussels, Dublin, Shannon |
| TAP Portugal | London Heathrow. |
| Thomas Cook | Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Humberside, Leeds-Bradford, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle. |
| ThomsonFly | Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Doncaster-Sheffield, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Humberside, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Luton, Manchester, Newcastle. |
Other European carriers arriving in Faro: Aer Lingus, Air Berlin, Brussels Airlines, Centralwings, Germanwings, Helvetic, Lauda Air, LTU, Lufthansa, LuxAir, Nordic Regional, Norwegian Air Shuttle, RyanAir, Sterling, TAP Portugal, Transavia, TUIfly.
Car hire companies at Faro airport: Alamo, Autojardim, Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, National, Rentauto and Sixt.
Additional information on taxi, bus and train transfers from Faro to Lagos can be found at http://www.faroairportguide.com