We are a family of four; Sergio, Sonia and our two rowdy girls, Amelie and Angela. We all currently live in London with our chocolate brown Labrador called Maia. Although we met in London both our families are originally from the north of Portugal, near a city called Braga, high up in the rural green mountains. Although it’s very different to the Algarve it’s an amazing area, with spectacular views, the weather is normally much cooler, although the summer can be just as hot as in the Algarve.
As a family, we love our holidays and are fortunate to have travelled to many different countries and have stayed in many different places and felt we wanted a holiday home from home.
The Algarve is one of the sunniest places in Europe with over 300 days of sun a year, this together with the easy access from London, we felt that it was the perfect location. (Speaking the language also helped.) With a hectic lifestyle in London, running our own translation services company www.absolutetranslations.com means we rarely get the chance to switch off, and coming here to Casa da Fonte does the trick! We now come here thought-out the year, the short flight and abundance of airlines allows for reasonably priced tickets.
We love our food and we often go to the local restaurants, although we also like to go and pick our fresh fish and vegetables at the local market for a BBQ in the evening once the sun has gone down.
Sergio & Sonia purchased this villa in 2015