Cerca de Cima

Star Rating: none star

in Serra de Monchique, Algarve, Portugal

Cerca de Cima details

Tucked away on a wooded hillside, Cerca da Cima looks out over the ocean and hills dotted with small villages. There’s a really relaxed feel about this former pub. For one, it’s surrounded by greenery. Vines corkscrew around the trellis, an ancient fig tree spreads its canopy across the verandah and a flower garden surrounds the stone bathing pool. This, by the way, has been cleverly created from the former cistern, so it’s not huge but pretty nonetheless.

Simple and pretty on the outside, it’s just as lovely inside. Colourful covers and painted bedsteads offset whitewashed walls in the bedrooms. In the living room, floral prints combine with rustic wood and mellow terracotta. But the country cottage charm hasn’t been kept at the expense of creature comforts – the bathroom is marble and the kitchen well fitted.

Life can be as quiet and peaceful here as you want, but you’re not as remote as you feel. Shops and restaurants are within easy reach because road access, still narrow enough to deter the curious, has brought this beautiful area into closer touch with Monchique, less than four kilometres away.

Your Villa
• Double bedroom • Twin bedroom • Single bedroom • Bathroom • Open-plan living room • Kitchen with full cooker and fridge/freezer • Washing machine • Iron/board

Extra Features
• Wi-Fi • Barbecue

Private pool: 3.5x3.5m, 1.2m deep • Terrace

Please Note: The driveway is very steep.