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Between Sea and Hills

Guesthouse • Afife Portugal

    2 Guests  
    1 Bedroom  
    1 Bathroom  
  Primary home

Exchange types accepted

  Non-Simultaneous  

Statistics

Listed  August 2024
Views  271

General overview

My home is a refurbished old peasant's house. I have a large garden with a large lawn area and a 10m X 5m pool. Across the garden I have two guest cottages. My friends, my home exchange guests, and sometimes paying tourists stay in the cottages. The cottages have two single beds, a well-equipped kitchenette in the the living area. The living area has a sofa and an easy chair and a dining table for four. There's a modern shower & WC. The place is extremely peaceful. No traffic, No neighbours. Clean air. Coolness whenever heatwaves get to northern Portugal! It is the peaceful garden, the quietness, the space, that makes me love my place and fortunately in over 20 years we've never had a negative review from friends, tourists or home exchangers as you can see in our Guest Books!

The space

The space: The bungalows are about 20m away from our own kitchen door and plants give them a certain amount of privacy so you can be very independent from us. Each of the two bungalows has a bedroom with twin single beds, a shower & WC and a living area with a Kitchenette area. Theres Internet and a small TV for DVD watching (you can borrow films from our DVD collection).

Guest access

The bungalows, the lawn area and the laundry room are all at the same ground level with no steps. You can access the property through the gate next to the main house, which has no steps or via the garage which has about 7 easy steps to the garden.

Notes

Notes: Unfortunately, our place is not designed for small children. It is a place suitable for childless adults, retired couples, women travelling alone or with a friend.

Features


Washer
Washer
Clothes dryer
Clothes dryer
Microwave
Microwave
Fridge
Fridge
Iron
Iron
Hair dryer
Hair dryer
Heating
Heating
WiFi
WiFi
High Speed Internet
High Speed Internet
Bed sheets
Bed sheets
Towels
Towels
BBQ
BBQ
Pool
Pool
Deck / patio / courtyard / terrace
Deck / patio / courtyard / terrace
Covered porch / verandah
Covered porch / verandah

Travel Styles

    Relaxing
    Eco
    Village
    Mountains
    Beach
    Hiking

Accessibility

Single level 
Accessible windows 
Accessible shower 

House rules

    Unsuitable for infants under 2
    Unsuitable for children ages 2-12
    Pets not allowed
    No smoking

Allergens

    Dog free
    Carpet free
    Smoke free
    Low allergen

Dates of Availability

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Neighbourhood

This is a rural area of a seaside village. It is very quiet, no restaurants, cafés or any type of nightlife. Our narrow lane is almost like a private road since few cars dare drive through it! As for the lower part of the village by the main road there are two or three snack bars and cafés, two restaurants, one chemist/pharmacy open daily, a sports centre for local sport groups. Nearby Vila Praia de Âncora (locals call it Âncora for short), circa 5km from Afife there are many restaurants along the seaside avenue. By the beach in Afife there are boardwalks for walks along the seaside. If you enjoy walking you can take a long walk south towards Viana do Castelo (circa 11km) or north towards Caminha (also circa 11km). There are surf schools in both Afife and Âncora and, if you like tougher hiking you can go and explore uphill. Afife itself is a sprawling village and you can take long walks up and down the village, though there are no shops or cafés along the way (except the ones mentioned on the main road) though you may enjoy a swim on the Afife river’s natural pool.

Getting to my home

E-mail us for detailing instructions.

Nearest airport

Porto or Vigo (Spain).

Getting around

You have to hire a car or negotiating driving outings with us.

Map of Approximate Location

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People Like Us Local Guide

I am used to receiving guests from various countries and driving them around the village or to other places of interest around the area. I can socialise as much or as little as guests would like to. Sometimes I can even cook a meal (vegetarian only)! My partner Alda is good at doing fish barbecues in the garden in summer and often our guests join us! I have a large eclectic library and guests can browse through it or borrow a book. I have. varied DVD collection and many guests like watching films since there is no TV in the cottage! We can share the pool or I can leave guests alone if they so prefer. All things are open to dialogue and all is well so long as there is respect and friendliness and human decency!

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Paula

My name is Paula and my house is located in the still relatively unexplored Green Coast of northern Portugal. The village is called AFIFE just north of Viana do Castelo and about 1 hour’s drive from Porto. I was born and raised in Mozambique (Southeast Africa) but have lived in various countries including South Africa, Denmark, England, Portugal and also in post -Independent Mozambique. I am bilingual in English and Portuguese and understand Italian, Spanish, French as well as a little Danish when my memory doesn’t fail me! Besides hosting guests and taking care of the garden I am now trying to write a book (within the category Life Writing). I enjoy reading and have a large and eclectic collection of books on many subjects from Memoirs and Biographies to History and Nature as well as Feminism, Psychoanalysis etc. My partner and I have been together for 25 years now though our times here in Afife do not always coincide as she works in Oxford and I’m retired. At present we have a tabby cat called Thomasina but who prefers her nickname PICKY. I am always willing to exchange information about anything that is civil, legal and non-offensive so feel free to get in touch if you have any doubts or questions related to us or to our place in terms of a possible exchange which will always have to be a non-simultaneous exchange so we shall have to meet and interact to a certain extent, that is, as little or as much as we both wish to.
Travelling group
LGBTQ+ friendly Retired
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Desired Destinations

Dates flexible
"Any time fo the year including January and February would be OK for Lake Como, Milan or any place with easy access to and from Como. We are willing to give you more time in Afife than you give us in Lake Como. Other places of interest: France, Spain."