The golden visa opportunity which I mentioned in my recent article of May 5th entitled "Portugal gives gold visas to non-Europeans who buy houses" seems to have come to the attention of the UK media.

I noticed the recent article pictured above in the Telegraph on the 17th June with a suitable alliteration in the byline/sub-header, "golden opportunities to be had when buying a home in Portugal".

The article by Jake Wallis Simons is very positive about the property market in Portugal, as well as drawing attention to the obvious benefits of our calmer lifestyle and friendly folk, the spectacular beaches, excellent food and wine, golf, watersports and pleasing climate.

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Four of the six resorts in the Lisbon region recommended as places to buy on the goverment website, Living in Portugal, are in the Obidos area. Three of those are beside the Lagoon, and one on the beach....

We've always thought of the jewel in the crown of Portuguese tourism, Obidos, as being at the heart of the Silver Coast region, but it's been clear for some time that the government wants Obidos in the capital's tourist region.

Continue reading "Where to Buy - Lisbon Region - Living in Portugal - Obidos" »

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A Place in the Sun Live takes place at NEC Birmingham on 27th - 29th September 2013.

At A Place in the Sun Live there is an area devoted exclusively to Portuguese property, with developers, agents and legal experts to help you buy a home safely and with confidence.

Don't forget you don't need to pay for tickets, you can get free tickets using the special links I first posted at "Free Tickets for A Place in the Sun Live".

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The building occupies 10,500 m2 in a campus of 45,000 m2. Equipped with laboratories, auditoriums, gym, playground, sports field and all the technological infrastructure required for an excellent education.

The International School of Torres Vedras is a private school, accessible to all who seek quality education for their children. The curriculum follows the directions of the Ministry of Education and the law applicable to the private sector of education.

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The last week of May and first two weeks of June are on special offer for your holiday in the sun here....

Clicking the image will open the site in a new page with the full prices. The June dates are offered here on the Silver Coast Property blog at a massive £100 per week discount for last minute bookings.

Available dates are:- May 26th 2013 through June 19th 2013. Just £400 p/wk for the last week of May and only £475 p/wk for the first two weeks of June.

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Portugal will now grant residence visas to non-Europeans who buy houses for 500 thousand euros or more under a new law enacted in October.

The first "gold visa" was granted earlier this year in New Delhi to
an Indian businessman by Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Portas.

Budda Eden - between Obidos and Bombarral

The gold visa is already proving popular with investors and private
individuals from the new economy "BRICS" countries (Brazil, Russia,
India, China, South Africa) as this enables them to have Schengen rules
access with the ability to travel freely within the 25 European countries
that make up the EU.

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Amanda Lamb, Jasmine Harman, Jonnie Irwin and Laura Hamilton will be
at this spring's official overseas property exhibition that helps
house-hunters find a dream property. There's also the chance to take
a screen test at the exhibition to appear on the next series of the
TV show.

A trip to The Portuguese Property Pavilion at A Place in the Sun Live
at London Olympia on 12th-14th April will allow you to find out a lot
more about a buying a home on the Silver Coast in Portugal.

There are currently bargains to be had with distressed and foreclosed
offers in Iberia, Spain and Florida for example. And you don't need to pay
the £10 per person or £15 per couple being asked for tickets to the
show, because you can now get them free (more links later).

Continue reading "Free Tickets for A Place in the Sun Live and Meet the presenters of the hit Channel 4 TV show - April 2013" »

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Overlooking the beach at Aldeia dos Pescadores (the Fisherman's Village), close to three cafes and two restaurants beside the lagoon. Near three golf courses with shops and hotels. Mediaeval Óbidos castle, is a 20 minute drive, as is Caldas da Rainha where you will find major hypermarkets, fruit and fish markets, health centres and hospitals. Baleal, the "Surf Capital" of the Silver Coast at Peniche is 15 minutes, Lisbon airport is only an hour

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From: Bill Cog....
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:31:55 +0100

"a restaurant where the family breeds lusitano horses"

A friend recommended Obidos and Foz lagoon for some horseback riding,
so we came out for very long weekend. Our 5 days were great and much
better than being stuck in our fancy Lisbon hotel.

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There is a lot of established property at Praia do Bom Sucesso,
mostly built around 15 years ago, which means that the location has
mostly mature gardens trees and lawns which always looks more
pleasing to the eye than the concrete jungles of newer resorts.

The Royal Obidos golf course is up and running. This makes the beach
at Praia do Bom Sucesso, (sometimes known as Foz Gronho) a
financially more interesting and definitely much prettier investment
location on the West Coast of Portugal than inland resorts like
the Bom Sucesso design resort which is few miles up the lagoon.

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From: Rob Cole
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:39:24 +0100

"liked the fish restaurant on the beach"

Hi David, We had a lovely holiday. Thank you.

The location of the apartment and area was great. It's the first
time we have visited this part of Portugal and we intend to
return.

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Villa appartement, 3 Chambres, avec Piscines et Tennis pour le loyer de vacances, Foz do Arelho, Caldas da Rainha, Costa da Prata Silver Coast Portugal.

Photos et description de la location appartement Foz do Arelho - Version Francaise

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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:15:32 -0000
From: Tracy Bowles

"Eating out was really cheap"

We spent a week with 2 teenage girls at Apartment Cristina and had a
great holiday. Not usually self catering holiday makers we actually
really enjoyed the experience.

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Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:25:44 -0000
From: Caroline Hosey

"We surfed every day" - "amazing waves"

We spent 3 weeks this summer (July & August) at David's apartment in
Foz. We found it to be a very spacious and clean apartment. It has
amazing views of the Obidos Lagoon from the balcony that you could
never tire of looking at.

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From: "Karen and Patrick"
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:48:39 +0100

perfect and the beach restaurants are open all year

As regular visitors to Portugal in the spring we've been renting
apartment Cristina at least once a year for 6 years now, as we like
it so much and there is so much to see in the area.

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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:40:14 -0000
From: Ian Taylor

Great holiday, wonderful location

Excellent customer service, great location with beautiful views.
Family and couple suited. Very clean and lay out of apartment user
friendly. Great views and some interesting places to visit not too
far away or you could just relax by the pool or on the beach.

Continue reading "Obidos, Fatima and Lisbon by golf buggy or segway." »

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From: Mary (and Mike)
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2012 16:24:53 +0100

The apartment location is lovely with a gorgeous view. My boyfriend is a
twitcher (birdwatcher) and has some really powerful photographic
equipment, binoculars, and a telescope, so he was happy to spend
hours watching the lagoon wildlife from both the terrace and beside
the pool.

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Date: Sun, 1 July 2012 13:13:00 -0000
From: Anne Taylor

Lovely area, great apartment, super views

Lovely apartment with all the facilities you need for a great holiday
overlooking the lagoon. Very clean and laid out as described.
Excellent customer service from the owners, David and Christine.
Ideal for families and couples, you can have a quiet holiday if you
wish or a more fun filled one. Very good value for money and would
thoroughly recommend it.

Area is great for exploring, a wonderful buddha garden, dinosaur
footprints, and Obidos a lovely walled city.

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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:08:40
From: Paul O

We very much enjoyed staying at Cristina Apt. in Foz this year.
It was our first trip to the Silver Coast, having only done the
Algarve in the past. It's great to find so many friendly people
and see the real Portugal, and we loved Foz.

We are already thinking we might want to do the same again
next year, especially if there is any chance of a discount for
early booking?

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In a glowing article about Lisbon for BBC Travel "Marina
O´Loughlin" writes, "I can't believe it's taken me so long to
get around to this enchanting city. But I'm so, so coming back."

The 2nd December article was published in partnership with Olive
magazine, which is part of the BBC Good Food stable. So of
course much of the first part concentrates on restaurants and
describes the "stunning" variety of food and eating experiences.

In the district of Saldanha she discovers the Café Versailles
which she described as "the most beautiful Art Nouveau café" she
had ever seen - "eat your heart out" Paris.

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I saw the Flamingos on the island in the middle of the Obidos
Lagoon from the verandah of our rental apartment at Moinhos da
Costa, Foz do Arelho today.

Flamingos on Obidos Lagoon - youtube

Above is a somewhat wobbly video shot earlier in September,
so that seems quite a long stay for them already this year.

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Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:22:37 +0200
From: Carmen G

Hola , soy Carmen de Madrid , hemos estado 5 noches en vuestra
casa de Foz do Arelho del 2 al 7 de septiembre, y tanto mis hijos
como nosotros hemos estado encantados , es preciosa y muy
comoda , ubicada en un sitio ideal, nos lo hemos pasado muy bien,
estaremos en contacto para otras vacaciones

muy agradecida
un saludo muy atento de
la familia Garcia

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The economic crisis and the suspension of credit by the banks
has forced the CampoReal luxury golf resort in Torres Vedras to
request bankruptcy protection while a financial restructuring
plan is put in place.

Picture courtesy of CampoReal Golf ©

The units of the tourist village are owned by various
individuals and entities and we recently reported here that Zara
Phillips, (12th in line to the British throne, and with Mike
Tindall the other Royal wedding in 2011) is building her first
home abroad at CampoReal.

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The Atlantic coast of Portugal is world renowned for it's
quality of surf. The World Surf Tour comes to Peniche on the
Silver Coast every year and Surfer Mag acknowledged Supertubes
(supertubos) and the Baleal beaches as being among the best
surfing spots in the world. Below is a very long video of two
Welsh Lads enjoying a full day of surf at one of the many surf
spot beaches at Peniche.

Peniche Surfing Portugal - youtube

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Extreme sports like Hang Gliding and Paragliding are popular on
the Silver Coast and pilots are frequently seen using thermals
to launch themselves from cliffs and then soaring above the
almost empty expanses of beach in various places from the Obidos
Lagoon to Nazare and beyond. This sequence below shows
Paragliding and "soaring" over the beach at Pedra do Ouro.

Pedra do Ouro - Paragliding - youtube video clip

As well as Hang Gliding and Paragliding at the beach of Bom
Sucesso, Microlight aircraft fly from the small airfield at
Arelho located at the inland end of the Obidos Lagoon and I've
also included two videos of those....

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From: Tracey Brookman
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:38:43 +0100

Hi David

We bought two properties off plan at Atlântico Village, Pedra do
Ouro in 2006 which are now complete. The intention was to sell
one of them but clearly the market is not ideal for doing that.

I wondered what your view is of the property market. We're now
going to rent that one out and 'forget' about it for 5 years. We
currently use the other as our holiday home. General view is
that things will be picking up but I'm always interested in
other people's opinions.

Continue reading "Silver Coast - Atlantico Village, Pedra do Ouro" »

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Zara Phillips, 12th in line to the British throne, is building
her first home abroad on the Silver Coast at CampoReal with her
fiancé Mike Tindall the England rugby captain.

Another Royal wedding in 2011 - youtube video clip

Zara says of her choice of location: "I find I unwind quickly as
everyone is very friendly but in a relaxed way. My villa will be
built on the edge of vineyards that have been there for
centuries, there are stunning beaches nearby and Mike and I can
improve our handicaps on the golf course. The decision to build
my holiday home here was pretty straightforward really."

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Thanks to RealSilverCoast for tweeting about this video.

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Thanks to Portugal Tourism Investing Consultants for recommending this video for the Silver Coast Property blog. It is an excellent video from the Portuguese national tourist authority and it's great to see so much of the Silver Coast being included in their promotional material nowadays.

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If you are looking for a property management company in São Martinho do Porto the most reliable company we've found is Ennis Property and Project Management who have been serving the region for over 20 years.

PropertyManagementSaoMartinho.com was launched yesterday to enhance their offer in this locality.

Visit the new web site at:- Sao Martinho do Porto Property and Project Management

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