Nature Holiday in Portugal in natural rural Alentejo, Portugal.

Imagine taking a holiday secret retreat close to nature in a secluded mountain valley unknown to the world. In a protected natural park with wild boar rummaging in the mountain stream in the night, where nightingale sing all day, where damsel flies settle in the shade, where ...

A nature holiday in Portugal should be a relaxed affair and there is nowhere more laid back that Portugal's Alentejo with one third or the land and one twentieth of the population, or so they say. The Quinta nestles in a mountain valley central to the Parque Natural da Serra de São Mamede. that hardly anybody knows about.

Portalegre, the principle "city" with a population of only fifteen thousand is conveniently 14km away and few of its residents ever make it into the hills and virtually none take the turn that leads into the Vale Lourenco. No wonder the nature flourishes for an ideal nature holiday in Portugal.

Signs throughout the Natural Park display Portugal's nature.

Amphibians and reptiles to be found in the Natural Park

Amphibians and reptiles to be found in the Natural Park

Least Weasel Mustela nivalis

The Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) is the smallest member of the genus

A nature holiday relaxation point

A nature holiday relaxation point next to a cascade in the mountain stream.

Sparrowhawk - accipter nissus

Sparrowhawk - accipter nissus

Sao Mamede Parque Sign

This is a secluded self-contained holiday home in Portugal. A rural country house for nature lovers in a secret valley in natural uncrowded Alentejo bordering unspoilt Spain's Extremadura.



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Quinta Azenha do Ramalho, Vale Lourenço, São Mamede, Portugal