Casa Penn — Property 2288

Luxury 2 bed apartment in 4 star Rocha Brava complex
Lovely 2 bedroom apartment which sleeps up to 6 people. Fully air conditioned with TV, hi-fi and fully equipped kitchen. There is a rooftop sun terrace, with sea views towards Carvoeiro and a balcony overlooking Rocha Brava. There is a small library of books, videos and a few DVDs. Rocha Brava is a very well maintained 4 star complex with 3 separate swimming pools (one of them heated in the winter) each with its own children’s paddling pool. There are 4 excellent tennis courts, a fitness club, a very nice resort restaurant, a kids club, a cafe, supermarket and 24 hour reception. There are many beautiful beaches within a few minutes drive including Centianes which is within walking distance (1km). Golf is not far away, the challenging par 3 Vale do Milho course is across the road from Rocha Brava. Within 5km, there is the Pestana Golf complex with its 2 first class 18 hole courses, the Pinta and Gramacho. There are many golf courses within driving distance all along the Algarve.

Carvoeiro is a fishing village located on the Central Algarve which has, over the last 15 years, grown to be a sizeable holiday resort. However, it has not destroyed the intrinsic charm of the place, as the development has been sympathetically done, keeping to low-rise buildings in the traditional Algarvian style. There are very many restaurants and bars, shops and a market. Transport is easy up and down from Rocha Brava - there are frequent buses, cheap taxis, and the charming 'Jumbolino' - a little train which does a round trip between the town square by the beach, and Carvalho (Smugglers) Beach, passing by Rocha Brava's entrance.

Vale do Milho - Challenging 9 hole par 3, excellent for brushing upon your short game and is across the road from the Rocha Brava complex. Pestana Golf Resort is c 5kms away - contains 2 excellent 18 hole courses, the Pinta and the Gramacho. Nick Price, the former world Nr.1 player, has teamed up with the well-known golf course architect, Ronald Fream, to create a uniquely designed 18 hole course with 27 varied greens that enable the golfer to play the same course several times with different greens and new challenges. The design technique has positioned the greens and protective bunkers so that an 18 hole round is a genuine challenge. The positioning of the tee markers helps to increase this variety still further. As in the case of the Pinto Course, this course is maintained at tournament standard all the year round. In the Nick Price style, the wonderful characteristics already existing on the site, from the boulder outcrops and dry stone walling to the fig, carob and olive trees, have been complemented by artfully positioned lakes and bunkers. These hazards, combined with the design of the greens and fairways, result in a challenging but attractive course. From the first stroke off the tee to the final green, the player must not just play the ball well but also adopt the best strategy to achieve an optimum result. At the end of the round, experienced golfers will be able to confirm that they have played a good course, with a challenging 72 par over a more-than-sufficient length of 6,107 metres. Pestana are opening 2 new course at Silves (c 10km) at the start of 2007. There are also many excellent courses within easy driving distance of the apartment all along the Algarve.