Alojamento da Rua da Fonte

The on-line version of this document can be found at:

http://jgte.github.io/zh/en/intro

Please read this page and description of the Conditions of Alojamento da Rua da Fonte. It may also be interesting to you to learn some Information about Zambujeira do Mar. The renting costs and reservation process are available here.

House contacts

Please feel free to contact Sra. Zina Sirooka if you need anything that needs to be dealt during your stay, for example in anything needs to be arranged (cleaning, laundry), fixed (e.g. a broken window), clarified (e.g. an appliance doesn’t work as expected), etc.

Please feel free to contact João Encarnação for feedback, complaints, future reservations or anything else you feel is important to discuss.

Arrival (important!)

Before arriving in Zambujeira, please contact Sra. Zina Sirooka and arrange with her a suitable time to meet. She will meet you at Alojamento da Rua da Fonte, show you the house and hand you the keys.

Please arrange in advance with her the time of your arrival, to be sure she is available and to avoid any unnecessary waiting time.

Address

The address of Alojamento da Rua da Fonte is:

Rua da Fonte 1
7630-776 Zambujeira do Mar
Portugal

The GPS coordinates are (from Google maps):

Latitude 37.5256252, Longitude -8.7868201

Getting there

The following instructions assume you are travelling from Lisbon. Another option is to fly to Faro and rent a car from there. Public transport from Faro to Zambujeira is not easy, since you need to do a stop-over at Lagos.

Let me know if you need help travelling form locations other than Lisbon.

Car

  1. Take the Vasco da Gama bridge on A12 motorway. You can also take the 25 de Abril bridge (the one that looks like the Golden Gate bridge in S. Francisco), but that means you need to cross Lisbon, if you’re coming from the airport

  2. Exit the A12 to A2, following signs Sul / Algarve.

  3. Exit A2, to IP8/Sines/Santiago/Grândola.

  4. Follow IP8 road for about 45 km until you find the section of motorway A26.

  5. Exit the A26 towards St. André / Odemira, go around the roundabout and exit towards Algarve / Cercal / Vila Nova Milfontes.

  6. Follow the Cercal sign towards the second plate, which indicates Porto Covo.

  7. Keep following the signs to Porto Covo / Vila Nova de Milfontes.

  8. Before arriving at Vila Nova de Milfontes, there’s a large roundabout. Follow towards South (straight, don’t take the right exit, into Vila Nova de Milfontes). You will soon cross a large bridge with an amazing view of the mouth of river Mira.

  9. Turn right at the sign Cabo Sardão / Zambujeira (going straight also works but it’s a bit longer since you need to go to Odemira).

  10. After 2 km turn left into Zambujeira (going straight also works but it’s a bit longer, since you need to go to Cavaleiro).

  11. After 5 km, you come across a junction, take the right towards Zambujeira. Keep going straight and ignore the left turn towards S. Teotónio.

  12. At the end of roughly 1 km of straight road going West, you’ll be in Zambujeira. Go straight until you can only take a right turn, towards North.

  13. Take the first left turn, towards West; you should be seeing the ocean at a distance.

  14. Keep going straight until you find a roundabout, take the right exit, going North.

  15. After 20m, there’s a crossing and one house further you’ll see Alojamento da Rua da Fonte on the right. It’s a bit confusing that the first house on the corner is nr. 3, while Alojamento da Rua da Fonte is further down the street and it’s nr. 1. That’s how things work in Alentejo sometimes.

A map of this route can be found here.

Bus

The cheapest way to get to Zambujeira is by bus. They depart from Sete Rios bus terminal, which is easily accessible by Lisbon’s subway (which also connects directly to the airport).

The buses depart daily at:

Be sure the check the schedules at the website of Rede Expressos (the company operating the bus lines).

The bus stop in Zambujeira is 300 m away from Alojamento da Rua da Fonte, at a perfectly reasonable walking distance, even with (wheeled) luggage.

If you know the date of your return to Lisbon, buy a return ticket, saving you some money. If you need to buy the return ticket in Zambujeira, go to Pastelaria Doce Tentação, they have a sales point there.

Parking

Park the car on the street, in front of the house. It is not possible to park the car in the driveway south of the house. During the summer, there are many cars and it might not be easy to park in front of the house. There are, however, many parking places in the surrounding streets.

Emergency contacts

Safety

The village of Zambujeira do Mar is a quiet and peaceful community; robberies are very uncommon. However, during the summer, with the inflow of tourists, it is always a good idea to leave the door locked when absent from the house. Be sure to properly close all windows (including those upstairs).

Do not grant access into the house to anyone, including someone claiming to be me or to be acting on my behalf. The obvious exceptions are your host Sra. Zina Sirooka, who you met when you arrived (or anyone accompanying her), and the police (most likely from the GNR Guarda Nacional Republicana – National Republican Guard – who wears characteristic uniforms). Less obvious is to allow access to workers from the electricity company EDP, who must be wearing a uniform and able to present identification, so that they can read the electricity counter on the wall to the right, immediately after the front door. There is no need to let them any further than the hall next to the front door.

There is a small back garden (horta in Portuguese), which is laboured by Sr. Fabião. He enters through the front gate and walks up the driveway towards the garage on the east end of the courtyard at the back of the house. Do not be alarm in case you notice him thought the kitchen window.

Be aware that the bathtubs (on both toilet rooms) are extremely slippery when wet. Do not climb inside without first setting the rubber mat. If the rubber mat is missing, contact Sra. Zina Sirooka to get a replacement. Please use the bathtub on the other toilet room until the new rubber mat is available.

On the terrace, there is an unused water tank made of fibrous cement, which contains a small percentage of asbestos. There is no danger to health because the asbestos fibres are sequestered inside the material. Nevertheless, damage to this water tank may cause these fibres to get loose. Therefore, do not interact any way with this water tank. Please keep an eye on small children while in the terrace.

On the toilet room of the ground floor, there is first aid supplies to the right, immediately after the front door.

Conditions of Alojamento da Rua da Fonte

Information about Zambujeira do Mar