Latest property listing: Attached houses on the Silver Coast

Our latest listing are these off-plan, attached houses. Located in the heart of the beautiful São Martinho do Porto on the Silver Coast of Portugal. 5 minutes walk will get you to beaches, shops, pubs and restaurants. These attached houses are part of a closed condominium and will feature, fitted kitchens, large balconies, private garden and pool

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Children playing in the street at midnight on the Silver Coast

Being from South Africa, when driving at midnight the only thing that you see on the road at this time is other people driving as fast as they can to get home. You see driving at that time if night is not very safe, there is a law in South Africa that if you are driving after 11:30pm and you are waiting at a traffice light, if you see something suspicious you are allowed to jump the red light if the way is clear. South Africa and more specifically Johannesburg has one of the highest hijack rates in the world.

Now I live in Portugal, last night I was driving home from seeing a movie, it was 12:05. I was driving through Caldas Da Rainha which happens to be one of the busiest and most commercial towns on the Silver Coast. I drove past a play ground and was surprised to see how many children were playing, these were not teenagers either, they were little, 8-10 years of age. There was no parental supervision and these children were happily playing on the street, their parents in their apartments or houses without a worry, this would appear to be bad parenting but this is a testamnet to the Silver Coast, parents can rest assured that their children are okay here.

This is still something that amazes me everyday, children are safe here, safe enough to play on the street after midnight.

This place is incredible!

Open doors on the Silver Coast

Being from South Africa you get used to staying in doors after certain hours, you get used to the fact that you can't walk to the shops or to a friends house after 8pm, you get used to the fact that you have to drive everyhwere and you get used to the fact that when you go to sleep you have to lock the gate, lock the door, lock the security gate behind the door, lock the security gate in the passage, put on the alarm and even then, after you've done everything short of planting land mines in your front garden you still have a restless sleep worrying about intruders coming in the night. This is normal for people who live in South Africa.

So imagine my surprise when I moved to a place where I could walk on the beach, walk on the street, walk to the pub at any hour I choose. This is an odd experience for someone like me, but one that I now embrace. The other night I was walking back to my apartment through Sao Martinho Do Porto at around 11:50pm and I was amazed at how many houses and apartments I walked past where the doors were open, wide open! Never mind no security gates or no bars on the windows, but the front doors were open. It just makes me smile, I'm living in a place where people leave there front doors open at night.


This is a truly amazing place, beautiful, safe ........ home.



By Dylan Herholdt

The Silver Coasts favorite Irish pub is one year old

Donahues Irish Pub will be celebrating its 1st anniversary on the 27th June 2009; the charming pub located beach front in the beautiful city of Nazare on the Silver Coast in Portugal has become a popular watering hole for locals and visitors from all over the world. The pub is known throughout the Silver Coast for its warm, friendly atmosphere and its variety of imported and local drinks with ‘Guinness’ proving to be very popular with the locals. Donahues is also the place to be on a Saturday night where people from Nazare, Sao Martinho and surrounding areas enjoy a great night out involving live music, dancing, singing, drinks and friends.

The pub is owned by Alan Donahue, Alan’s story of how he ended up in Nazare is a great one. Alan who is Irish himself has lived all over Europe and while living in Amsterdam took a map of Portugal, closed his eyes and put his finger on a spot, when he opened his eyes his finger was over a place called Nazare, him, his wife and son then packed their bags and moved to Nazare, one of Portugal’s most well known fishing villages. He hasn’t looked back since and has established one of Nazare’s favorite venues.

Nazare is one of Portugal’s favorite holiday destinations, for years people from Lisbon and elsewhere have visited Nazare for their holidays in the summer. Donahues can be found right on the strip in this lovely town, people can sit outside enjoying the glorious sunset over the Atlantic or after spending a few hours can pop into the pub for an ice cold beverage. Locals who live in Nazare enjoy the location even more, if they live in an apartment or house in Nazare then they do not need a car to go out.



Happy Birthday Donahues! A great place, in a great city, in an amazing country.