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25 years on …



File0097-straightened, originally uploaded by Paradise in Portugal.

Our home, Quinta do Barranco da Estrada, better known as “Paradise in Portugal” has now been running successfully for 25 years.
We started off with pretty well nothing but a few wooden shacks, a dream and some dry, barren land as the picture above shows.
For the past month or so as the date’s drawn nearer we’ve been racking our brains for some way to celebrate this achievement and finally have it!
We’re offering a 25% promotion for any stay of four nights or longer during the three weeks around the 25th week of the year, i.e. anytime between 11th June and 1st July.
Thus a double room will cost a mere 82.50 euros, (approx £66), rather than 110, (approx £88), including, of course, all the standard extras like the boats, sauna and wifi etc.. In these days of austerity we thought that this would be the most appreciated way of celebration!
If you’d like to take this offer up please drop us an email as soon as possible quoting this promotion as we expect the vacancies we still have available to fill quite quickly.
Looking forward to seeing you out here!

Sideways RIP



Sideways 1 for web, originally uploaded by Paradise in Portugal.

I seem to always post good news here, and not surprising really as the Quinta’s a pretty good place to be, but occasionally my natural exuberance takes a hit.
I have to say this last week is one of the worst where that’s concerned as one of my favourite friends passed away suddenly a few days ago after a short illness.
We will miss him here, as I am sure will everyone who ever had the good fortune to meet him. He was the friendliest and most intelligent dog I’ve ever had the pleasure to know.
We buried him here in the garden he loved and have planted a cyprus tree to mark his grave.
Rest in Peace Sideways; I count myself honoured to have had the chance to know you for so long.