Driving time from Faro: 15 min. Vale de Lobo maintains a high standard of quality with most villas in walking distance of the sandy beaches. It is a mecca for the golfer and other sports are well catered for at Barringtons (please note that some of our villas include free membership) and the David Lloyd Tennis Centre. There are many excellent restaurants from which to choose and shopping is available at both centres and at the nearby small town of Almancil. Nestling in the foothills and with superb views to Vale de Lobo and the coast is Santa Barbara de Nexe. Villas here have the perfect combination of a peaceful location, superb views, excellent local facilities including both traditional and quality restaurants in the village and an easy fifteen minute drive to the coast. Less than ten minutes away is Loule, once the provincial capital, and now a beautiful market town with the Saturday market not to be missed.