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Algarve
Portugal information
"Fantastic beaches, pictorial cities, magnificent monasteries and always sun ".
With over 3.000 hours of sun in the year , it belongs to the golden beaches
of the Algarve ,where holiday-makers are spoiled climatically.
In addition, the silver coast (Costa Prata) or the Green coast and historical
pregnant cities such as Lisbon and Porto make of the
journey in the southwest of Europe a unique experience.
Excerpt from "FREIZEIT REVUE"
( where the world is most beautiful: ) Edition April 2002:One of the last Holiday-paradises in Europe:
Portugal is a wonderful country in the south of Europe, one of the last
Holiday-paradises without too much Tourism.Lisbon:
The capital Lisbon, with its special Flair, is not only a modern large city but
offers also to the visitor famous buildings and monuments, tradition and culture,
and is internationally well-known.The Costa Prata:
The Costa Prata, also mentioned silver coast , with its delightful landscape,
is situated between Porto and Lisbon and combines everything that one can
dream of a holiday country.
Here you find nearly deserted sand beaches and crystal-clear, clean water,
green, flowering dunes and hills, with wonderful trees up to the beaches and
naturally innumerable palms and cactusses, in order to call only some points
of this delightful coast.Climate:
Here a healthy, mild climate with much sun prevails, also during the winter months.
The high summer at the Costa Prata brings temperatures of maximally 30 degrees,
and in the winter the Temparatur falls rarely under 15° at the day and 10° at night.Sport:
Of course the Costa Prata offers also a large coice of sport activities. Waterskiing
in each form, diving, Surf, Wind Surf, Fishing, Riding, Tennis, Kite flying, etc. and as
special attraction of Golf-courts directly at the sea.Ski:
In addition, the Serra-da-Estrela offers you winter sports possibilities for skiing
You reach this area, which provides a unusually mild climate, in 2 to 3 hours by car,
depending upon starting point.Culture:
You also get a culturally very rich variety of historical buildings, monasteries,
cathedrals, castles, fortresses etc.Traditions:
The Portuguese are very tradition conscious and maintain their traditional customs,
also in the practice of their occupation. In many localities you meet fishermen and
market-women in folcloristic clothes who do their work invariably, as before one
hundred years.
The Portuguese are also very friendly and merry people, who celebrate gladly and
often, the carnival in this region is one of the most spectacular events.Shopping:
Also are there very good purchase possibilities, where you can find fashion shops,
whose offer in Chic and elegance is not inferior to our mode metropolises of larger
cities , but are substantially lower-priced.Prices:
The cost of living in this coastal region is low, this concerns also food, craftsman costs etc..
Also real estates, houses, properties or mansions at the sea are affordable and in relation
to different holiday-regions still favorable.Worth knowing:
However the criminality rate is substantially lower than in the other southern countries.
Naturally Portugal has very good road connections, and a very good motorway
between Porto, Nazaré, Leiria and Lisbon, also the medical supply is very well organized.
Therefore the Costa Prata or silver coast offer ideal conditions for an unforgettable
vacation in one of the comfortable holiday houses or apartments, and is also suitable for
domiciliation as a continuous guest, or as second domicile for older people.
Information: How to acquire your property
Before you acquire your property in Portugal, we will help, giving some usefull
information on the matter.The legislation in our country does not differentiate much
from the Civil Code of other countries in Europe.The various stages.
1. The buyer has to possess a (contribuinte) collectors card, if that is not the case
you will have to proceed the execution of one which it is a simple process.
2. Edit and sign the buy/sell contract.
3. Present the necessary documents to settle the date for the bookkeeping,
in the notary´s office.
4. Proceed to settle the date for the bookkeeping in the notary´s office.
5. Effectuate the (SISA)Government Tax, which varies between 5% and 10% of
the total value of the bookkeeping.
6. Celebrate the bookkeeping in the notary´s office.
7. Put the current documents in favor of the new owner.
The buy/sell contract
The buyer and the seller when signing this contract, must keep this in mind.
-The property must be free of debt.
-There should exist in the same, an inventory of the property and the complete
information of the buyer/seller.
-There sould be included clauses, that define diferent situations agreed with the
buyer/seller that are not on the current legislation.
We advise to mention the imputable laws forseen to the missing parts.
To mention the value handed over to the seller by the buyer as a reserve, which
should be in between 10% to 15% of the total value of the property.
Have a clause mentioning that the contract is only valid, starting from the moment
it has been signed by both parts.Links:
Lisbon - estremadura - Vale do Tejo
Portugal: region north of Lisbon
Leiria / Fátima tourism regionOESTE - "Land of Golf Resorts"
Australia: Consulate General of Portugal in Sydney
Brazil: Consulate General of Portugal in São Paulo
Canada: Consulate General of Portugal in Toronto
France: Embassy of Portugal in Paris
Japan: Embassy of Portugal in Tokyo
South Africa: Consulate General of Portugal in Cape Town
email: Imatico Portugal real estate