Gold Award winner - Best Portugal Apartment
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News on Portugal
8 May 2008
Troiaresort
Located around an hour from Lisbon airport, access to Troia requires quite a long journey along the motorway down to the town of Setubal, from where you take the ferry almost to the resort entrance.
Situated on its own natural island, the location is excellent. The views across to Setubal or out to the Atlantic are beautiful and the white-sand beaches stunning. A total of 211 beach apartments are being constructed here, with prices between £178,000 and £580,000.
The marina apartments at Troia range from one- to three-bedroom homes and vary from 72 to 115 square metres. Prices are from £224,000 and £390,000.
Every one of the 78 marina apartments boasts views over the marina, and despite feeling a little small, the one-bedroom home we saw had obviously been designed very carefully to maximise available space and finished to a very high standard. The open-plan kitchen/diner and lounge area is very light – benefiting from the vast windows that look out to the marina. There is also access to a small balcony. The bathroom and bedroom are both cleverly concealed behind a large sliding wooden door. On the downside, there are only a limited number of berths available and only on a rental basis, and on-site boat repair facilities are in question.
Troiaresort says…
Diana Castello Branco of Troiaresort comments: “The Homes Overseas Awards recognised the high standards in design and construction at Troiaresort. In winning the Homes Overseas award for Best Apartment, Portugal it affirmed what we are creating at Troiaresort and solidified its position as one of the top resorts in Portugal.
“Troiaresort is still under construction with the first units set to open in September. Demand is high and we have had a good response from buyers.”
Have your say
This year we want you to have your say. We are looking for four readers to form the Readers’ Choice panel, and ultimately to select one of the event’s most coveted awards – the Readers’ Choice trophy.
If you think you’d make a good Homes Overseas Awards Readers’ Choice judge, simply email us at mds@globespanmedia.com with your name, address and telephone number, telling us what you consider are the three most important criteria when making an overseas property purchase. Judging will take place in central London on any day between Monday 12 May and Friday 16 May 2008.
The awards ceremony and Gala dinner will be held on Friday 17 October 2008 at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Mayfair, London.