| Page Views: 998 Last Visit to Silves: July, 1995 | The village of Alte by scottishvisitor - last update: Jul 7, 2007 |
Why change from Portugal to Silves? Please note this page is not new.
VT did not have a location for tiny Alte so I chose Portugal when I first wrote tips here. After a renewed interest in this page from fellow Vt'r I re-scanned my pictures all taken pre VT and started a fresh. I decided to move all the tips and intro to Silves as it is the nearest town to tiny Alte and seems more fitting to be here than lost in Portugal. |
|  | Alte far from the maddening crowd The village of Alte is very quiet & sleepy. We visited here by default...........an offer of free accommondation from a work collegue proved irresistable..........description.......villa with pool, garden with stream running through.........orchard with fruit trees (so tempting)........ all mod cons............... Well in reality...........dark......... musky.......no stream (well it was a hot summer must have dried up) no fruit trees....ah well doesn't matter, local market was very good.........very early in the morning but worth getting up...........couldn't sleep anyway .......no AC..........well not strictley true.........the house had no glass in the back windows.....but there is always a plus side ............ no one ever stole anything..........very safe place. Oh & by the way (whisper) we couldn't find the bathroom..........silly us of course it was in the garden beside all the rest of the staff of life!! |
A change in accommodation We found the Alte hotel within a few days, it was just outside the village and had a swimming pool which we used....ah bliss.........escape the heat. We checked to see if they had accommodation........YES!!! .......room with lounge & ensuite.......MAGIC!!!!!!! | | | Down on the street where we lived!! |
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jumpingnorman Thu Aug 27, 2009 23:14 UTC
I found a jumping picture here at your Alte Hotel tip! Can I use it for the jumpinggalleries? Is he your son? The little streets at Silves look so nice to walk around in...Norman :) | lynnehamman Wed Apr 8, 2009 14:06 UTC
This seems to be a pleasant little place for a quiet break. Very pretty. The flat rooftop idea is popular in India too, where people sleep ouside in summer to escape the heat that has built up indoors. Nice photos | barbskie Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:55 UTC
i will attend the european meeting in portugal.you may sign up now and see you in May. i enjoyed reading your page. yes, the roofdeck is a multi purpose idea which is similar to spain :) cheers! | Mikebb Thu Feb 12, 2009 22:17 UTC
Hi, Enjoyed your page. Thinking of returning to Portugal after 10 days in Sept'08. Stayed 7 days Cascais where the Euromeet'09 is scheduled. Visited Fonseca Winery on our drive south to Saville, Spain. |
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