Casa Miradouro bed and breakfast near Penha Longa Golf Club, Portugal

Casa Miradouro was built around 1890 for a family of army officers. In 1987 the family moved out and the house stood empty for six years.  The present owner, Frederic Kneubuehl, bought the house in 1993 and completely restored it. Casa Miradouro opened for guests in July 1994.

The name, Casa Miradouro, translates to "Viewpoint house", so named because of the fantastic view towards the Atlantic ocean and over Sintra up to the Pena Palace and the Moorish Castle.

The house has six large bedrooms with private bathrooms. A buffet breakfast is served in the breakfast room.

Casa Miradouro offers their guests a living room with a beautiful stucco ceiling, satellite television, a bar and a fireplace to sit around and read the literature on Sintra and Portugal that is available to the guests.  There is a very pleasant terrace area in the lovely garden that surrounds the house.  Casa Miradouro is classified as "Casa de Turismo de Habitação" by the state tourist authority.
The owner/manager is a Swiss national. Languages spoken are Portuguese, English, French and German.

Rooms
The house has six large bedrooms decorated in different colors, all with private bathrooms. Double-glazed windows and central heating make the rooms comfortable even in the Portuguese winter. All rooms are kept in bright colours and dispose of large windows so you can enjoy the magnificent views.
Some rooms have beautiful stucco ceiling.  We and over 90 percent of the guests appreciate if nobody smokes in the bedrooms.

Located within 500 metres of the national palace, Casa Miradouro provides an excellent base to visit the historic monuments of Sintra as well as it's beautiful parks and the outstanding new museum of contemporary art with the Berardo collection created after World War II. It is considered one of the most important on the Iberian Peninsula.

There are several golf courses within 12 km radius.

GOLF
Penha Longa Golf Club
Sintra (Estoril Coast) Portugal
Located 9 km from Estoril and designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, this course has hosted the Portuguese Open and was unanimously voted by golf professionals as one of the best on the European circuit. The Atlantic Course was inaugurated in 1992. This 18 hole, par 70 championship course of 6,290m is very well integrated with the landscape. It offers a challenge to all golfers, as well as breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean, Estoril, Cascais and the Sintra Hills. The Monastery, also designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., is a 9 hole, par 35 course of 2.588m. Opened in 1995,
Email reservas.golf@penhalonga.com
www.penhalonga.com

Belas Clube de Campo
Belas, Estoril Coast, Portugal (near Lisbon)
Designed by American Rocky Roquemore, this course has lovely views of the Sintra mountains. Before being transformed into a luxurious golf course, the land was formerly contoured and stony. One part of the course runs through low density housing; the other through untouched natural environment. The layout has several fairways and greens set in deep valleys, affording unforgettable panoramic scenery. Both skill and tactical play is needed on this course, which is acknowledged as one of Portugal's best constructed layouts. Many outstanding holes will easily be remembered even after playing the course once. Driving range, putting green, golf school.
18 holes Par 72
Email golfe@planbelas.pt
www.belasgolf.com

Quinta da Beloura Golf Club
Sintra (Estoril Coast) Portugal
This is the Estoril Coast's newest course and the flat terrain makes this an enjoyable and not exhausting course. Designed by Rocky Roquemore, there are 6 lakes and 40,000 trees, so accuracy is key here. Excellent mountain views. Practice range, tuition.
18 holes 5878 metres Par 73
Email beloura.reservas@pestana.com

Quinta da Marinha Golf Club
Cascais, Estoril Coast, Portugal (near Lisbon)
This Robert Trent Jones designed course is set in a private estate of 110 hectares. It was the 1988 host of the Quinta da Marinha Ladies Masters (European Professional's Women's Circuit) and in 2002 was host to the Estoril Open (PGA Tour Event). It is wooded with pine trees, has flat terrain, many bunkers and a number of lakes.
18 holes, 6014 metres, Par 71
Email golf@quintadamarinha.com

Quinta da Marinha Oitavos Golf Club
Cascais, Estoril Coast, Portugal (near Lisbon)
Set amongst pine woods and reforested dunes, in an area of great natural beauty, Quinta da Marinha Oitavos Golfe lies within the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. It was designed by Arthur Hills, whose goal was to create one of the finest golf experiences in Europe. Encompassing three distinct landscape forms --umbrella pine forests, dunes, and open, coastal transition areas, the course takes advantage of all three zones. There are distant views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Sintra Hills from every hole. This course was the first golf course in Europe to be recognised as a Gold Cerified Signature Sanctuary, an environmental certification award by the American Audubon International.
Email oitavosgolfe@quinta-da-marinha.pt

Estoril Golf
Estoril, Estoril Coast, Portugal (near Lisbon)
Part of a protected landscape, the first and last three holes are laid out in a pine wooded valley studded with granite outcrops; holes 6-13 are on a hill with fabulous views to the sea and mountains. Four times host to Portuguese Open.
18 holes 5200 metres Par 69
Email reservas@golfestoril.com

Lisbon Sports Club est historiquement le plus ancien golf dans le region, créé autour de 1880 par des résidents Anglais, mais ce n'est qu'en 1964 qu'il s'établit à Belas à 20 km au nord de Lisbonne. C'est un parcours très court de 4618 m avec seulement 3 par-5 mais 6 par-3, le premier étant l'un des plus difficiles.
email geral@lisbonclub.com
www.lisbonclub.com

Lisbon, itself can easily and comfortably be reached by train. The trains run every 15 minutes and the station is only 15 minutes walking away from Casa Miradouro. This allows visiting the city even at night (last return train departs at 1.37 a.m. on weekdays and Sundays, at 2.07 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays) and recover in a quiet place with good air and fresh nights in summer.

Contact Casa Miradouro
Tel (351) 21 910 71 00 - Fax (351) 21 924 18 36
mail@casa-miradouro.com
www.casa-miradouro.com