Amazing area!

Great place.

Great quiet location in the most perfect of locations. Eric was very helpful throughout the entire process. 100% recommend staying in this unique house.

It was an amazing time at Eric's house and I would like the place to stay my secret. It is a big house with many rooms, we were alone there and felt us like home. The best is the walk to the beach and Monte Clerigo down the road. The landscape blew my mind. It's one of the best views ever. Thank you and thank the lady, who silently knocked at the door to ask, if everything was okay. Muito obrigada!

Casa do Cactus is a great place to stay. Eric is a very nice and discreet guy. He gave me a quick intro in his house and gave me some tips around the area. The room was very nice and clean and has some authentic furniture. The balcony was awesome to just sit there in the morning or watch the sun going down from there. The beach which is just a 10min walk away is awesome and the landscape around Casa do Cactus blew my mind. I can highly recommend Casa do Cactus.

Amazing place - will probably come again. Thanks for the great stay!

We had a great time at Eric's place. Prime view, great terrace and close to the beach.

Eric is lovely and very helpful. The house itself was very nice and in a quiet estate 15 min walk from the beach and surf spots. The swimming pool is a nice addition! I recommend this place.

This property is only suited to those with a car. It is a nine Euro taxi ride each way from the Aljezur bus station and the supermarket. The nearest cafe and the attractive beach are a fifteen minute walk away and the route is hilly. That said, the house is nice, with clean, spacious rooms, attractive gardens and a well maintained pool. Breakfast is not provided, despite the property being described as bed and breakfast. The Internet was too weak to even load mail except early in the morning. Eric is a helpful host.

It was nice staying in the room with kitchenette. On arrival everything was clean. I would stay there again.

Perfect for our stay - first night on our Alentejo Road trip. Comfortable, spacious and more than adequate. Eric was very helpful and very quick to respond to questions. I would recommend.

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really nice place and host. definitely recommend

Up in the mountains but a fun adventure and just down the hill is a beautiful beach and cute beach town, definitely would recommend having a car. Description was accurate (the succulents were awesome) and good value for your money, but I will say if you have back problems we found the bed very stiff.

The room was basic but had a nice covered balcony with kitchenette in a big nice house with beautifull backyard. It was a little bit in the middle of nowhere but at the same time its nice not to have to worry about the car... It could have been more clean though.

As we arrived at the Casa do Cactus we immediately felt like home, just regretted that we booked only two nights in this beautiful house and area. Erics grandmother welcomed us really warm and showed us everything, she is a wonderful person and told us to use the shared areas anytime we want. The room was big and has a kitchen as well as a big and pretty bathroom but the highlight of our stay was the terrace where we grilled fresh fish in the evening and after diner a bath in the awesome pool next to the house. The sea is also really close with one of portugals most beautiful beaches: Monte Clerigo. We can highly recommend this accomodation!

West coast of Portugal. Great views, great for runners, sufrers, walkers. Nice beach and restaurants. Close to Lagos if somenone prefers crowded places. Quiet and peacefull place for those who like to walk along coast. Nice room on top floor with terrace. Eric is really helpfull. Thank you!

We really enjoyed our stay in Eric's house. He is a good host, always ready to answer any question and he even drove down to Aljezur to pick us up since we didn't have a car. The location is great if you only want to enjoy the beautiful view and beaches. But for everything else you definitely need a car. The room and balcony are great and clean. The kitchen could be better equiped and you should be aware that you might have to share all common areas with a lot of people. This as well as the loud mini-fridges can make the house a noisy place at times. Nevertheless, we'd definitely recommend a stay!

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Olá! Despite not at the property, Eric was kind and helpful, especially since we arrived late at night. We appreciated the covered swimming pool with warm water and took a midnight dive. The room was cosy, had all we needed in it, including a minibar, dishes and an electric kettle. Unplug the minibar if you are sensitive to noise, and store your perishables in the complete kitchen downstairs; there is a garden too, where one can enjoy tranquility and the sun. From our room, we could see the sea from the balcony, first thing after waking up.

Eric was the perfect host. He gave us a very warm welcome into his lovely home, the house was very clean and the bedroom was great with an awesome balcony and ensuite bathroom. He gave us some good advise on where to go and even offered to bring us to a music event in another town along the coast, sadly we were to tired to join but the thought was really cool. I really can't fault this place or host in any way, I will be back... Thanks Eric

This is a fantastic Airbnb in a amazingly beautiful and traditional home built by Eric's grandparents! We loved the art and plants around the house, as well as the big outdoor area and pool. This is an absolute highlight! It's warm and we loved the design. Eric is a great host, super friendly and good to communicate with where necessary. Note, internet is slow in the area - good to unplug. Also, definitely eat at the Italian pizzeria Arte Bianaca - it's superb.

We had a very nice stay at Erics place, the terrace is fantastic, the view extraordinary! Thanks for the quick and easy communication!

Eric's house is close to the beach with a great view! Our room was spacious and comfortable. Thanks for having us!

We've had a pleasant stay at Luis house! Luis has been really friendly and obliging in our wishes. The house is really beautiful and the pictures are really representative. The house is closely located, at a short driving distance, to several beaches. I would really recommend Luis house !

We had a lovely week in this beautiful house in a beautiful not over touristic part of Portugal. Nice surfing, good beach at walkable distance, and even more amazing beaches in 10-15 minutes drive. The house is luxury and has all you need....really recommandable!

very quite place

Luis House is a perfect place to have a wonderful holiday! It is not far from the sea and far enough away that you are in the "hustle and bustle". Luis is the perfect host who always is reachable if you have problems or questions. We stand in this house for 3 weeks from middle of august to middle of september with me, my wife,two seniors and our little 3 year old daughter. For all of us it was a beautiful time cause of the country and the dreamlike house. All the pictures are true and nothing is dressed up in the pictures......the house is like you see it in the pictures!!! The house is fully equiped and every bedroom has its own bathroom. One of our best holiday ever.

I chose this place to do my little solo, working- and surfing- retreat. For my work (in music) i needed a fairly secluded place in order to not disturb anyone around me. I asked about neighbors and the location-situation beforehand and Luis was always quick and extremely friendly and nice in his answers. The communication with Luis in general was great! He would always get back as quickly as he could, offering specials and extras. The man obviously knows what he's talking about in terms of GOOD HOSTING. Fantastic. The house is spacious and it can easily host up to 6 people. No further description as the existing one is needed. Everything is basically how its described in the AirBnB add. The caretaker of the house was very friendly, nice and uncomplicated at the check-in. The house itself is located in a new housing development area outside of Monte Clerigo. The development is pending and a few workers are doing their daily work on new houses being built. Some of the more corporate-looking development-buildings especially at the entrance of the area are vacant and currently not being finished or worked on. Maybe the tragic financial crisis has left a few marks here, but in the end it basically leaves more peace and space to the neighborhood. The few neighbors I briefly met were always friendly and greeting, waving their hands. The interior and design of the house is on the clean, modern side of the scale. All facilities in the house are working perfectly. Its clean and it offers more than anything you need for cooking, grilling the freshest fish, lounging and sitting outside on the terrace or one of the 3 balconies. The view from the living-, and master sleeping-room is overlooking a very peaceful valley in which a few manmade water-pools are situated. They appear to be "Salinas" - sea salt pools. Birds are peacefully circling within the valley. The view is wonderful. The next beach, Monte Clerigo is about 10min walk away. Its a dry river mouth with an exceptionally beautiful little town and its beach right at the open, power atlantic ocean. Waves and current were strong there (in October). However many other beaches, with different layout and situation are close by and easily accessible by car. I had a fantastic time and would always recommend this place, especially its host and his hospitality. If you are looking for a neutral, clean place - this could be the one for you.

Luis was a great host. We got everything we needed very quick and easy. The house is huge, everything we needed was available and the house was very clean. My strong recommendation for this house as well as Luis as host!

Luis house was big and nice! Looked exactly as the photos and was tidy and clean. Luis was very communicative and replied quickly! Our only problem was the internet wi-fi that worked very poorly.

Our stay in Luis' house was very, very good. The house and location is superb. The house is spacious and can easily fill 6 adults (I was with one extra person). Every bedroom has it's own bathroom. I never stayed in a house that was that clean as Luis'. The location is superb, just 10 minutes by car to Aljezur and Arrifane and a friendly 10 minute walk to the beach Monte Clérigo. The area is quite remote but so beautiful.We wanted to relax and surf and this area is perfect for that. We had pre-checked many houses in the area and we felt that made the best choice by choosing this. The reception by Patricia was very friendly and helpful. Direction (coordinates) to find the house was easy (with (SENSITIVE CONTENTS HIDDEN) Maps or TomTom). I had one thing that required improvement and that is Wifi connection. I would state that this is too slow to call it a (minimal) wifi connection. It is isn't good enough to check a website or mail on your laptop/mobile; streaming (Spotify, Netflix) is definitely not possible. I always search for the best stay with Airbnb; this choice was definitely worth to recommend to others.

The accomodation was a 100% as described, the room was spacious with its own bathroom and the neighbourhood was really good as well. We went to Restaurante Pont´a Pé for dinner in Aljezur which was also a really great experience. Even though we haven't met Eric in person, he helped us with everything (even GPS coordinates) and he's been super flexible and helpful regarding everything. I can only recommend this place.

The location was great, Eric kept in touch whenever we needed and the house is nice. They're still doing some work in the house as some parts (mainly in the garden and pool) are older, should be all done in a few months :) Super close to the beach (walking distance) and in a quiet neighborhood.

Good communication, clean room, nice house close to the beach in a quiet area. Super!

I highly recommend room 4 to family with small kids. Easy to go out from the room, balcony next to garden and large bath room. The location was great! Eric is nice person, open-minded and very friendly.

Definitely make sure to ask on which floor is your booking because the rooms on the ground floor have no curtains which means no privacy. Cleaning is another issue that needs to be clarified. Other than that the location of the house is perfect, there are two wonderful beaches 5 minutes away and few nice places to eat.

This was a very pleasant and authentic stay during our trip along the Portugese coastline. Eric is a very friendly host and took good care of us. The room was spacious and clean with authentic furniture. Will definitely keep Casa Do Cactus in my records for our next trip to Arrifana Beach! Best regards to your gramma, Eric!

nice location

This was a very good place to stay overall. Location was fantastic, amenities in the house were great, and the host was friendly. Cleanliness of the room left a bit to be desired. If this is attended to, I believe this would be a great choice instead of very good.

Great house for families, in a great location

Its a really nice place, the ocean is in walking distance and the house has plenty of room. The only downside I can think of (and I have to think really hard) is that the WiFi is very slow sometimes. We really had a great time and would love to come again :)

A great villa in a wonderful location. A short drive to the local town and an even shorter walk to one of the most wonderful beaches in the area. A real gem. Highly recommended.

Die Fotos des Hauses suggerieren, dass es sich um ein freistehendes Haus handelt. Tatsächlich ist es ein Reihenhaus in einer Reihenhausanlage der unsympathischen Art. Die Nachbarschaft ist zwar ruhig, aber es stehen halbfertige Bauruinen herum, und leere Häuser/Grundstücke die nicht den Anschein machen dass sie jemals bewohnt werden. Das Haus war sauber. Mücken sind in warmen Nächten ein Thema. Insgesamt ist das Haus innen relativ dunkel, was an der Beleuchtung liegt. Die Ausstattung der Küche war o.k., wir haben eine Tab Kaffee Maschine gekauft die jetzt dort stehen sollte. Warmwasser wird über einen Gasdurchlauferhitzer erzeugt, der sehr laut in der Küche arbeitet und das Gas über Flaschen erhält, die selber zu wechseln sind (wenn leer). Die Lage zu einem der Strände ist gut (mit dem Auto), Einkaufsmöglichkeiten, Geschäfte oder Restaurants gibt es in der Nachbarschaft nicht.

Good Place to relax and near to the Beach for surfing! Matilde ist very nice and a good Host

Matilde was very nice and we immediately felt like home. The room was big and clean with a own small balcony. The area is very peaceful and the monte clerigo beach is amazingly beautiful. I highly recommend to stay here :-)

We realy had a wonderful time at this unique location near the lovely village of Aljezur and so close to the stunningly beautiful cliff hanging seaside village of Monte Clérigo. The quiet settlement of Espartal is surrounded by nature and it is only a few hundred meters walking distance to a marvelous view to the bay of Praia Amoreira. Matilde speaks fluently English and is very nice and helpful with suggestions. She has a disarming smile. And her spacious house is well equiped with a kitchen, a covered terrace, an outside BBQ, a garden and a roof terrace ! ......If only we could have stayed longer !!! OBRIGADA MUITE MATILDE ! Thank you very much ! Hester & Frank from Holland

We had lovely stay at Matilde's place. Her house was well located and very near to the beach.

The apartment is very spacious and tastefully decorated. With tons of books, games and various household items it actually feels like you're visiting a distant family member not renting a hotel room. The kitchen had everything you need not just to have a quick breakfast but you could easily prepare a four course meal. Which you can then enjoy on a terrace overlooking a river valley and some rolling hills. Beautiful. The beaches are nice and nearby, the closest one is about 10 minutes away on foot, although it is a bit of a steep climb on the way back so we ended up taking the car once or twice to haul our most senior family member and surfing gear.

The house was exactly as described. Clean and comfortable. Kitchen was well appointed with everything we needed and the grill on the patio was so helpful in our dining. Two balconies, the patio, the living room, plus the pool area allowed many areas to relax. Beaches nearby are wonderful and several dining options just a short drive away.

Great location near fantastic surf beaches and lovely local beach restaurants with great food. The apartment has everything you would want, plenty of space selection of 3 terraces and all very comfortable. Would benefit from Wifi but other than that all was excellent.

We did not meet Ana (the key was waiting for us in a box), but the house was just great. We were a family with 2 kids and they felt at home. There were even some toys and books for them to play with. The region is quite windy, so even if days are sunny you hardly feel the heat. A great spot for surf and for getting to know the beaches and countryside around Aljezur.

Thank you for being so accommodating when our check out plans had to alter.. we loved staying in your well equipped home x thank you and we shall be visiting again soon!

Casa muy bonita, bien equipada y super luminosa. Las vistas muy agradables, y olor a campo cuando sales a la terraza. Se come estupendamente por la zona..Hemos pasado unos dias geniales. Ana atenta en todo momento. Excelente elección.

Excelente moradia com todo o eqipamento para umas férias. Paisagem fantástica.

Perfect holiday home for a large family like us. Clean, functional and convenient. All good, we had a great holiday! Thanks Rita! Guillermo

Perfect for a well spent vacation in family. The location, the sight and the house are wonderful and just meet everything you need to be confortable and happy. 5 *****

José é disponibilissimo è la casa è meravigliosa!

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Bem localizado, espaçoso, limpo!

Casa bem localizada, em cima da praia do Monte Clérigo. Possibilidade de ir a pé para a praia.

Great place. My favourite place and time was star gazing at night on the terrace. Matilde immediately gave us the tip to go to a local party which was great to see. She is a very chill host that is there when you need her but at the same time lets you have your privacy, which makes for a very delightful stay.

Matilde is a super welcoming host. We stay at her Place 1 night enjoying her good company! She even let us using the barbecue! The house is huge and super clean! Great position as well! Ultra suggested! :)

Wonderful place right around the corner of Monte Clerico. Perfect place to go for a surf or relax in the Nature. Matilde was a great Host, that gave us helpful advice and was fun to hang around. I can highly recommend to visit this place!

Confortável e bem localizado. A Matilde foi simpática e cinco estrelas em termos de horas de check-in.

Nous avions réservé pour 7 nuits ,nous sommes partis au bout de 2 nuits. Mathilde est très gentille et souriante et apparemment inexpérimentée, et doit faire beaucoup d'effort au niveau de la propreté et dans l'exactitude de son annonce.

We had a great time staying with Matilde. She was a very warm and accommodating host, and her home is adjacent to the beach and a beautiful overlook of the ocean. Would highly recommend!

Matilde and her friend made us feel welcome from beginning on. Her place is clean, cozy, in a perfect location for everybody who likes to be at the beach quickly and she has a very beautiful smile! Anytime again ;)

Matilde is so friendly and welcoming! Her house is cozy and inviting and if i am in Aljezur again, I'll be staying there. It is around the corner from Monte Clerigo (i think i got that right...) and a very short drive to Arrifana Beach. It is quiet around her place, and very pretty. The room is well kept and clean, and the bed is comfortable.

Matilde is the perfect host...she leaves you to it if you prefer but is also very friendly & helpful .. beautiful & quiet location with birds whistling in the morning, but without feeling at all isolated...(definitively best with a car)...close to wonderful Monte Clerigo beach & local cafes/bars ..also not to missed is the added benefit of Matilde being a masseuse/physiotherapist...book in for an excellent treatment with her (next to O Sargo, also great place to eat/drink)...very happy to have stayed with her & her gorgeous dog)

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Endroit magnifique. Coup de coeur pour la plage et l'encironnement Rapport qualité prix excellent.

Junto a la playa de monteclerigo

Matilde é uma excelente anfitriã. Muito simpática e acolhedora. Ajudou me a chegar ao destino e ainda me mostrou o melhor de Aljezur. A casa é enorme e exactamente como está nas fotos. A vizinhança é muito calma e segura. Ela deixou-me muito a vontade para usufruir do espaço e utilizar a cozinha para fazer as minhas próprias refeições. Recomendo a Matilde como anfitriã a toda a gente ;)

We really enjoyed our one week stay with our 8 person family in this very nice and well equipped house in a very impressive location with a splendid view over the ocean. We enjoyed the beautiful sunsets and lots of sun with nice weather throughout our stay. There is a choice of beautiful beaches next door or in close distance. We also enjoyed the different activities from relaxing, surfing, beaching, golfing, sea fishing to sight seeing. Aljezur offers still the typical portugese way of life and Utas restaurant tips were excellent. Really recommendable.

Wunderschönes Haus an spektakulärer Steilküste gelegen; bestens ausgestattet, sehr sauber und sehr gut gemanagt. Für entspannten Urlaub, fern von touristischen Zwängen bestens geeignet. Das Angebot ist seinen Preis wert.

Tout était parfait pour notre séjour. La maison était superbe, très grande, très bien décorée et très bien équipée. Elle est fidèle à la description. Filipa et son mari, nos correspondants sur place étaient très accueillants et chaleureux. La communication était parfaite aussi. La plage la plus proche, familiale ou pour le surf était à 10 min a pied. Notre séjour a été excellent. Nous recommandons.

Maison très agréable, très bien équipée, très bon accueil, superbe vue sur la mer, emplacement de rêve pour découvrir la région. La propriétaire est très réactive et fera en sorte que votre séjour soit parfait. Une belle piscine extérieure. Les photos reflètent vraiment la maison telle qu’elle est. Je recommande vivement.