The apartment is located in the market town of Loulé, only 10 minutes drive to Vilamoura and the beach. It has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and its located near by the Library and the public swimming pools with fantastic views over the town and the countryside. The apartment is bright and airy with plenty of natural light and special double glazing. All four bedrooms face East, getting the morning sun and the kitchen and large lounge face West. The generous size kitchen has white cabinets and marble worktops. The appliances are BOSCH and AEG. Two fully tiled bathrooms and a storage room complement this great apartment. The beginnings of Loulé are uncertain, some historians putting it as far back as 400BC, but others say it's origins are Roman. It is a fact that when the Arabs invaded the Algarve in 715, Loulé was already an important town. It has been a part of Portugal since 1249 after the Algarve was recaptured from the Moors and in 1291 King Dom Dinis established the Algarve's only medieval fair in Loulé, a sign of the wealth of the region. Loulé is an interesting town 16km to the north of Faro (15 minutes from the airport) and 10 km away from Vilamoura and the beaches. The landmark church of Nossa Senhora da Piedade - a modern dome shaped building reminiscent of a space ship - can easily be seen on a hill, just to the west of the town, from the A22 motorway. It is a large town with all the usual amenities you would expect to find - a great selection of shops, numerous banks, art galleries, swimming pools and sports pavilion to name but a few! Loulé is famous for it's Saturday morning gipsy market (at the end of Rua da nossa Senhora da Piedade) and it also has a really good daily market in the Arabian style market hall on Praça da República, which merits a visit. Want to know more?