The process of booking with Victor was a pleasant one. He answered any questions we had. The ad and photos are accurate and actually the villa itself is even better in person. We hired a car from the airport and it took just over an hour to get to Tobaco. The local town Vale de Cambra had good supermarkets.
The pool area was fantastic and the villa is well equipped. We stayed for nine days and were lucky with the weather to spend it outside in the very well maintained garden/pool area. We enjoyed BBQs and the surrounding views and visited the waterfall you can see from the villa.
Some of Victor's family live in the village and invited us to a Sunday lunch. This was a fantastic experience despite us not speaking Portuguese, two family members spoke English and everyone made us feel very welcome - thank you again to them!
We also got excited listening for the bread man who came daily in his van and beeps his horn. His bread is delicious and cheap to buy fresh every day. We would recommend keeping an ear out for him daily around 11am. We went to both restaurants 1km away in Felgueira. Mia de Freita was our favourite. It is traditional and superb value for money with friendly staff.
We will definitely consider returning to Victor's as the villa met all our expectations for a relaxing holiday way from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Thank you for providing such a perfect retreat for a very reasonable price.