Author: Tom

At this time of year we are beginning to think about guests arriving, so there is quite a lot of work to do. All the garden at the rear of the house must be pruned and weeded. We have been

March has in the main been a dry and warm month, although the last few days have returned to wet and cold. I hope we are nearly at the end of the Winter and am looking forward to a return

It is now March and it only seems like yesterday that we returned from the Algarve after Christmas! We have just had a lovely week of warm sunshine, during which we visited Nazare, Obidos and Peniche. We travelled down by

Since returning from a Christmas visit to the Algarve, we have had almost constant warm sunny days, although the nights have been quite cold. We have probably had the most frost we have seen here, but it is nice not

Time just flies by, we just love living here in Portugal, at Quinta Sao Domingos. Last year was our best to date for bookings, and we look forward to another good year in 2017. We went away this Christmas, for

It´s now just over nine years since we arrived here. We came on the 7th December 2007, and have no regrets at leaving the U.K.  for good. We spent two years renovating and rebuilding Quinta Sao Domingos, and the Adega,

It’s a long time now since we completed the renovation of the house and other buildings at Quinta Sao Domingos. About four years ago we added solar heating to the swimming pool, it was laid on top of the chicken

After a wonderful year of sunshine and hot days, the weather has changed almost overnight, we are now into cooler days with rain and showers. Still the garden was dryer than I have ever seen it and definitely needed the