Country House »Above the Sea« for Sale in Santa Maria Island, Azores,, Portugal

Renting Instead of Buying: Idyllically Situated Cozy House

This house is for rent for several years. The monthly rent is 380 Euro, what is at present 495 US Dollar.

Santa Maria, the southernmost island of the Azores group, is not only the sunniest and warmest, but also the one with the best sandy beaches, lush subtropical vegetation and friendly, amiable inhabitants. An unspoilt, unique natural paradise untouched by environmental calamity, criminality, or mass tourism.

Directly over the island's most beautiful beach, São Lourenço, stands the house named ABOVE THE SEA, situated entirely on its own. The site is the most spectacular on the island, with overwhelming vistas out over the Atlantic Ocean and a rocky islet close by. The roar of the sea is to be heard, and sometimes one can watch whales and dolphins.

ABOVE THE SEA is an old country cottage that we restored lovingly in the way the Azorean ancestor had designed it. It consists of a kitchen-cum-living room, a small lounge with fireplace, bedroom, and bathroom. Furnishings are functional and exceptionally comfortable. There is heating in every room.

The house has two spacious terraces, surrounded by flowering trees, one shaded by a palm tree. The associated grounds are very large (3,150 m² / 0.8 acre). A drivable way leads down to the property, ending there. The house and all of its surroundings, not observable due to the secluded position, radiate an atmosphere of special calmness and peacefulness hardly no longer to be found anywhere.

ABOVE THE SEA is the ideal place - for example - for artists and other creative people searching just those qualities for their work, for persons recovering from stress or severe disease, or for those, who simply wish to live in a peaceful ambience in close touch with nature.

Distances: It is 2 km (1.2 miles) from the nearest village, Santa Bárbara, which has a shop selling groceries and a pub, it is also 2 km away from the sandy beaches of São Lourenço (there is also a nearby footpath leading down). It is 11 km (6.8 miles) to the largest town in the island, Vila do Porto, which has supermarkets, restaurants and shops of all descriptions. It is 13 km (8 miles) to the airport.

Getting there: To Santa Maria (airport code: SMA) there are daily flights from the main island Sao Miguel (PDL). This you can reach with direct flights, or via Lisbon (LIS) or Porto (OPO). On Thursdays there is also a direct flight from Lisbon to Santa Maria.