Location – Horta das Canas

Welcome to Hortas Das Canas!

The previous owners of Horta das Canas (‘Garden of Reeds’) have spent many years carefully and lovingly renovating and extending the property. The result is a very special place: a quiet, attractive and comfortable house surrounded by nature and wildlife – the perfect place to relax especially for nature-lovers, writers, poets, composers, star-gazers and other like-minded souls.The grounds are home to many varieties of birds, bees, butterflies, crickets, frogs, chameleons, salamanders, goats, cats and other creatures both large and small.

Numerous paths and sandy tracks wind their way north through the beautiful nature towards the province of Alentejo, and most are suitable not only for walking but also for cycling or even driving. But that’s not all: there are also concerts, cinemas, museums, libraries and beaches in the area. For example, Tavira – a small Moorish town just a 20-minute drive away – has plenty of things going on all year round, ranging from music, markets and small festivals, to art galleries and good restaurants. The nearest café-restaurant (’Monte Velho’) is only a 10-minute walk from Horta das canas

Horta das Canas lies like a little jewel in the midst of wild and unspoiled nature in the south-east of Portugal, just 12 km from the ocean and 40 km from the Spanish border. By car, Faro airport is 45 minutes away, Seville 90 minutes and Lisbon 3 hours.

The combination of blue skies, warm sun, fragrant herbs and orchestras of crickets, frogs and birdsong gives these hills a southern Mediterranean feeling.
A gentle breeze from the Atlantic wafts over the coastline and through the coastal hills, keeping the area slightly cooler in the summer and milder in the winter than the rest of inland Portugal and Spain.

The coast has many long stretches of beach with clean sand and calm waters. Behind the shore, the hills gradually rise to 300 m and are carpeted with exotic rockrose bushes, along with olive, fig, cork-oak, eucalyptus and carob trees. The southern Portuguese country lifestyle is characterized by traditional agriculture and simple livin