Villa Warbler

The stables are located 100m down a leafy track where some beautiful Lusitanos are kept when they are not out to pasture. The Estate has a myriad of tracks on private land far from any traffic or urban noise pollution to spoil a wonderful ride on the soft sand of the surrounding pine forests. A full-size gym is found behind the stables and close to the pigsties and turkey houses and is furnished with modern equipment for those looking to exercise in a unique farmyard setting. The gym is also equipped with a sauna and steam room.

Located on the Arrábida peninsula, the estate is located only 30 km south of Lisbon, a short 45 minute drive south of the Tejo River. The Arrábida peninsula is renowned for its outstanding beauty, and as a protected nature reserve it is imbued with incredible scenery with unspoilt beaches protected in the lee of the wooded mountainside. The fishing port of Setúbal is located only 20 minutes away by car and is one of the main gateways to the Arrábida peninsula and a short ferry ride across the Sado estuary brings you to the virgin beaches of the Troia peninsula and fashionable Comporta. Setúbal is famous for its seafood restaurants serving the local speciality of grilled cuttlefish amongst other delightful seafood dishes and the fish market is classified as one of the 10 best markets in the world.

Villa Warbler is a wonderful property steeped in history since before the great earthquake of 1755. It has passed through generations of European nobility over its lifetime. The construction of the manor house was started in about 1715 by a Dutch admiral António Cremer, who settled in Portugal and was responsible for modernising the factories and process that manufactured Portuguese gunpowder. The estate was passed down to his second son Maurício José Cremer Van Zeller, his first son having died in the fire that followed the 1755 earthquake. Subsequently Maurício’s daughter, D. Catarina Sofia died without leaving an heir and the estate fell into disrepair.