Melides, Portugal is small town in the district of Grandola which offers countryside settings, magnificent ocean views, and covers an area of 162 km2, with approximately 2,000 inhabitants.
It’s a wonderful place to live with a lively town centre, a Catholic Church, cafes and some decent restaurants. One of our affordable favourites “O Fadista” is located in the centre of the town.
Christian Louboutin is currently building a boutique hotel and restaurant in the centre of town which should open in 2022.
As you leave the village heading towards the ocean you will discover a swathe of paddy fields which touch the coast.
The lagoon is full when seeding which turns a bright fluorescent green as the rice stalks protrude from the earth.
Harvest time will bring a duller shade of orange and then brown. All turns to black as the soil is turned and fires set ablaze.
The road to the right of the lagoon is most expensive road in Melides, where the well-heeled, own property.
The road to the left of the lagoon leads to the greater public beach with many of the homes now in the process of being legalised.
The beaches in Melides, Portugal are stunningly beautiful with an expansive more public beach to the left of the lagoon whilst the beach to the right is narrower and backdropped by sandstone cliffs.
If you are with children make sure that you only swim whilst a lifeguard is on duty.
You will find a restaurant on the beach and a number nearer to the carpark and boardwalk.
Blue flag, Gold quality, accessible beach. (Left-hand-side of Melides Lagoon).
Beaches – Pinheirinho . Galé . Aberta Nova . Vigia . Melides.
The Melides hills include the following areas as you look from Melides village up towards the IC33.
Furthest right, Vale Figueira. A small hamlet of traditional homes set within the rolling hills of Alentejo.
Immediate right as you leave Melides village, Boa Vista. (Estrada da Boa Vista). A beautiful area within the hills with mature umbrella pine trees and views to the ocean.
Immediate left as you leave Melides village, Valinho da Estrada. (EN261-2). Traditional homes on either side of the road as well as country estates further inland.
Furthest left as you leave Melides village, Sobreiras Altas. (M1076). Intermittent homes set within the hills, leading down to Aberta Nova beach.
There are multiple estates and homes with either decent or spectacular sea-views from their properties.
Vale Figueira – White Stone Dolmen, Megalithic Monument of Old Houses, Necropolis.
Historical Centre – Church of S. Pedro (Mother church), from the 18th century.
Entrance to Melides Village – Fountain of the Eyes.
Estrada de Praia da Vigia – (The Cemetery Road). The Church of Santa Marinha (Ruins), was probably built in the late 15th Century, and extended in the 17th and 18th Century, and served has the headquarters for the Parish of Melides.
It is a single-storey building which once had a gabled roof, and nowadays consists of, the walled exterior, three buttresses, a small bell tower, windows and door on the main and rear façade.
Its interior, had a nave, the main church hall, pulpit, niche, and a chancel, with an entrance to the sacristy.
The cemetery behind the church is still in use today and at burial times, the police, cut off the main road to allow the funeral procession to pass, peacefully.
For Sale – Local clay handicrafts.
Rua Nova, Melides Village, Grandola, 7570-640, Portugal.
Tel:+351 269 907 411
Kitchen
Portuguese, European.
Opening-Times
Lunch and Dinner.
Services
Table Service, Take-Away, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Access, Full Bar, Free Wi-fi, Accepts Credit Cards. Parking in the village.
Comments
Great family-run restaurant, with fish, meat and shellfish on the menu. Many daily specials. You should make a reservation throughout the summer months.
TripAdvisor
4 Stars.
Fontainhas Do Mar, Melides, Grandola, 7570-504, Portugal.
Tel:+351 269 907 144
Kitchen
Mediterranean, European, Portuguese.
Opening-Times
Lunch and Dinner.
Services
Table Service, Take-Away, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Access, Full Bar, Free Wi-fi, Accepts Credit Cards, Parking.
Comments
Famous for their roasted duck. You should make a reservation throughout the summer months.
TripAdvisor
4 Stars.
Estrada Nacional 261, Melides, Grandola, 7570-610, Portugal.
Tel:+351 269 907 329
Kitchen
Portuguese.
Opening-Times
Lunch and Dinner.
Services
Table Service, Take-Away, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Access, Full Bar, Free Wi-fi, Accepts Credit Cards, Parking.
TripAdvisor
4 Stars.
Coming to Melides, Portugal, soon
A luxury hotel and restaurant owned by the famous French, red soled, shoe designer, Christian Louboutin.
A luxury restaurant owned by Countess Noemi Marone Cinzano.
Tourist Office
Largo 25 de Abril, Melides Portugal.
Tel: +351 269 979 066
Email: turismo@cm-grandola.pt
Junta de Freguesia Melides Portugal
Tel: +351 269 907 116
https://www.jf-melides.pt
Câmara Municipal de Grândola
Rua Dr. José Pereira Barradas 7570-281 Grândola.
Tel: +351 269 450 000
https://www.cm-grandola.pt/
e-mail. geral@cm-grandola.pt
There is quite a variety of real estate assets available including building plots, tourism projects, country estates, beach houses, and village homes for sale in Melides, which are either near to the coast, set within the countryside or with sea-views.
If you cannot find your perfect Melides Property, ask Living Portugal Property, who have multiple offline properties in Melides for sale.
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