How to find Os Agostos: GPS: Lat N 37° 07’ 17.14” / Long W 7° 56’ 23.39”
From Sta. Barbara de Nexe follow signs to “Agostos” and Bordeira for ca. 2 km when you come to a fork saying Benatrite, stay on the left and go 1,5 km up to a cross roads with yellow houses and signs again for Bordeira and Agostos pointing right down out of the cluster of houses. From here you can already see the entrance to “Os Agostos” in the gap on a wall on the left hand side. Enter. A long drive through the garden will take you around the buildings, following the “P” all the way to the large parking lot. Walk up by the marquee to the central terrace – voila!
From the A22 after exit “14” for Faro – Estoi – Sao Bra, follow the signs to Sao Bras. This will take you around and northward under the motorway. Immediately behind the underpass, turn left around a large tree towards Bordeira. Going on this rural road up through the village of Alface , ignoring the next 2 signs for Sta. Barbara de Nexe, keep going straight for 4 km through Bordeira and at the end of the village you will come to signs (not very easily visible) on a garden wall on your left “Quinta da Raposeira” and ”Agostos” and “Restaurant Mac Jetes”. Follow that winding road for 1,5 km until you come to the Os Agostos estate wall on your right. Take the 2nd entrance gap in the wall. A long drive through the garden will take you around the buildings, and following the “P” you will reach the large parking lot. Walk up past the marquee to the central terrace. You have arrived.
From the Loule “Continente” round-about exit towards Goldra (avoiding Barreiras Brancas and Betunes) and drive for 5 km until you come to the Gorjoes T-junction; turning left would take you to St. Luke’s Church and Palhagueira; you however turn right and after just 100 m immediately left, following the signs for Agostos, Bordeira. In 1,5 km you come to a cluster of houses on a small cross roads. Go across and slightly downwards when you see immediately the “Os Agostos” entrance gap in the wall on your left. Drive through the garden following the “P” sign all around the buildings to a large parking lot. Walk up by the marquee to the central terrace. You have arrived.
List of restaurants near Os Agostos. These are located within a 10 minutes drive from Os Agostos
QUINTA DAS RAPOSEIRAS – Entrance (turn left out of Os Agostos – less than 5 minutes)
· MAC JETES Tel: 917224392 Portuguese and international food. Located above Chez Malice .
· CHEZ MALICE Tel: 289997276. French food. Service can be slow.
PALHAGUEIRA VILLAGE (turn right out of Os Agostos – Le Marquis is opposite St. Luke’s Church)
. LE MARQUIS – see www.restaurant-le-marquis.com Tel: 289992018. Continental food.
SANTA BÁRBARA DE NEXE
O ALAGOAS Tel: 289992835. Fish and seafood. Good wine collection
LA PIAZZA – see www.restaurantlapiazza.pt Tel: 289999430. Italian.