4-Bed Townhouse with Pool in Albufeira's Branqueira – South-Facing Holiday Home



Algarve, Albufeira, Portugal, Albufeira (Portugal)
4 Bedrooms · 4 Bathrooms · 319m² Floor area
€850,000
House
No parking
4 Bedrooms
4 Bathrooms
319m²
No garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
Step outside on a Tuesday morning in late September, when the summer crowds have thinned and the air still carries that warm, resinous scent of sun-baked pine. The pool is yours. The terrace is quiet. From the upper-floor balcony, the light falls at an angle that makes the whitewashed walls of Branqueira glow almost amber. This is the version of the Algarve that repeat visitors spend years trying to find — and this four-bedroom townhouse sits right at the heart of it.
Branqueira is one of those residential pockets of Albufeira that doesn't make it onto the tourist maps, which is precisely the point. It's a genuine neighbourhood — Portuguese families, long-term expats, a corner café where the espresso costs a euro and the owner knows your name by your third visit. The beach at Praia dos Aveiros is roughly a ten-minute drive, Praia da Galé a little further but worth every minute for its dramatic sandstone formations and calmer waters. The old town of Albufeira, with its cobbled Rua Candido dos Reis, the fish restaurants along the strip and the lively Largo Engenheiro Duarte Pacheco square, is close enough to visit on a whim but far enough that you won't hear it from your bed.
The townhouse itself sits within a private condominium — gated, well-maintained, genuinely quiet. At 319 square metres, it's a substantial home, and the layout has been thought through in a way that makes the space work hard without ever feeling crowded. The ground floor opens into a living and dining area with panoramic windows that run almost the full width of the room. Open them and the boundary between inside and outside essentially disappears — the terrace, the pool, the afternoon sun all become part of the room. The kitchen is fully fitted with integrated appliances and storage that actually makes sense, the kind of kitchen you cook in rather than photograph.
A fourth bedroom on the ground floor is one of those features that only reveals its value once you're living there. Guests who prefer not to climb stairs. Teenagers who want the illusion of independence. An older parent visiting from abroad. The room has direct access to the exterior, its own rhythm separate from the rest of the house.
Upstairs, three en-suite bedrooms each open onto private terraces. The south-facing orientation means that at almost any hour of the day, somewhere in the house is catching good light. Morning coffee on the upper terrace, lunch by the pool, a glass of Alentejo white as the sun drops behind the tree line in the early evening — the property is set up for exactly that kind of day. Air conditioning runs throughout, and the whole house comes fully furnished and genuinely ready to move into. No sourcing furniture, no coordinating deliveries from Lisbon. You collect the keys, you unpack, you swim.
The private three-car garage is worth mentioning for practical reasons. Algarve road trips are one of the real pleasures of owning here — the drive west along the N125 to Sagres and Cabo de São Vicente, where the continent runs out and the Atlantic begins, takes around an hour. The Serra de Monchique hills are forty minutes inland, with the thermal spa town of Caldas de Monchique and trails through cork oak forests that look nothing like the coast. Having secure, covered parking for multiple vehicles isn't a luxury in this context — it's genuinely useful.
The climate here is one of Europe's most consistent. Over 300 days of sunshine annually, mild winters that rarely drop below 10°C, summers that are hot but tempered by Atlantic breezes that make the terrace liveable even in July. It's why so many northern European buyers treat the Algarve as a second home that eventually becomes a first one. The cost of living, the quality of the seafood — grilled sea bream at a restaurant in Guia, the cataplana de marisco at almost any decent spot in the old town — the access to international schools near Almancil and Vilamoura, the ease of flying in and out of Faro Airport (around 35 minutes away): it all adds up to something that's very hard to find elsewhere in Europe at this price point.
For investors and international buyers specifically, Portugal's property market has remained one of the most resilient in Southern Europe. Albufeira consistently records some of the highest short-term rental yields in the country. A four-bedroom property with a private pool in a well-managed condominium, sold furnished and move-in ready with an A energy rating, sits in a strong position in the holiday rental market. Management companies operating locally can handle everything from guest check-ins to pool maintenance, making this a realistic hands-off investment as well as a personal retreat.
Key features at a glance:
- Four-bedroom, four-bathroom townhouse in Branqueira, Albufeira, within a private gated condominium
- South-facing orientation with all-day natural light across terraces and living spaces
- Private swimming pool with multiple outdoor terrace areas
- Spacious open-plan living and dining room with panoramic windows opening to the exterior
- Fully fitted kitchen with integrated appliances and generous storage
- Three en-suite bedrooms on the first floor, each with private terrace access
- Ground-floor fourth bedroom with independent exterior access — ideal for guests
- Sold fully furnished and move-in ready
- Air conditioning throughout
- Private three-car garage, separate laundry room, and additional storage
- A energy rating — low running costs year-round
- 35 minutes from Faro International Airport
- 10–15 minutes from Albufeira's beaches and old town
- Strong short-term rental potential in one of the Algarve's most in-demand locations
- 319 square metres of total living space across a practical, well-designed layout
If you'd like to arrange a viewing or get further details on this Albufeira vacation home, reach out to the Homestra team today. Properties at this specification, in this condition, at this address don't sit on the market — and this one is priced to reflect the genuine quality of what's on offer.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 319m²
- Price per m²
- €2,665
- Garden size
- 138m²
- Has Garden
- No
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 4
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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