Getting to Casa Bianca
We have provided directions below from two major international airports in
Lisbon and Oporto. Should you be intending to
arrive from any other point of
origin, we can supply clients with tailor made directions to suit their needs
after all booking
formalities have been completed and monies received.
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From
Lisbon Airport:(55
minutes / 95 km) |
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After leaving the main terminal
building / car rental area, please leave the airport parameters
towards the main large roundabout and look for signs to Porto A1 off
the roundabout. |
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Continue on the A1 northbound for
Porto until you see signs for Caldas da Rainha / Rio Maior. At this
junction, leave the A1 and join the A15. |
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Keep on the A15 westbound in the
direction of Rio Maior for 20 kilometres till you see signs for A
dos Francos. Leave the A 15 motorway at this junction going through
the tool booths onto local roads. Head for the nearest roundabout
looking for the exit marked A dos Francos. After approximately 200
yards, you will approach a T junction. Take a right turn here for A
dos Francos. |
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Continue on this road for
approximately 6 kilometres passing the villages of Santa Susana and
Landal along the way, eventually arriving at A dos Francos.
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Once there, continue on through the
village for another few hundred yards till you pass a café called
Sociedade Cultural on your right. |
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Continue past this café and cross
over a small bridge (Rio Arnoia) where the road bends to the left
and you will enter a shady avenue of maple trees and you will see a
Caixa Agricola Bank to your left and just opposite another café
called Café Central. Here you will see a road turning right marked
Caldas da Rainha. |
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Please continue straight on for
another 200 metres and you will pass a medical centre called Centro
de dia / Casa do Povo. Slow down here because shortly ahead,
approximately 200 yards, you will see the gates to Casa Bianca
on your right. You have arrived. The driveway is on an incline and
the electrical gates open outwards. Be mindful of this when you
prepare to enter. |
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From Oporto Airport:(3
hrs / 270 Kms) |
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Leaving Sa Carneiro
Airport, join the A1 motorway southbound heading for Lisbon. Keep on
the A1 for until you see signs for Caldas da Rainha / Rio Maior.
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Exit the A1 motorway
at the junction marked Caldas da Rainha / Rio Maior and turn on to
the A15 motorway. After approximately 20 kilometres you will find
signs to A dos Francos. |
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Keep on the A15
westbound in the direction of Rio Maior for 20 kilometres till you
see signs for A dos Francos. Leave the A 15 motorway at this
junction; exit through the tool booths and onto local roads. Head
for the nearest roundabout looking for the exit marked A dos Francos.
After approximately 200 yards, you will approach a road junction;
take a right turn for A dos Francos.
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Continue on this
road for approximately 6 kilometres passing the villages of Santa
Susana and Landal along the way, eventually arriving at A dos
Francos. |
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Once there, continue
on through the village for another few hundred yards till you pass a
café called Sociedade Cultural on your right.
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Continue past this
café and cross over a small bridge (Rio Arnoia) where the road bends
to the left and you will enter a shady avenue of maple trees and you
will see a Caixa Agricola Bank to your left and just opposite
another café called Café Central. Here you will see a road turning
right marked Caldas da Rainha. Ignore this turning and keep going
straight ahead. |
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Please continue
straight on for another 150 metres or so and you will pass a medical
centre on your right called Centro de dia / Casa do Povo. Slow down
because shortly ahead, approximately 200 yards, you will see the
gates to Casa Bianca on your right. You have arrived. The driveway
is on an incline and the electrical gates open outwards. Be mindful
of this when you prepare to enter. |
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Note:
The Gates will
shut automatically behind once you have entered and parked your car. It is best
to park either in front of the casa or further up along the drive towards the
rear of the house. If you are in close proximity to the gate, sensors will
prevent the gate from closing.
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Bianca]. All rights reserved.
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