Esta povoação dá-lhe verdadeiramente a oportunidade de viver num "Portugal Autentico" distante do Algarve.

Se quiser viver na tranquilidade de um local lindo e evitar as cidades com violência ocasional, este é o local ideal.

Se gostar de cultura, a arte e a cultura disponíveis em Lisboa podem ser facilmente alcançadas no próprio dia, de carro ou de comboio, esta oferece um serviço excelente - pontual e barato - a partir de Pombal que fica apenas a vinte minutos de distância.

Food – Bread, wine and cheese are great. Wine is unbelievably cheap and very drinkable. However, try to avoid being dragged into one of the local’s Cava (basements) to sample the local brew – the way they swig it straight back in one indicates just how awful it is.

Language – Portuguese sounds Slavic! The resident Ukrainians, Russians etc really are at an advantage but it’s certainly possible for everyone to learn, especially if you try Brazilian Portuguese first and work on the accent later. Most under 40s speak some English and most 20-year-olds and 90% of professionals are fluent so there’s no pressure to learn right away. Even when you try to string a sentence together and ask for your bread rolls, the delivery driver normally beats you to it with a perfectly pronounced “Good morning. How many today?”