We have just purchased an apartment in Carveiro and are trying to find furniture outlets in the area before we come out later in the year to equip the apartment.Does anyone have any suggestions? We are looking for contempory style furniture Ikea style very simple.Any help would be very much appreciated

Rent a van and go to IKEA?

there is a few in Lagoa

BRADYBUNCH wrote:We have just purchased an apartment in Carveiro and are trying to find furniture outlets in the area before we come out later in the year to equip the apartment.Does anyone have any suggestions? We are looking for contempory style furniture Ikea style very simple.Any help would be very much appreciated

CONFORAMA at Algarve Shopping has a wide range at reasonable prices & will deliver to your door

Going to Ikea isn't such a silly idea.
There's one in Lisbon but apparently the one in Seville ( about 90 mins drive ) is better and cheaper.
They also deliver within the week so you don't need a van!
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Any idea what the delivery charges are from Seville ?. Liz

Jackie & Terry wrote:Going to Ikea isn't such a silly idea.

I'll take that as a compliment

Thanks for all your constructive ideas I'll certainly look into the idea of Ikea Seville.Also I understand that there is a Makro at Albufeira for electrical goods etc.

Don't know the Ikea delivery charges.
For electrical goods, there is a huge store at Guia called Radio something - it's next door to the Nike superstore and a few doors from Conflorama.

Think you mean Radio Popular. There's also Wortons in Algarve Shopping. It is not exactly an Ikea clone but Sofavip in Lagoa is worth a look for furniture, since it is not far to travel. Very pleasant showroom and helpful staff. We bought sofas and dining furniture there.

style furnishing are very good

We bought our bed at Style Furnishings, since we wanted something larger than the average Portuguese bed. Would also recommend, especially if you want a UK bed. (Elaine imports from the UK).

there is also a small portugese furniture and bric a brac shop in Porches between the kitchen shop (Kraft) and the cafe - we got our beds and dining table from there and found them to be very helpful and fairly reasonable. its called Calisto Movies
GOOD LUCK