9 Portugal properties that are the definition of luxury city living
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Written by Julian Benson

11th December 2024

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Portugal’s luxury apartments offer the latest in design and comfort, wrapped in attractive style. We’ve found nine of the finest properties in country to show you what is on offer.

Portugal’s major cities of Lisbon, Faro and Porto offer you easy access to the beach and streets filled with local bars and fine dining. However, it’s only in the luxury apartments and villas you’ll find in new developments that offer the comfort of modern design.

The homes we’ve found show you can call a higher class of property home, welcoming friends and family into these summer-coated cities.

Below are luxury apartments and villas in Lisbon, Porto, Faro and neighbouring districts. Some would be ideal investment opportunities; others you may want to call home yourself. Connecting them all are quality finishes and modern features.

Discover luxury below.

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Luxury Portugal apartment with double height living room

Double height living room invites the sun

1. Renovated duplex blends sophistication with historical features

This smartly restored three-bedroom apartment is set over three floors, providing grand ceilings, modern furnishings and historic features.

A unique property in the heart of Portugal’s capital city, this apartment would be a perfect investment or holiday home.

Price: €720,000

Location: Lisbon

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A luxury kitchen space in this opulent Portugal apartment

Hardwood floors and counters make this flat immaculate

2. Luxury new development with high-quality finishes throughout

Part of a new development, this three-bedroom luxury duplex comes with panoramic sea and river views. Large interiors with high quality finishes make this property the height of luxury living.

With easy access to the highway, you can reach the heart of Porto in 15 minutes and the airport in even less.

Price: €725,000

Location: Matosinhos, Porto

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Luxury Portugal flat with a cool colour palette

A cool colour palette lets sunlight highlight this home’s luxury

3. Stylish apartment with access to a rooftop pool

Built to become a home, this two-bedroom apartment rewards long-term residents. With space for a study area, access to a rooftop pool and a ten-year lease on a parking space in a nearby garage, it would be easy to move and make a build a life in this apartment.

High ceilings and floor to ceiling windows fill this stylish property with the Lisbon sun.

Price: €810,000

Location: Lisbon

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Floor to ceiling windows in luxury Portugal apartment

Floor to ceiling windows bring this apartment to life

4. City centre apartment filled with light

This city centre, four-bedroom apartment is just minutes away from the beach and City Park. Light streams into the living room and kitchen from floor to ceiling windows.

A large sliding door lets you open the living room onto a sweeping balcony, letting you take in views of the city.

Price: €1,058,000

Location: Matosinhos, Porto

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Brutalist style luxury villa

This villa has an almost brutalist style

5. Modern villa that is only five minutes’ walk from the beach

four-bedroom villa finished to a high-quality throughout, this luxuty home is just a five-minute walk from the beach.

The double height living room offers an open entertaining space for visiting friends and family.

Price: €1,100,000

Location: Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto

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Luxurious villa with extremely spacious rooftop terrace

Host friends and family on your extensive rooftop terrace

6. Penthouse apartment with views over Porto

Located right in the heart of Gaia, this four-bedroom penthouse apartment has views over the Douro River into the city of Porto.

The extensive balcony will serve as an enviable al fresco dining area and entertaining space.

Price: €1,300,000

Location: Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto

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A double height living room in prestigious neighbourhood

A vast living space in a prestigious neighbourhood

7. Double height living room in the centre of the capital

Right in the heart of Lisbon, this three-bedroom apartment offers all the perks of living in the capital married with the privacy of a prestigious neighbourhood.

The star of this apartment is the double hight living room with a mezzanine reading room. The cavernous space lets you forget you’re within a city and find a retreat from the hustle and bustle outside.

Price: €2,150,000

Location: Lisbon

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Luxury kitchen in Portugal villa

Luxury fittings throughout this exclusive apartment

8. Villa sat between the city and a nature reserve

Located in an old orange grove, this four-bedroom villa in Monte Negro overlooks the Ria Formosa Nature Park. Luxury features throughout the property make this an exquisite example of a Faro holiday home.

A haven of peace, you are only a short trip from the city or the nature reserve.

Price: €2,450,000

Location: Monte Negro, Faro

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Scandinavian spa design features throughtout a luxury Portugal apartment

The designer spiral staircase ties through multi-story villa together

9. Luxurious villa with private rooftop solarium 

Combining Scandinavian design with an-almost Mediterranean living, this five-bedroom villa in the exclusive Foz do Douro is another level of luxury.

A sweeping spiral staircase connects the dining room, with its adjoining winter garden, to the spacious living room. Four of the five bedrooms are generously sized suites, and the master bedroom has exclusive access to a rooftop solarium.

Price: €2,490,000

Location: Foz do Douro, Porto

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