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A great city to live and cheap: best climate, thermae, windy fresh air, warm winters, parks, lakes, ocean, historical cities, Lisbon, universities, cultural events...
You can find an partment starting from € 250 / month, study at one of the best design and art universities, be creative and co-work, etc.
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LIFESTYLE IN CALDAS (useful web links below)
You can benefit from the big central park to stay in the Nature, read, visit museums, talk or play with your children or pets.
You may go to the library or the various cultural centers like the Silos or the CCC.
You can go to the cinema in the city centre or to the many restaurants (traditional, Italian, Indian, Asian, Arab, etc).
Do shopping in the pedestrian zone: many good shops, boutique or commercial centers.
Do courses at Cencal and at the many private schools.
Do sports or yoga: open air at the park or in private gyms (tennis, swimming, martial arts, yoga, dance, etc.)
Meet people in the city centre places (Fruits Place, Plaza 5 Outubro, …) and trendy bars (Maratona, Demodé, Parque).
Walk around the beautiful city centre stopping at the many cafes.
And if you would like to move you can be in the real centre of Lisbon in one hour and half (spending less than 9 euros) by bus and metro.
In 10 minutes you can be at the Ocean (and in 5 minutes in the wild nature of the lagoon) or in the medieval town of Obidos.
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RESOURCES
HOUSES, TERRAINS, ..:
in Caldas you can find an apartment starting from € 250 / month and buy an apartment starting from € 35.000
http://casa.sapo.pt/Apartamentos/Caldas-da-Rainha/?sa=10
http://caldasdarainha.olx.pt/apartamento-casa-a-venda-cat-367
JOBS :
Jobs in Lisbon and Portugal for professionals and expats seeking employment opportunities with English as the main working language.
http://www.linkedin.com/job/l-lisbon-jobs
UNIVERSITY AND STUDYING:
keep in mind that in Portugal the Law permits to who has not a bachelor degree but a corresponding professional curriculum to access Masters and post graduation degrees:
Ingresso no segundo ciclo de estudos
Podem candidatar-se ao ingresso no segundo ciclo de estudos conducentes ao grau de mestre:- Os detentores de um currÃculo escolar, cientÃfico ou profissional, que seja reconhecido como atestando capacidade para realização deste ciclo de estudos pelo órgão cientÃfico estatutariamente competente do estabelecimento de ensino superior onde pretendem ser admitidos.
(Lei nº 46/86, de 14 de outubro, posteriormente alterada, nalguns dos seus articulados pelas Leis nºs 115/97, de 19 de setembro, e 49/2005, de 30 de agosto, republicada e renumerada em anexo à última)
http://www.esad.ipleiria.pt/ Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Caldas da Rainha
Escola de Sargentos do Exército www.exercito.pt/sites/ESE‎
In Lisbon (1 hour by bus or 50 minutes by car):
Universidade de Lisboa: ULISBOA www.ulisboa.pt/‎
Universidade Nova de Lisboa www.unl.pt/‎
Faculdade de Arquitectura - UTL - Universidade de Lisboa www.fa.utl.pt
Universidade Aberta - https://www.uab.pt
Universidade Católica Portuguesa www.ucp.pt
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa www.ipl.pt
Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa: UAL www.universidade-autonoma.pt
Universidades LusÃada - Fundação Minerva www.ulusiada.pt/
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias www.ulusofona.pt/‎
IADE - Creative University www.iade.pt‎
ISEIT — Ensino Universitário em Almada | Instituto Piaget www.ipiaget.org/faculdade/17‎
ISCAD - ISCAD www.iscad.pt/
Instituto Superior de Gestão www.isg.pt/
In Portugal
(full list): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_higher_education_institutions_in_Portugal
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Parque Tecnológico de Óbidos www.pt-obidos.com/?page_id=880
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