Intermarche Supermarket Lagoa
A french owned super market that offers both Portuguese and international food items. The produce and fish are fresh. You can get great frozen shell fish from South America and Asia Pacific here. With digitial price tags be careful when buying goods to ensure you know what the price is. Foriegn brands for foods like peanut butter, jelly or comsmetics tend to be more expensive than local brands. If you are travelling from the State best to bring your go to medications like Advil, Neosporin. The store also offers some hardware, electronics and seasonal products. Its the goto store for people staying in Vale de Milho or at Carvalho and Centeanes beach. Its a short 3 km walk. Take an uber ride back to your place for less than 6 Euros. Makes it easier to pick your own produce instead of a service that does it for you. There is also a local Lagoa bus line that stops at Intermarche Lago called Pouco.
Good to know
Of course there is the normal activity you do at a super market, shop for food. There are also some other essential things can to do at the Intermarche Lagoa. Being able to accomplish multiple to do's in a single event is a time saver.
Services
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Food coneirge service: Intermarche Lagoa doesn't deliver, you can order your food shopping list on line and pick it up at back rear of the store.
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Wine selection: Like many of the supermarkets in Portugal they offer great and inexpensive selection of wines from all over Portuga, Eurpoe and the world.
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Key service: Get keys made for your Villa or apartnement. The cost varies depending on the type of key. I have had keys made fro 3 Euros a key. Make sure you ask which key was the original so that when you make new keys in the future you know which one to use to make a copy.
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Dry cleaning service: You can Drop off and pick up your laundry before or after doing your shopping.
Where to eat?
The supermarket offers both a restaurant and a cafe. As you enter the super market you will find the them all the way to the right of the store. Enjoy a pastel de nata with a "bica" at the supermarket cafe. A "bica" is an expresso with sugar.
Parking
Intermarche has very plenty of parking even during peak times during the summer.
How Busy
Most of the rentals start on Saturdays which means it is usually quite busy that day.
Cost
Free to park.
Shopping Carriages require one Euro to unlock which is returned once you return the cart back to where you got it. Ask the clerks for a plastic key ring token that also allows you to unlock access to the carts.
Restrooms
Public restrooms are available by the cafe.