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The Best Luxury Farmhouse Hotels in Portugal

Ann Abel — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 05:28:00 +0000

There’s so much more to Portugal than Lisbon, Porto, and the poshest parts of the Algarve. The country’s hospitality often shines the brightest in its rural, off-the-beaten-path accommodations. Some are farmhouses, some are wineries, and some are just soulful small hideaways. What they share is an attention to detail and a strong desire to make every guest feel at home. Our list of the Best Luxury Farmhouse Hotels in Portugal (listed from north to south)… LUXURY FARMHOUSE HOTELS IN PORTUGAL […]

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Herdade da Malhadinha Nova Private Farmhouse

Ann Abel — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:13:25 +0000

If there was ever a year to disappear into a private farmhouse in the middle of nowhere in the lower Alentejo, 2020 is it. And if there was ever a place to find that private farmhouse, the newly expanded Herdade da Malhadinha Nova is it. Although the original elements of the place—a single farmhouse with a handful of bedrooms—opened in 2009, this incarnation is in a category of its own. And in some ways, it seems to have been designed […]

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São Lourenço do Barrocal

Ann Abel — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 16:27:44 +0000

There’s an otherworldly feeling to São Lourenço do Barrocal, in the heart of the Alentejo, is one of the region’s most gorgeous farmhouse hotels. It’s also the most historical, as much of the farm dates from 1820, and there are some Roman vestiges and a megalithic menhir (standing stone) here and there. A loving and complicated restoration turned the estate, which was once a working and self-sustaining farm, with 50 families living on the property, which functioned almost as a […]

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Ventozelo Hotel & Quinta, Douro

Ann Abel — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 13:25:07 +0000

The marketers decided to call Ventozelo Hotel & Quinta a “place where time stops…where you can hear the silence and see the stars.” That’s really not a bad description. The quietly beautiful property in the Douro Valley is a deeply peaceful retreat. And they play up the Quinta in the name, to emphasize that for all the luxury trappings, it’s still a historic farm focused on producing excellent wines and maintaining countryside traditions. Opened in 2020, Ventozelo has 29 rooms […]

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