Hotels

New refuge in Lisbon: Casa Amora

Monday, 21 January 2013 00:00

Along the Amoreiras Garden and  Mãe d’ Água', one finds the Casa Amora, a small boutique hotel, housed in a building from the early twentieth century, with a nice patio where guests can enjoy a delicious breakfast. Recently opened to tourism, the home offers five bedrooms and a studio, inspired many other personalities of literature and arts Portuguese - Amalia Rodrigues, Amadeo Souza Cardoso, Beatriz Costa, Fernando Pessoa, Florbela Espanca and Vieira da Silva. The careful renovation and tasteful, which maintained the pre-existing elements (such as plaster and tiles in the rooms and balcony on the outside), make this place a haven of tranquility and good taste in the heart of the city.

Villa Pampilhosa Hotel opened November, 2012

Saturday, 19 January 2013 00:00

Located in the mountains of  Pampilhosa da Serra, the four-star Villa Pampilhosa Hotel is the result of an investment from around 5 million euros. The Villa Pampilhosa Hotel has 52 rooms, of which 12 are interconnecting and two adapted for disabled guests, a restaurant, bar, conference room, event space and spa. The hotel was designed by Inplenitus - Solutions and Architecture, and built by Ramos Catarino, Company Engineering and Construction Group Catarino. Located on the banks of the river Unhais, Villa Pampilhosa Hotel is also an ideal opportunity for contact with nature and practice of some outdoor activities and tourism related to nature.

Viana do Castelo will have a "chocolate hotel"

Thursday, 17 January 2013 20:38

The former Avianense chocolate factory, founded in Viana do Castelo, and almost a century ago will be transformed into a hotel with 18 rooms, and an interpretive center dedicated to chocolate in 2013. The aim is to include a hotel, restaurant and Interpretation Centre of Chocolate into the old factory for one million euros. According to the city, the concept will be a "chocolate themed hotel." Besides accommodation, with 18 rooms, the project will preserve the historic facade of the main building and will also have a restaurant area with a capacity for 50 people.

Ecorkhotel, Évora Suites & Spa - New Concept

Tuesday, 15 January 2013 00:00

The cork, as a 100% natural product, is the natural landmark throughout the main building of the hotel, as well as throughout the surrounding landscape abroad. Thus was born the ECORKHOTEL, an Eco-Hotel in which the use of cork, in its outside, is one of the rare buildings in the world using this feature. The use of cork in the main building, such as thermal and acoustic insulation, allows exceptional energy efficiency and a unique natural environment. The entire hotel was designed and built with maximum energy efficiency. For this purpose, it uses geothermal heating for the main building, and solar panels to hear the hot water in the rooms and pools.

This Eco-Hotel is the latest 4-star superior hotel in the city. It offers 56 private suites surrounded by cork trees, holm oaks and centennial olive trees. With a modern design and contemporary design, the hotel offers a relaxing setting in the middle of the typical countryside, only five minutes from the historic center of Évora, a UNESCO World Heritage city since 1986. It is a one-hour drive from Lisbon’s city and airport. It combines the ideal conditions to break away from the daily routine for a weekend escapade, a few vacation days with family, or as a quiet and restful stay during business trips.

The Ecorkhotel, Évora Suites & Spa offers facilities and innovative infrastructures differentiated from any other hotel or resort of the region. Among the most notable there is the outdoor pool raised on the 1st floor, “the pool of Heaven/Skypool,” with a gorgeous, breathtaking view of the Alentejo landscape and of the town. The Ecork-Spa offers an indoor pool, sauna circuit and Turkish bath, as well as treatment and relaxation rooms. The gym, with class lessons, invites to well-being of body and mind. The on-site restaurant “Cardo,” overlooks the typical Alentejo landscape in a quiet and exquisite ambience, with a menu of Mediterranean flavors and traditional Portuguese cuisine. Here you will enjoy a unique gastronomic experience.