São Lourenço do Barrocal
Alentejo, Portugal
Owned by the same family for eight generations, a community is again reborn.
A rural retreat where luxury reflects a whole new lifestyle-related to nature, tradition, and the culture surrounding it.
At São Lourenço do Barrocal, the initial philosophy keeps rooted and stands for the preservation of authenticity, agriculture, landscape richness, diversity, comfort and a sense of belonging to Alentejo and Monsaraz. There is space and time to feel the country life, watch the rhythms of the agricultural 19th-century family' monte', taste authentic ingredients, and take advantage of genuine hospitality service.
Boutique Hotel
- Ideal for families
Nature reconnection - Breakfast included
Countryside/Rural - 2h from Lisbon
Car recommended - 22 rooms
16 houses
Architecture
Construction
The synthesis of history and modernity creates a new kind of rural idyll, retaining the reassuringly solid features of the original estate buildings and adding elegant new homes rendered in natural, local materials.
Environmental Management
Essential simplicity, sensitivity to the land & the heritage, Innovation, self-sustainment
Community
& Ecosystem Impact
São Lourenço do Barrocal is leveraging self-sustainability, promoting good quality of life that rests upon a virtuous cycle which embraces nature, agriculture, hospitality, small businesses and land ownership.
Giving back
The property encourages the development of a prosperous and caring community, able to restore its self-sustaining activity to the site and create an emotional connection with the place.
Food
Its gastronomic concept, supported by a farm to table approach focusing on the estate's own organic certified production and sourcing quality produce among local producers, is a tangible expression of the ongoing commitment.
Guest
Experience
At São Lourenço do Barrocal, guests and residents are invited to experience an authentic working farm, establishing roots with the land and its people while never leaving aside the comfort and amenities
of contemporary life
Marketing
São Lourenço do Barrocal has committed to using certified stationery and other carefully curated materials that meet the above mentioned criteria. It complies with reduction principles, ensuring that it minimizes the business impact on the ecosystem. It holds an energy consumption policy and a waste management plan to recycle and diminish pollution.
An Alentejo love affair
With an unmistakable trace of the architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, the hotel includes 40 accommodation units, 22 rooms, 16 houses and two suites. The swimming pool area is one of the most beautiful: walled by an aqueduct; it guards a long pool from which a barrocal emerges at one end, and a pool for the youngest right at the entrance. On the other side of the wall, further back, are the vegetable garden and orchard, where the ingredients that appear on the menus of the restaurants São Lourenço do Barrocal and Hortelão are grown.
Framed by a cabinet of curiosities signed by Joana Astolfi, in which the designer uses family pieces and other memorabilia (taxidermy stands out as well as an appetising pickled partridge recipe), the São Lourenço do Barrocal restaurant serves what region, and especially the vegetable garden, gives him. The Hortelão, located by the pool, is open between mid-spring and late autumn, while warm weather allows for outdoor dining.
The SPA, with its monastic, simple and uncluttered appearance, bears the signature of the prestigious organic cosmetics brand Susanne Kaufmann. The well-known Austrian brand developed treatments in partnership with the hotel, such as the use of heated barrocals, olive oil produced on the estate or rosemary that grows wild in the fields (especially along the walls of the shop and rooms).
Respecting the agricultural heritage, the estate produces wine — with advice from the oenologist Susana Esteban —, honey, olive oil, teas, jams, cattle, assorted fruits and vegetables. Next to the restaurant, there are several horses and a donkey, with which you can explore the estate at a gallop or on a buggy ride. There are several outdoor activities that can be done, such as bike rides, hiking along the trails, archaeological visits (the second largest menhir of the Iberian Peninsula is located in the Barrocal), bird watching, ethno-botanical tours, stargazing, among others. many other suggestions.
INCLUDED IN THE RATES
If taken in the restaurant, farm breakfast for two guests (with local artisanal bread and other selected foods). Spa (relaxation room, dry saunas and studio).Outdoor swimming pools (Spring/Summer).Free classical and mountain bicycles. Children's facilities (playroom) and treasure hunt. Walks around the estate (including working farm). Full access to all gardens, including the organic vegetable garden, at all times
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
Susanne Kaufmann spa treatments. Picnic baskets and scenic walks. Guided tours to the winery and wine tasting. Horse riding and lessons. Custom bike tours around the region. Archaeological guided visits. Pottery workshops. Stargazing. Birding. Hot air balloon rides. Balance and pilates classes
CHILDREN & EXTRA BEDS
Children of all ages are welcome and can sleep in the Suites which have a sofa bed and, in the houses for an additional two children (at €50 per child). Babies stay free of charge.
- MINIMUM STAY
2 nights - CHECK IN TIME
after 15:00 - CHECK OUT TIME
before 12:00