Art-led Alentejo
Travel from Lisbon or the Algarve into the Alentejo, an rusticly refined region that plays host to some of Portugal’s most alluring art filled & architectural escapes. Graced with a rich artisanal heritage, set out to explore our curated creative craft network; from contemporary art collectors to artisanal weavers and ceramacists who still work today as their ancestors have done for centuries.
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Lisbon - Evora -Estremoz - Monsaraz
Begin your journey winding through the ancient olive groves, past caramel cows into the Alentejo from Lisbon, stopping at a 14th-century palace and a private tour of an underground winery with for architecture enthusiasts.
Check in to a small, 8-roomed design hotel filled with 20th-century art and furniture from one of the most important gallerists in Europe and enjoy a private tour of the collection with the owner himself.
Visit the largest tile collection in Europe, tucked away in a contemporary renovation of a pombaline noble house and accrue your own at the best antiques market in the country. Next, a private appointment with the owner of a 100-year-old weaving factory and visit hidden pottery village with the highest density of potters in Iberia.
End at one of Portugal’s most authentic, design-led stays who worked with the region’s craftsmen and women on the interiors.
When Agriculture Meets Art
The Alentejo - the cradle of Portugal’s agricultural bounty. From family-owned vineyards to vast organic olive farms, plan your trip around the harvest or take a taste trip with our personal network of creative chef’s who are hungry to keep tradition alive in a pastoral interior that provides fare for the most tantalising of tables.
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Lisbon - Evora -Estremoz - Monsaraz
Begin your journey winding through the ancient olive groves, past caramel cows into the Alentejo from Lisbon, stopping at a 14th-century palace and a private tour of an underground winery with a unique gravity-inspired production.
Check into a hotel in Estremoz run by two of the towns most pioneering, talented chefs. Feast on their creative menu’s made up of produce from their own special network of producers from villages nearby.
Don’t forget to sample local delicacies that make this region tick like acorn reared black pork and migas along with only the most fresh seasonal vegetables at family-run tabernas where the women run the roost.
End at one of Portugal’s most authentic and sustainably-led hotels with a farm-to-table ethos. Learn about this protected eco-system amongst ancient megaliths, take a cookery lesson or have lunch at a Michilen starred vineyard nearby which uses produce only from its own organic farm as ingredients.