Pure Luxury

One of the great things about Lisbon is that within 60 minutes, you can be a world away enjoying fine sandy beaches with a glass in hand of whatever takes your fancy. Now, normally people head due south to the Algarve or west to Cascais. But...

Lisbon finally has a top notch hotel in the cosmopolitan and trendy theatre district of Bairro Alto, from whence the hotel gets its name. It really is fresh from the press and it is already becoming renowned as one of the best addresses in to...

Top notch luxury and Michelin standard cuisine. The Hotel Vila Joya is a superbly located neo-Moorish style villa, positioned as it is with the ocean at its feet and surrounded by pine woods and a wonderful garden replete with palm trees, cyp...

The Martinhal must be one of Portugal’s leading candidates for a luxury and child friendly getaway (yes, child friendly and getaway are not mutually exclusive). Being located within a protected natural park near Sagres, on Portugal’s unspoile...

The pedigree of the hotel Palácio Belmonte is beyond doubt. The first section was built in 1449, on the top of ancient fortified Roman and Moorish walls, thus making it the oldest palatial building in Lisbon, and Vasco da Gama was received ther...

This beautiful Quinta is situated on one of the hills surrounding the city of Funchal close to its principal area of historical interest. This charming Madeiran family home was built in the 18th century. More recently it was the home of well-kn...

The hotel’s brochure starts off with an apt quote from Einstein: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as if nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle”. Well, in a certain way the Six Sense Hotel is a miracle. B...

As its name suggests, the Sublime Comporta Country Retreat & Restaurant is not only a hotel, but also an excellent restaurant. Located within the vast pine forests just a bit south of the town of Carvalhal, the Sublime Comporta offers 14 ro...