Casa Modesta

Award-winning rural luxury in a contemporary Portuguese country house hotel, where you will feel immediately at home.

Winner of a 2017 Condé Nast Johansens Award for Excellence, Casa Modesta is an off-grid designer paradise, set in the wilderness of the Algarve's lush Ria Formosa National Park, surrounded by sweet-scented lemon trees and almond orchards.

Welcome and warmth is imbued in this family-run country home. The owners have redesigned their great-grandfather's 1940's house into a contemporary cubic dwelling with whitewashed walls, red limestone clay tiles and gleaming brass fittings, yet the home is filled with family memories, and its original character remains blissfully untouched.

You'll find nine suites in this stylish sanctuary, each immaculately styled with rich colour and Canadian cedar furnishings, and each with a private, indulgent shower room. Each suite also features a patio or a roof terrace that overlooks the glistening lagoon - a perfect setting for stargazing, or that first coffee of the day as you watch the birds flying overhead.

Communal areas include a welcoming lounge, a kitchen, large garden with solarium, and a pool; all ideal places for relaxing, or simply chatting away with new friends.  

Enjoy a fresh breakfast each morning, created from seasonal delicacies including fruit, ham, white cheese, organic yogurt and carob pancakes - together with plenty of produce from the on-site gardens (later on, a private chef can be hired to whip up mouthwatering meals from vegetables grown in the greenhouse!)

You'll need to keep up your strength, as breakfast is just the starting event to your wondrous immersion in Portuguese culture with Casa Modesta. Begin by gathering clams on the shoreline, then take a traditional baking class or get involved with harvesting and drying fruits. Perhaps arrange a visit to the local olive groves, too?

Enjoy a soothing boat trip and indulge in a spot of birdwatching (don't forget your binoculars!), visit the local nature reserve, and then simply watch the stars light up the night sky from the comfort of your terrace.

As if all this wasn't quite enough, relaxing spa treatments can also be arranged, using the natural properties of the local olives, almonds, sea salt and algae...all ideal for inspiring a sound night's sleep in your cosy bed, cocooned in fresh linen.

You'll find plenty of walking routes in the local area too,  as well as a golf course and tracks for two wheels...a wonderful way to discover your fresh and vibrant surroundings! Of course, if you find exerting all that energy a little too...tiring, then simply grab a book and arrange yourself poolside for some much-needed rest and relaxation time.

Come and discover a more beautiful and more relaxed way of life than you could ever dream about, with a stay at Casa Modesta...you may find spending time in the slow lane suits you!

Things to note

Cot may be provided in larger rooms with terrace and Room VIII, at a supplement of €20 per night. No smoking permitted.