Each room is unique and designed to inform guests about local traditions, customs, and materials. The light and dark color palette in the public spaces echoes the two types of wool produced by Serra da Estrela sheep, while neutral colors, pine, and the liberal use of burel give the property a local flair.

You are invited to discover the flavors of our trip through the gastronomy of the Beiras region, the seasonality of the ingredients of the Mountain, the ancestral recipes that we have reinterpreted. You are invited to sit at the table with a panoramic view of the Glacier Valley, under a roof of golden burel stars in anticipation of autumn views. At the São Lourenço Restaurant we privilege the freshness that seasonality gives to local flavors, the simplicity of mountain ingredients seasoned with the contemporary and the ingenuity of Chef Manuel Figueira, without losing the authenticity that distinguishes them.

250km of marked mountain trails; heated indoor/outdoor swimming pool; spa, sauna and hammam; bicycles, sleds and snowshoes are free to rent; free parking on site; free WiFi. All bookings include a two-hour guided walking ‘orientation’ as well a guided tour of the owners’ burel factory in the village of Manteigas. The heated swimming pool is fed by a natural spring and surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows that look out over meadows and mountains in summer or swathes of snow in winter. You can swim between the indoor and outdoor areas to feel the crisp mountain air or lie supine on a sunlounger with a good book. The Scandi-inspired Mountain Spa makes the most of its setting by bringing the outdoors in, thanks to panoramic vistas and all-natural products packed with sturdy shrubs and health-giving herbs. Sweat it out in the picture-windowed sauna or hammam and then choose from tantalising treatments like anti-aging facials, birch-stick massages with rosemary and juniper oils or a hydrating body wrap.