Convento de Sao Paulo Hotel
Europe /
Portugal /
Evora /
Estremoz
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Type: Hotel
Address: Aldeia Da Serra, 7170 - 120 Redondo
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Open All Year... Set in a 600 hectare estate, the Hotel Convento de Sao Paulo is ideal for those who enjoy walking and the perfect base from which to explore the unique landscape of the Serra d`Ossa mountains.
The Hotel Convento de Sao Paulo was refurnished in 1993 and is now a four star hotel
unit, one of the Portuguese de Charme Hotels.
The Convento de São Paulo is located on the slopes of the Serra d’Ossa mountain range
between Estremoz and Redondo. It was constructed in 1182, by monks who needed a spiritual place in which to pray.
Today, it is one of the most refined and comfortable hotels in the country. According to chronicles, the Convento de São Paulo has been visited by many illustrious figures over the centuries, most notably King Sebastian, King John IV and Catherine of Bragança, who married King Charles II of England in 1661.
The Hotel’s interior features an important collection of Portuguese tiles – more than 54,000 in total – along with frescoes, low relief terracottas and many other attractions such as a Florentine Fountain depicting the four seasons and ancient Church classified as a national monument.
The Hotel’s Ermita Restaurant specialises in traditional Alentejan cuisine, where
guests the chance to sample the rich tastes of products cultivated on the estate, accompanied
by wines from all over region. The Restaurant service concentrates on the traditional Alentejo
cuisine, using products grown in the orchards and vegetable gardens of the Monastery – fruit,
vegetables, olive oil, lamb, meat, etc. - and the wines come from the renown local surrounding
vineyards.
Notable for its large inviting fireplace, the Cascata Bar and its adjoining Games
Room offers Snooker and various other games. The chance to forget about the stress of city
life.
Outside lies the Hotel’s Swimming Pool, which is entirely surrounded by a natural shelter of
trees and bushes.
Its spacious public areas: the long corridors, the stairways, the Cloister, the Sitting
Rooms with their fireplaces, the gardens and the surrounding 2,400 acres of the agricultural
estate, provide the visitor the ideal atmosphere for a restful stay away from busy and
stressful city life.
An exquisite service, the one you would expect in an ancient manor house, is made available
to guests, making the difference from the formal de luxe hotel impersonal attention.
- Pedestrian tracks
- Bicycles
- Outdoor Swimming Pool - from 15/05 until 15/10
- Tennis
- Snooker Restaurant
- Bars
- Fishing - 15 km
The old monk cells have been converted into 35 Rooms and Suites, individually decorated,
cosy, comfortable and exquisite.
All Bedrooms have private Bathroom (tiled with the beautiful Estremoz marble stone),
Air-conditioning, TV, and Direct Dial Telephone and data communication.
Rooms Rural Tourism: O Cruzeiro, Casa da Fonte and Santa Barbara are outside the Main
building and are without room service.
