Restorative Sleep

Since we arrived in 2008, we threw ourselves wholeheartedly into restoring the four Xisto stone cottages at Vale de Moses, with great care and respect to the old local Portuguese traditions of building with natural materials: clay, lime, stone and wood. We hope you'll enjoy staying in these old dwelling places as much as we have over the years. You can choose from private double bedrooms in the main farmhouse (none have ensuites), or more popular with our returning guests, a place in one of the shared, open-plan cottages in the river valley below. If you prefer a glamping experience, sleep in one of several belle tents each mounted on a separate stone terraces, with hammocks hanging in the shade of strawberry fruit trees (Medronheiras).

Wherever you stay, you will have nearby access to a selection of indoor and outdoor bathrooms and showers. All our beds are quality Portuguese-made mattresses with memory foam toppers, cotton sheets, blankets, mosquito nets, good pillows and duvets. Restorative sleep is an essential part of your retreat with us.

Strawberry Belle Tents

Single, Double or Twin occupancy

Sheltered under the shade of strawberry fruit trees peppered along a stone-terraced valley, each belle tent has the same comfy beds as the cottages, electricity for lights and charging devices, and a wood burning stove for the cooler spring and autumn nights. There are hammocks and sun loungers close by and wooden cabins with really nice compost toilets - so that all our guests can nourish the forest ecosystems every day during their stay - and private showers with spring valley water heated by the sun or in one of the gas-fired showers along your walk to the farmhouse.

Shared Stone Cottages

Moses Cottage

The Moses Cottage is a Xisto stone house with four single beds over two open-plan levels and a large wood burning stove for the Spring and Autumn nights. The spacious private bathroom to the side has a thermodynamic heated shower, dry compost toilet and its own wood burner. Below, there’s a spring water plunge pool and wooden deck with loungers, plus a number of hammocks and seating spaces along the terrace with dreamy views of the sunsets to the west. Moses has high speed WiFi connection should you need it.

Adega

Just beyond the Moses Cottage is the Adega. Another hand carved out of the mountainside cottage, originally for wine pressing and storage, the Adega is now a 3-bed shared cottage space equipped with wood burning stove, two single beds on separate levels with their own front doors and a third single bed above in a small private room we affectionately call the Ninja Suite.

Next to the Adega is a wooden and marble cabin with your dry compost toilet. The outdoor solar heated shower in the old grape pressing tank is an absolute treat in the warmer summer months. The thermo-dynamic heated showers at Moses or by the farmhouse are also available whenever needed.

All Accommodation Features the Following Amenities:

• Nearby access to indoor bathrooms

• Nearby access to 3 outdoor showers

• Personal towels for the week

• Personal bathrobe for the week

• Beds are either quality mattresses or superb Portuguese made futons

• Memory foam toppers, cotton sheets and blankets

If you have to cancel for any reason, your deposit carries over to any stay for the next 3 years. Your balance is best paid for when you are actually here with us. That’s the simplest cancellation policy we could imagine.
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