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Farol Design Hotel

Cascais, Portugal

Farol Design Hotel is a stylishly designed Cascais hotel perched on an outcrop of rock a few feet from the Atlantic Ocean. This contemporary crib marries a traditional Portuguese villa with a modern wing encasing a slick restaurant and additional rooms. The blend of old and new is a triumph. While the exterior is stark white and minimalist, the interior is wood-panelled and luxurious; the result is a Pandora’s box. The design savvy extends to the grounds, which ooze Café del Mar cool.

Need to know

• Rooms 33, including nine rooms styled by different fashion designers and two suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $196.83 (€152), excluding tax at 5 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (€152) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include American breakfast buffet.
• Facilities Outdoor swimming pool, massages on request in your room, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, minibar hydromassage bath tub. Designer rooms feature Nespresso machines.
• Poolside The pool and secluded, minimalist sun terrace overlook the sea.
• Check-out Midday, but ask for flexibility.
• Children Welcome, but the hotel’s location on a rocky shoreline could be considered hazardous for smaller children.
• Also A two-night minimum stay is required for 14–15 March and on Easter weekend, 20–22 March.

Food and drink at Farol Design Hotel

• Hotel restaurant The Mix is modern and airy, with three distinct dining areas and floor-to-ceiling windows affording you a greedy view out onto the deck, and rocky coast beyond.
• Dress code Gloss up for the evening.
• Top table Outside on the terrace.
• Last orders Food: 11pm; drinks 2am.
• Room service 7am–11pm from the restaurant menu. At other times there’s a snack menu with sandwiches, salads and desserts.
• Hotel bar The minimalist On the Rocks lounge bar is cosy, with doors opening on to the terrace, and gives you the feeling of floating on water.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Farol Design Hotel 7 Avenida Rei Humberto II de Itália, Cascais, 2750-461