Azores, Portugal

Torel Terra Brava

Price per night from$138.14

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If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (EUR119.66), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

In your element

Setting

Luxuriant Terceira Island

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Inspired by the four forces of nature, Torel Terra Brava is a balanced boutique stay on lush Terceira Island. Rooted in its Azorean locale, its tropical bar and bistro favour homegrown produce, while contemporary rooms and organic spa therapies keep you firmly grounded. As for the other elements, your Atlantic-side setting makes fresh-air fixes a simple pursuit; and despite your volcanic surroundings, the real warmth comes from your hospitable hosts and local encounters. 

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

44, including 11 suites.

Check–Out

Noon; check-in, 3pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates at Torel Terra Brava include a Continental breakfast with freshly baked breads and pastries, cold cuts and cheeses, granola, yoghurt, seasonal fruit, tea and coffee.

Also

Unfortunately, this island stay isn't suitable if you have limited mobility.

At the hotel

Gym, charged laundry service and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, air-conditioning, tea- and coffee-making kit, minibar, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and locally made bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Each room and suite at Torel Terra Brava is dressed in elements-inspired block colours, with rattan furnishings and draped textiles bringing a breezy, coastal edge. We like the Executive Superior with Jacuzzi for its hot tub-adorned terrace or the Suite Duplex for extra space to sprawl.

Poolside

The outdoor pool is flanked by peppermint-and-cream striped sunloungers and fringed parasols, making it a picture-perfect spot for a swim. There’s a second heated pool indoors at the spa, which is primed for pre- or post-treatment dips.

Spa

Calla Wellness & Spa caters to all relaxation needs with its hot tub, sauna, steam bath. You’ll also find a host of rooms, where beauty treatments and meditative massages restore with organic remedies.

Packing tips

An interest in culture: your Angra do Heroísmo locale has been a Unesco-recognised heritage site for decades.

Also

Torel Terra Brava is the first Portuguese island stay from the Torel Boutiques Collection group, who are the masterminds behind Smith-approved Torel Quinta da Vacaria in the Douro Valley and Porto’s Torel Saboaria.

Pet‐friendly

Small dogs are welcome at Torel Terra Brava for €30 each a night. They can join you in the restaurant and bar, but the pools and spa are for humans only. See more pet-friendly hotels in Azores.

Children

Welcome. Free baby cots for under-twos and charged extra beds for older children can be added to some rooms on request.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Vibrant design will give you a serotonin spike from any angle, but closer to the pool terrace delivers maximum brightness.

Dress Code

Take inspiration from Três’ more-is-more tropical interiors and opt for Farm Rio dresses, Missoni striped skirts and Johanna Ortiz shirts.

Hotel restaurant

Good things come in threes: tropical bistro Três pays homage to its Terceira Island locale through Azorean ingredients and recipes. The menu showcases small sharing plates and, in keeping with the theme, chefs suggest you opt for three dishes and try a bit of everything — oven-baked rice, garlic-butter limpets and slow-cooked beef are for-the-table favourites.

Hotel bar

Of all the natural elements, Botaniq Cocktail Lab is definitely earth. It’s kitted out in exposed stone, tactile furnishings and big palm fronds, and true to its name, mixologists here distil local herbs and plants into every signature cocktail. 

Last orders

Breakfast is 7am to 11am. Três opens for dinner from 7.30pm to 11pm, Wednesday to Sunday. Botaniq pours from 11.30am to 11pm daily.

Room service

You can order dishes to your door around the clock, with a select menu available during the night.

Location

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Address
Torel Terra Brava
Rua de Jesus 42
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-103
Portugal

Torel Terra Brava sits in the coastal town of Angra do Heroísmo on volcanic Terceira Island in the Azores archipelago.

Planes

Aerogare Civil das Lajes is a 25-minute drive from the hotel; staff can arrange transfers on request.

Automobiles

Put someone else in the driving seat and let the hotel arrange tours and transfers for you. Should you choose to drive, there’s parking a five-minute walk from the hotel for €15 a day.

Other

Put someone else in the driving seat and let the hotel arrange tours and transfers for you. Should you choose to drive, there’s parking in town near the hotel.

Worth getting out of bed for

Torel Terra Brava takes its cues from nature, and that ethos extends to its adventurous offerings. Connect with the earth and local producers on a winery tour and tasting, cooking workshop or visit to an artisanal honey supplier. Staff can also arrange Jeep tours of Terceira Island’s lush interior; private geological tours of its volcanic caves and rock formations; or seasonal viewings of the Tourada à Corda, a series of historic street bullfights over summer. Take to the skies with paragliding, or to the water with snorkelling, whale- and dolphin-watching (possible year-round, but April to October are your best bet for sightings) or Atlantic Sea fishing, preparing your catch for a traditional Azorean lunch. 

Local restaurants

In contrast to its low-lit interiors, the food at refined Mercatto di Osteria shines. Its seasonal menus lean into classic Italian flavours, lifted by locally sourced produce and Azores-grown wine pairings. Tasca Das Tias offers regional favourites and fuss-free cooking in a traditional setting with plate-adorned walls, stone archways and wooden furnishings. Carnivorous cravings are sated at Lume with its grilled, on-the-bone steaks and chef’s suggestion of suckling pig.

Local cafés

Head to Melita for cosy café brunches of caramelised banana-topped granola bowls and avo sourdough toast, alongside strong or sweet brews.

Local bars

At Wine Not, you can balance out any indulgence from their selection of vinho with some virtuous, plant-based snacks. 

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this coastal boutique hotel in Angra do Heroísmo and unpacked their local honey and island-grown wine, a full account of their nature-based break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Torel Terra Brava in the Azores… 

If Earth, Wind & Fire ever find themselves in the Azores, we think they might like Torel Terra Brava. This set-back-from-the-Atlantic boutique hotel looks to the same elements as the band’s name (plus water) to define its design, activities and culinary offerings. 

The tempo here is a little slower than their disco hits, but the tune spun by Torel is catchy all the same: a love for all things Azorean. Each bedroom is named after a natural feature found nearby, and the hotel’s Três bistro and Botaniq Cocktail Bar each spotlight local flavours and recipes, putting the brand’s characteristic modern spin on tradition. 

Settle into a gentle rhythm at the small-but-mighty spa and retro outdoor pool, or up the ante with thrilling Jeep tours and whale-watching boat trips. And under the Portuguese sun, between surf-and-turf adventures, you might just find that ‘golden dreams were shiny days’ takes on a whole new resonance. 

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