Need to know
Rooms
19, including one suite.
Check–Out
Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
More details
Rates include an Alentejo breakfast spread of locally sourced products (rustic cheese and charcuterie boards, home-baked pastries, natural fruit juices, and organic savouries), in addition to a free tour of the hotel’s winery.
Also
Most of the accommodation is on the ground floor, and there’s one specially-adapted room for guests with mobility issues.
At the hotel
Seven-hectare vineyard, artisan winery, barrel room, wine-tasting cellar, organic garden, woodland, orchards, olive grove, stables (plus equestrian equipment for hire), horse-riding arena, bikes to borrow (with local cycling maps), historic chapel, boutique, charged laundry service, and free WiFi. In rooms: air-conditioning, underfloor heating, minibar stocked with organic treats and homegrown wine, coffee machine, tea-making kit, smart TV, sound-system, and Benamôr 1925 bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Most of the rustic, shabby-chic rooms are scattered across the estate’s former stables and farmer’s cottages, but the Master Suite takes up more refined residence in the main house with its own private pool. If you’re staying during the winter, we’d opt for one of the Junior Suites with a wood-burning fireplace (and plenty of cosy nooks to curl up in with a glass of wine).
Poolside
You’ll be presented with cloud-like slippers to softly saunter around the heated indoor pool (open daily between 8.30am and 9.30pm) which is a welcome, warming haven during winter months and on chillier evenings beneath beautifully beamed ceilings. And in the summer, cooling dips in the unheated 24-hour outdoor pool provide refreshing respite from Alentejo’s desert-rivalling temperatures – the deck is fringed by vines and fragrant trees for some extra shade.
Spa
Thanks to the owners’ pharmaceutical background (and the bucolic setting which inspires the botanical wellness menu), the contemporary spa combines science-backed techniques with nature’s healing powers. Soothing treatments are delivered by Parisian brand Darphin (between 10am and 7pm), including a grape-seed and honey exfoliation which will give you a radiant Alentejo glow. There’s also a steam room, Turkish bath, sauna, and Jacuzzi to unwind in, plus personal trainers and yoga instructors available on request.
Packing tips
Experienced equestrians and first-time riders alike will want to spend some time in the saddle here. You’ll be fully kitted-out at the stables, so just bring an unbridled sense of adventure.
Also
You’ll be sleeping beneath some of the clearest skies in Europe, so it’s worth staying up to stargaze – you can even spot the Milky Way from your room most nights.
Pet‐friendly
Small, well-behaved dogs are welcome to stay in the Junior Suite, for an additional charge of €50 (a night, each pet). See more pet-friendly hotels in Alentejo.
Children
Little ones have free rein to roam and horse-ride here, with stable show-rounds and beginner-friendly lessons to keep them in the saddle (away from wine-guzzling grown-ups).
Sustainability efforts
As one of the first hotels in Portugal to achieve Biosphere certification (backed up by its B-Corp eco-credentials), Torre de Palma Wine Hotel is run from its vineyard roots with an agriculturally minded, as-nature-intended approach. Photovoltaic panels produce clean, renewable energy, and the water throughout the property is entirely heated by solar panels. The impressive drip-by-drop irrigation system efficiently waters the vineyards and sustainably-planted grounds, alongside a number of water-saving measures to help combat the arid, Alentejo summers. Everything here is kept hyper-local to support the surrounding rural communities, including the staff (entirely hired from the local area) and the hotel’s network of artisan suppliers, from cheese-makers to olive-oil producers. And if you’re not planning to explore on horseback, there are two Tesla charging stations for e-vehicles on-property to encourage greener get-arounds.
