São Lourenço do Barrocal

The house

São Lourenço do Barrocal is a 19th-century working monte spanning 780 hectares of Alentejo landscape between the medieval hilltop village of Monsaraz and the Alqueva reservoir. Architect José António Uva gently transformed his family's estate into one of Portugal's finest hideaways without surrendering an ounce of its soul. The estate still works: its own olive groves, vineyards, sheep's cheese, horses. The olive oil, wine and cheese on the breakfast table all come from Barrocal itself. The 22 rooms and cottages are spread across the old estate — each a small private territory with its own outdoor space, looking onto the courtyard, landscape or the village of Monsaraz.

The olive oil, wine and cheese on the breakfast table all come from the estate itself — from the same trees and vines you see from your table.

This house is listed, not in the register. We have not yet written its four decisions.