Unique Places to Stay in Portugal

Want more than a standard hotel room? Portugal has wonderfully unusual places to stay: rooms inside castle walls, wine-barrel suites in the Douro, stone houses in mountain villages, triangular cottages in Madeira and design suites among vineyards. Here are some of the most unique stays in Portugal.

Quick answer: sleep in a castle (Óbidos), a wine barrel (Pacheca in the Douro), a vineyard suite with a skylight for stargazing (L’AND in the Alentejo), a restored farming village (São Lourenço do Barrocal), a schist or granite village house (Piódão, Monsanto), or a striped beach house in Costa Nova.

Castles, convents and palaces

• Pousada do Castelo Óbidos: inside the castle. Check prices.
• Bussaco Palace: a fairytale royal palace in a forest. Check prices.
• Pousada Convento de Tavira. Check prices.

See the best pousadas.

Wine country

• Pacheca (Douro): sleep in a giant wine barrel among the vines. Check prices.
• L’AND Vineyards (Alentejo): suites with skylights over the bed. Check prices.
• São Lourenço do Barrocal (Alentejo): a restored farming village. Check prices.

Villages and nature

• Piódão: schist houses in the mountains. See stays.
• Monsanto: granite houses among boulders. See stays.
• Areias do Seixo: an eco-retreat in the dunes. Check prices.
• Sete Cidades Lake Lodge (Azores): cabins near the crater lakes. Check prices.

By the sea

• Costa Nova: candy-striped beach houses. See stays. See Costa Nova.
• Farol Hotel (Cascais): by the lighthouse on the rocks. Check prices.

More: the best luxury hotels in Portugal and a romantic trip to Portugal.

See also: glamping in Portugal.

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