São Lourenço do Barrocal offers its guests an excellent service, consistent with its positioning as a luxury project, but does not dispense with the calm and simplicity characteristic of this region of Portugal. It complements this with a strong focus on sustainability and the representation and dissemination of Alentejo history, culture and traditions. It tries to promote a sense of belonging and familiarity in line with the more than 200 years of history of this very special place in the Alentejo interior.
FACTS ABOUT SÃO LOURENÇO DO BARROCAL
It opened in soft-opening in March 2016;
It has 40 accommodation units – 22 rooms, 2 suites and 16 houses;
It is an affiliate of Leading Hotels of The World and Virtuoso;
It has 1 hectare of organic garden, 15 of vineyards and 60 of non-intensive olive groves;
It has a fully equipped wine cellar with oak barrels, 14 concrete vats and a press;
It has an ever-growing range of products such as wine, olive oil, jams or teas;
It is a certified organic producer of wine, olive oil, cereals, meat, vegetables and fruits;
It has the second largest Neolithic menhir in the Iberian Peninsula and a total of 16 dolmens;
It employs around 120 employees and of these, 80% are from the region.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Best Hotel in Portugal and Spain at the Condé Nast Reader's Choice Awards, in 2021;
Winner of the Sustainability Leader award given by the LHW Membership Awards 2021;
Platinum Key at the Boa Cama Boa Mesa Awards 2020;
Winner of the BPI Expresso National Tourism Award 2019 in the “Hospitality” category;
“Best Hotel SPA” in Monocle’s “Travel Top 50 Awards 2016/17”.
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