The Country Life, Portuguese Edition. – GAY TIMES – Gay Times Magazine

Set in the countryside a couple of hours – we even took an Uber! – from Lisbon, across that long, long bridge and through a landscape that would give the Cotswolds or Tuscany a run for their money, São Lourenço do Barrocal is a former farming village that has been re-imagined as a country bolt-hole, somewhere to enjoy the peace and quiet, enjoy the food, enjoy the company, enjoy the horse-riding. Somewhere to just enjoy.

Having been in the same family for 200 years or so, the place seeps out in all directions from the reception/bar area, with squashy sofas to sip cocktails in, along past the spa made from the cell-like rooms the single male workers would be allocated back in the farming days to cottages that have been repurposed as gorgeous guest rooms.