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Herdade da Matinha is a country hotel set amidst nature, in the Alentejo, but also very close to the beach. We have 35 rooms. A place for relaxation and rejuvenation, Herdade Da Matinha is surrounded by old oak trees. Start the day with breakfast in bed or on the covered veranda. Meals are homemade and feature farmhouse breads and cheeses, as well as renowned Portuguese wines. Sample local specialities made with homegrown, organic vegetables. Spend time exploring the area. Alternatively, you can soak up sun while relaxing next to Herdade Da Matinha outdoor pool. The hotel also offers comfortable seating areas inviting you to take it easy.
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Property amenities
Free parking
Free internet
Yoga classes
Pool
Free breakfast
Boating
Hiking
Books, DVDs, music for children
Wifi
Pool / beach towels
Outdoor pool
Bar / lounge
Restaurant
Breakfast buffet
Breakfast in the room
Kids' meals
Horseback riding
Windsurfing
Canoeing offsite
Board games / puzzles
Taxi service
Massage
Non-smoking hotel
Outdoor fireplace
Picnic area
Express check-in / check-out
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Air conditioning
Housekeeping
Interconnected rooms available
Private balcony
Bath / shower
Complimentary toiletries
Hair dryer
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Mountain view
Bridal suite
Non-smoking rooms
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Family rooms
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Quaint
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English, French, Spanish, German and 1 more
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Cercal do Alentejo, Cercal 7555-231 Portugal
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Sumptuous accommodation on every level, beautiful pools and stunning public areas set in a tranquil rural setting. Dinner was of the table d’hote variety - one starter, main and dessert which was ok if nothing exceptional. The house white actually recommended by our server, a first, was not only relatively inexpensive but pretty good on the palate. Breakfast was excellent with plenty of choice from pancakes through eggs or cold meats with fresh orange juice or whatever combination required. Faultless. Our room was in a separate accommodation block of 8 apartments a short walk from the main building in what could loosely be described as a shipping container but the similarity ended with the structure. Inside, a massive and insanely comfortable bed, deep pile carpet and powerful shower completed a beautiful room which was metres from a well appointed pool area. My only complaint - and for me it is a serious problem - is the access road to the property, a 2km dirt track that no doubt shortened the lives of my rented car’s tyres considerably. Driving up and down this monstrosity raised my blood pressure as well and cancelled out much of the chill experience the hotel os designed to engender. If you love your car do not under any circumstances bring it here. That said, a great experience and highly recommended.
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Date of stay: May 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip: The access road is a shocker.
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Response from Herdade da Matinha, Proprietário at Herdade Da Matinha
Responded 5 Jul 2022
Dear David, Thank you for sharing your experience in Herdade da Matinha. We appreciate your kind words about our property and services. Our access is typical of a country house, there are 3 km of dirt road, with some dust in the mix, no doubt, but we believe that it serves as a disconnection from the real world and the entrance to a place of contact with nature. Hope to welcome you back in the future, Kind regards, Marco Matos Herdade da Matinha
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Amazing location, staff. Fun yet peaceful, a good balance. Excellent breakfast and well organized following Covid rules.
Tiny detail, the rooms are not super well isolated and as such you can hear your neighbors pretty okay. Still, everything is so confortable and nice that you take it almost as white noise :)
Tiny detail, the rooms are not super well isolated and as such you can hear your neighbors pretty okay. Still, everything is so confortable and nice that you take it almost as white noise :)
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Date of stay: August 2020
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Charming farmstay located in Alejentoan hills. It’s great to just relax with a book by the pool and listen to the birds and bumblebees in the blossoming orange trees, with the hotel dogs laying by. The grounds are not kept as spotless as in five star resorts, but for me, this just adds to the feeling of genuinity.
The 3 km gravel access road is the same kind that you will find all over rural Europe. We had no problem driving there with a small Fiat 500.
Our room was located close to the main building. It was modern, nicely decorated, clean and had a small terrace.
Staff were helpful and nice. Breakfast was really good, with freshly pressed orange juice, eggs/omelets by order and a nice selection of cheese and pastries.
Dinner in the restaurant was a four course set menu that changed every day. For 38€, it was quite good value with a nice selection of Portuguese dishes, tastier than dinner we had in five star resorts for twice this price (but still not at par with some of the better restaurants in Lisbon).
Not everything was perfect, though. The last night of our two night stay, we were playing chess and drinking wine and beer from the bar in the lounge area. Suddenly, at midnight, we were asked to leave and go to our room immediately because they “had to close and lock the main building”. It felt a bit strange to be told, as grown up guests, to go to our room. I would also be nice if such information could be provided a bit in advance.
When we got back to our room, there was a strange smell in the direction of mould/sewage. I might have been from AC/ventilation or the plumbing. Reception/main building was closed at this point.
Around 5 in the morning, we were awakened by dogs running around on the premises and barking loudly. This went on for more than 1,5 hours without any apparent staff intervention.
The 3 km gravel access road is the same kind that you will find all over rural Europe. We had no problem driving there with a small Fiat 500.
Our room was located close to the main building. It was modern, nicely decorated, clean and had a small terrace.
Staff were helpful and nice. Breakfast was really good, with freshly pressed orange juice, eggs/omelets by order and a nice selection of cheese and pastries.
Dinner in the restaurant was a four course set menu that changed every day. For 38€, it was quite good value with a nice selection of Portuguese dishes, tastier than dinner we had in five star resorts for twice this price (but still not at par with some of the better restaurants in Lisbon).
Not everything was perfect, though. The last night of our two night stay, we were playing chess and drinking wine and beer from the bar in the lounge area. Suddenly, at midnight, we were asked to leave and go to our room immediately because they “had to close and lock the main building”. It felt a bit strange to be told, as grown up guests, to go to our room. I would also be nice if such information could be provided a bit in advance.
When we got back to our room, there was a strange smell in the direction of mould/sewage. I might have been from AC/ventilation or the plumbing. Reception/main building was closed at this point.
Around 5 in the morning, we were awakened by dogs running around on the premises and barking loudly. This went on for more than 1,5 hours without any apparent staff intervention.
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Date of stay: April 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip: Bring earplugs for barking dogs.
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Response from Herdade da Matinha, Proprietário at Herdade Da Matinha
Responded 6 Apr 2023
Thank you for visiting Herdade da Matinha and for your comment. Herdade da Matinha is a place of disconnection, where you can breathe fresh air, appreciate nature and art, and at the same time invite those who visit us to disconnect from the stress of day-to-day life and lose themselves in the 110 hectares of native forest that we have planted over these more than 25 years. The opinion of our visitors is always important to all of us and in that sense we obviously share the feedback received from all our visitors with the team, in order to continuously improve our service. Our philosophy is to offer those who visit us the simplicity and comfort of a family home, the use of fresh local products, as well as the adoption of good environmental practices. Our strong environmental awareness also leads us to adopt practices for the preservation of the fauna and flora of the Atlantic Montane, with the entire area in the process of restoring the native forest after several decades of intensive agriculture and grazing that limited self-regeneration. Not completely cutting the grass and grass, doing it by sector, is not carelessness or laziness, but rather a strategy in the sense that the bees and other pollinating insects have food most of the time. We regret that our employees were not correct in explaining the closing time of the main house. Effectively, the main house closes its doors at midnight, after that time, and if necessary, we are available through the telephone number provided (via call, SMS or Whatsapp) in the welcome letter that we left in your room upon arrival. Customers can continue to enjoy the night on the covered terraces of the Bar or Restaurant, if they wish, before retiring to their rooms. Regarding the barking you heard, taking into account the time of day, it certainly could not have been the dogs on the Estate, as they do not sleep in the street and we only open the doors for them from 07:00 am, in any case we regret that this noise has harmed the your rest. Best Regards Helder Varela Ramos (Operations Manager)
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Nice Resort in Nature - off the track. The garden and atmosphere were great. Unfortunately the value for money ratio was the worst in our whole Portugal vacation. 140€ for a double room, dinner was 32€ (food was good but nothing special and also not a lot). We had a room with a panorama of the parking lot which is a pity if you have beautiful nature all around you. The staff was nice but didn’t pay much attention so I was annoyed by paying that much money. The WiFi was just available in the common area.
They have a yoga room but this was cleaned in the morning at 9:00 so that it wasn’t possible to perform yoga before breakfast.
If you don’t care about money it might be a perfect place to relax. All in all I’d say it has a spirit of a cool hostel but you pay for a 4-5 star hotel.
They have a yoga room but this was cleaned in the morning at 9:00 so that it wasn’t possible to perform yoga before breakfast.
If you don’t care about money it might be a perfect place to relax. All in all I’d say it has a spirit of a cool hostel but you pay for a 4-5 star hotel.
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Date of stay: September 2020Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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We stayed in a family room and these ones clearly need to be updated - the air conditioning was not
working and the shower is too small and not prepared to give bath to babies . The restaurant in the
hotel should have more choices in the menu. As it is, the local cuisine is not represented and it is too
expensive. On Sunday morning, one of the bedrooms didn't have hot water in the shower. Hotel is not customer oriented. Has a lot of potential though...
working and the shower is too small and not prepared to give bath to babies . The restaurant in the
hotel should have more choices in the menu. As it is, the local cuisine is not represented and it is too
expensive. On Sunday morning, one of the bedrooms didn't have hot water in the shower. Hotel is not customer oriented. Has a lot of potential though...
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Date of stay: February 2020
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Ican only echo Costaporto's review. Reading all the reviews led us to book this place despite the nightly rate that was quite higher than what we usually plan
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We slept in the container's building and although we actually liked the decoration, the soundproofing was quite bad with the other rooms and the main corridor.
There are no attention to details, it's a disguised hostel with boutique hotels rates and the service in nonexistent.
The restaurant serves a unique menu at an outrageous price per person and we all almost fell asleep as the service was so uncoordinated and slow.
Since it is lost in the middle of the countryside, eating out takes quite a bit of time but after the first night experience we did go out every single time.
The pool treatment was exaggerated, the smell was so strong and the kids had eyed burning issues from the quantity of product they were adding.
I would not recommend this place, not at this rate.
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We slept in the container's building and although we actually liked the decoration, the soundproofing was quite bad with the other rooms and the main corridor.
There are no attention to details, it's a disguised hostel with boutique hotels rates and the service in nonexistent.
The restaurant serves a unique menu at an outrageous price per person and we all almost fell asleep as the service was so uncoordinated and slow.
Since it is lost in the middle of the countryside, eating out takes quite a bit of time but after the first night experience we did go out every single time.
The pool treatment was exaggerated, the smell was so strong and the kids had eyed burning issues from the quantity of product they were adding.
I would not recommend this place, not at this rate.
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Date of stay: August 2020
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Response from Filipa Vinha, Proprietário at Herdade Da Matinha
Responded 21 Sept 2020
Dear Severine, Thank you for your comment. All our guest’s comments are important to us as they enable us to improve our service and product. Our team dedicates itself every day to provide great service to all our guests: since the very beginning, at the reservation process, throughout the stay and after check out. We are always available to help and assist and truly wish that every guest has a most fantastic stay. Herdade da Matinha is set amidst nature in the beautiful and vast “Alentejo” region. Therefore, in terms of food, we do offer different meal options to our guests apart from the evening set menu, such as an extended lunch menu, picnic baskets and take-away to meet our guests' needs. The pool cleaning is done meticulously, by a certified external company, taking into consideration the public health & safety measures. We are truly sorry that we did not meet your expectations. Kind regards.
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We stayed for only one night and it was a last minute decision, but we're glad we went to Herdade da Matinha, as we had a wonderful stay. We stayed in one of the Superior Deluxe suites and it is amazing. There's a "private" pool for only those 8 bedrooms, but you can also access the common pool. We also had dinner and breakfast, which were both wonderful as well. The only downside in our opinion is the access road to the Herdade, which is not tarmaced since it belongs to the Rota Vicentina (prompt explanation we had at the reception). The staff is also very nice, and the welcome drink (non-alcoholic) was very good.
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Date of stay: September 2020
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Service and food was really good. Room was pretty small despite we got an upgraded. Facilities around the house are a little bit unprepared. They should work on the area around the house. Service and attention was very good. Location is in the middle of nowhere and takes some 10 minutes with the car to reach the property through a dirt road.
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Date of stay: July 2020Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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It was a great weekend. The staff and owners are extremely nice always trying to make us feel at home. The food is excellent (breakfast and dinner) and the surroundings are also very beautiful. Even though we had a 1 year old with us they were always accomodating any need that we had. I recommend 100%.
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Date of stay: February 2020
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My wife and I drove from Lisbon to Lagos, but decided to break it up over two days, because we wanted to have time for making stops along the beautiful coast. We found this hotel through Google searches. We are so happy we came across this hotel even though it was just a one night stay. It was a little tricky to get to, but after booking the hotel management sent us a personal email with all the details on how to get to the hotel. It is off the main road down a dirt road for about three kilometers, but worth it. The room was very comfortable as well as the community lounge rooms around the property. We arrived at night, so did not get to see the beauty of the property until the next morning. The included breakfast was delicious and had many different choices. They also offer many outdoors activites.
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Date of stay: March 2020
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Dear Meinko, Thank you for your message. The rooms you mentions are new rooms and the situation is very recent. Our management is already taking care of this issue and a work is already in process. We hope to welcome you back in Matinha in the future so that you can have a true Matinha experience. Looking forward to welcoming you.
It’s not on their website. But on several sites it’s mentoined as a “pet friendly hotel”.
They are very friendly so if you wan’t to be sure you should simply ask them.
They have a contact form on their website.
"Not luxurious accommodations. 2 star hostel at max. No service at the pool, no room service and very limited hours for food and beverage"Read full review
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HK$1,029 - HK$1,380 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
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LOCATION
PortugalAlentejoSetubal DistrictCercal
NUMBER OF ROOMS
35
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Which popular attractions are close to Herdade Da Matinha?
Nearby attractions include Praia do Malhão (7.7 km), Ilha do Pessegueiro (7.1 km), and Herdade do Pessegueiro (6.3 km).
What are some of the property amenities at Herdade Da Matinha?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free breakfast, a pool, and an on-site restaurant.
What food & drink options are available at Herdade Da Matinha?
Guests can enjoy free breakfast, an on-site restaurant, and a lounge during their stay.
What are some restaurants close to Herdade Da Matinha?
Conveniently located restaurants include O Amandio, Restaurante Passarinho, and Restaurante 100 Pressas.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Herdade Da Matinha?
Yes, guests have access to a pool and yoga classes during their stay.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at Herdade Da Matinha?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese.
Are there any historical sites close to Herdade Da Matinha?
Many travellers enjoy visiting Cemiterio dos Mouros (7.3 km).