Beautiful setting. The staff were very welcoming and helpful. We had a very pleasant dinner and the rooms were in a gorgeous setting and comfortable. Highly recommend. Prehaps a little out of the way but that is the beauty of the place. There are two swimming pools to use.
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.
Best Regards
Helder Varela Ramos
(Operations Manager)
Head of the table,
trickling pond
Towering cypress
a dog's come and gone
Sturdy old construct
older than me
Lighting like moonlight
soft and hazy
Cod with potatoes
black pork with clams
straight up Alentejan
sure feels like my jam
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In a glade-
a vale
a hollow
a valley
a sloping pasture
More home to the silence and the wind than me
Hills -an anchor
to keep you from sliding-
down through the silence of memory.
Roses yawning off the dew
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Birds exploding from trees
Tempura shrimp with black linguini in a cream sauce
Distant dogs shout at distant dogs
Black pork with carrot
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.
Best Regards
Helder Varela Ramos
(Operations Manager)
This place is committed to the Alentejo Life. Its authenticity and the fantastic food are captivating. I enjoyed vegetarian dishes and was spoiled with home made ice cream. The managers are very friendly and will go the extra mile for you.
I will be back soon!
Dear Benjamin,
Thank you for sharing your experience at Herdade da Matinha.
We appreciate your kind words about out property.
Looking forward to welcome you back.
Kind regards,
Marco Matos
Herdade da Matinha
The staff is superb, every single employee we have encountered was super professional and always with a smile. However I would like to highlight the following points:
- to arrive to the hotel you need to drive for 4km off to a dirt road - dont bring you own car if you care for it
- the hotel public areas are not taken care of, full of spiderwebs and dirt. Smells of humidity everywhere
- there is no pool service at all, no food, no drinks and you need to go to the reception to get your own towels
- food is average and highly overpriced, options are very limited specially in the evening.
- we found ourselves with absolutely nothing to fo within the herdade, unless you want to go for a trail
- the room was ok, not worth 180€ per night. Smells like it’s been closed for years and housekeeping staff is so loud.
I would not go back
Dear Andrea,
Thank you for sharing your experience at Herdade da Matinha.
We will address all your comments with the team in order to improve our service delivery.
Hoping to have the opportunity to receive you again in a near future and recover your faith in our hotel.
Kind regards,
Marco Matos
Herdade da Matinha
I spent three nights with my family and were delighted with the quietness of that rural landscape. Our room (34) was a few steps way of the main building. Décor was fine and the room was quite spacious. I particularly liked the fact that there was no TV as this improves the feeling of being away from the news and everything that worries you around the world. However Wi-Fi worked just fine and does not even require a password.
Public areas around the main building are also very pleasant to enjoy a drink, trade stories with other people or just relax.
Price value ratio was in my opinion quite good as we ended up with the feeling that we received more than what we paid for.
Advice for futures travelers:
- Pack lightly and do not bring trolleys as the wheels would be destroyed. From the car park to your room you have to carry your own luggage around the dusty path. Bring backpacks.
- The hotel is only accessible through a poorly maintained track. It is dusty, stony and around 3,5 Km long. Keep the windows of the car closed to avoid dust inside. This is not the hotel’s fault but they could raise awareness of the city council over this issue. If possible, save your car and bring a rental.
- Try the restaurant for dinner. Even if it is not cheap, they have a different menu for every day and we were very pleased with the three course meals.
Dear José,
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
