Cooking and Nature | Emotional Hotel

Interactive culinary lodge

The hotel operates like a hands-on culinary workshop, gathering guests in the open kitchen to cook dinner alongside the chef.

What it’s good at

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Wellness

Notable

Stone immersion tanks beneath skylights replicate Roman and Arab thermal bathing traditions.

Design

Listed

A concrete and glass structure houses twelve rooms styled around distinct emotions.

Local

Listed

Guests harvest herbs from the organic garden for evening regional Portuguese dinners.

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What they say

Michelin Selected

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Cooking and Nature - Emotional Hotel, with its sleek concrete and glass exterior and its dozen individually decorated guest rooms, is an ideal place to hang your hat during a side adventure.

Tucked away

Lively Central Quiet Secluded

A place apart: the property is the destination.

Olive groves and limestone crags surround the valley, and walking trails lead into the caverns of the Serras de Aire natural park.

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The rooms

Twelve rooms interpret different emotions, including cabaret mirrors in Passion and Portuguese poetry painted across the walls of Saudade.

The pool

Bring a swimsuit.

The outdoor pool sits on a wooden deck among olive trees, looking toward the limestone hills.

The baths

Three stone tanks at Banhos d'Aire hold cold, warm, and hot water across a cedar deck lit by lanterns.

At the table

Tables sit under an olive tree on the terrace, and an honesty bar lets guests mix their own drinks.

How it began

2012Opened

Rui and Rita Anastácio opened the hotel after Rui struggled to fry an egg, designing an interactive kitchen where novices could learn.