Hotel das Amoreiras

Independent Minds: Pedro Oliveira & Alicia Valero, Hotel das Amoreiras

Lisbon’s most restful retreat has an urban heart with country house soul

Husband-and-wife team Pedro and Alicia are first and foremost aesthetes, who find joy in beautiful moments and beautiful places. Hotel das Amoreiras is a joint venture away from their successful corporate careers, where the couple’s impeccable taste and eye for detail can be seen and felt at every turn – as much as if it were their own home.

Sitting on a tranquil, mulberry tree-lined square once home to silk merchants, which Pedro used to visit as a child, the neglected townhouses were shown some serious design love by Pedro and Alicia on their return to Portugal, and instilled with their own lived-in sense of luxury (including a painting of Lisbon by Pedro’s father, and beloved pieces of furniture from their own collection). Inspired by the grand hotels of days gone by, on a smaller, boutique scale, Hotel das Amoreiras cleverly manages to be restful, ritzy, and low-key all at once.

By definition, independent hotels are truly unique because they reflect the passion, soul and vision of their owners. Guests definitely feel and appreciate the difference.

Do you have a vision for the future of the hotel?

I would like Hotel das Amoreiras to become an admired reference for excellence in Portuguese hospitality, aiming to provide lasting memories to all our guests. We keep working hard to become a ‘baby grand hotel’ and so we will never stop evolving our service and experience.

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