Pousada Mosteiro Amares
A 12th-century monastery near Braga, rebuilt by a Pritzker-winning architect
Pousada Mosteiro Amares
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Pousada Mosteiro Amares is a 12th-century Cistercian monastery, set between Braga and the mountains of northern Portugal. Architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, winner of the 2011 Pritzker Prize, led its conversion into a hotel, keeping the stone walls and cloister intact while fitting in modern rooms. It is a quiet base for a region built on granite and old routes.
Rooms carry cable TV, minibar, and air conditioning behind original stone. A marble outdoor pool sits in what was once a grazing meadow, sheltered from the wind, with a smaller pool for children and a bar close by. The restaurant occupies the monastery's old kitchen, its chimney and ovens still cut into the stone, and a large granite table anchors the room where breakfast is served. Dinner runs from 7:30pm to 10pm.
The bar sits by a fireplace, crossed by a stream that once fed the monastery's tanks and lakes. You can hear it running under the floor on quiet evenings. The cloister, with its orange trees, hosts dinners and receptions in summer, and the monastery church, with its wooden vaulted ceiling and a 17th-century gilded altarpiece, still holds ceremonies. Free parking includes an electric vehicle charger. Dogs up to 15kg are welcome for a fee.
Rooms carry cable TV, minibar, and air conditioning behind original stone. A marble outdoor pool sits in what was once a grazing meadow, sheltered from the wind, with a smaller pool for children and a bar close by. The restaurant occupies the monastery's old kitchen, its chimney and ovens still cut into the stone, and a large granite table anchors the room where breakfast is served. Dinner runs from 7:30pm to 10pm.
The bar sits by a fireplace, crossed by a stream that once fed the monastery's tanks and lakes. You can hear it running under the floor on quiet evenings. The cloister, with its orange trees, hosts dinners and receptions in summer, and the monastery church, with its wooden vaulted ceiling and a 17th-century gilded altarpiece, still holds ceremonies. Free parking includes an electric vehicle charger. Dogs up to 15kg are welcome for a fee.