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Hotel Convento de Sao Paulo

Aldeia da Serra
Redondo, Portugal 7170-120

BUILT IN THE 14TH CENTURY, ON THE SLOPES OF THEOSSA MOUNTAIN RANGE, BY MONKS WHO WANTED A PLACEWHERE THEY COULD PRAY AND FIND SPIRITUAL PEACE,THE MONASTERY OF ST PAUL IS NOW A REFINED ANDCOMFORTABLE HOTEL. IT IS SITUATED WITHIN 600HECTARES OF WOODLAND AND HAS LARGE GARDENS, TWOFLORENTINE STYLE FOUNTAINS, 50,000 GLAZED TILESLINING ITS WALLS AND MAJESTIC ARCHITECTONICLINES. REFURBISHED IN 1993, THE MONASTERY IS NOWA FOUR STAR HOTEL.UNSURPRISINGLY, THE HOTEL IS STEEPED IN HISTORY.ACCORDING TO THE CHRONICLES, THE MONASTERY HASBEEN VISITED BY MANY ILLUSTRIOUS FIGURES,INCLUDING CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA, WHO MARRIED KINGCHARLES II OF ENGLAND IN 1661, KING SEBASTIAN ANDJOHN IV. IN 1892 KING CHARLES INVITED THE COURTAND NOBILITY TO A PICNIC IN THE MONASTERYGARDENS. ALL IN ALL STAYING AT THE HOTEL ISRETURNING TO THE PAST IN COMFORT.DINING WITH CAREFUL PREPARATION, O EREMITASEEKS AT ALL TIMES TO BRING TOGETHER THEINCOMPARABLE LOCAL FLAVOURS AND AROMAS. THUS, ITIS NOT EASY TO RESIST THE CHARM OF THE RESTAURANTAND THE SUPERB FINESSE OF ITS REGIONAL ANDINTERNATIONAL COOKERY, ACCOMPANIED BY A VAST WINECOLLECTION THAT INCLUDES A CAREFUL CHOICE OFALENTEJO WINES, AND THE VARIETY OF EXCELLENTCONVENT AND REGIONAL CONFECTIONERY. ALL OF THIS,COMBINED WITH THE PLEASANT PROFESSIONALISM OF THESERVICE, WILL ALLOW YOU TO HAVE AN UNMATCHEDGASTRONOMIC EXPERIENCE.RECREATION THE OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL FITS INNICELY WITH THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE.

Rates:
193.9339 - 376.2027

Number Of Rooms: 32
Number Of Floors: 2
Check In Time: 1500
Check Out Time: 1200

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Hotel Convento de Sao Paulo
Aldeia da Serra
Redondo, Portugal 7170-120

Driving Directions:
FROM LISBON TAKE EITHER THE VASCO DA GAMA OR25 DE ABRIL BRIDGES AND FOLLOW THE MOTORWAY INDIRECTION OF VORA SIGNPOSTED. ONCE IN VORATAKE THE N254 IN DIRECTION OF REDONDO. ONCE JUSTPAST REDONDO HEAD IN DIRECTION OF ALDEIA DA SERRAAND THE CONVENTO DE S O PAULO WILL BE SIGNPOSTED.THE CONVENT OF S O PAULO, IN THE MIDDLE OF THESERRA D OSSA, IN THE ALENTEJO, IS 180 KM FROMLISBON AND 76 KM FROM BADAJOZ.THE ITINERARY IS SIMPLE LEAVING LISBON, TAKE THEA2 AND AT KM 56 TAKE THE A6, IN THE DIRECTION OF VORA, UNTIL EXIT NO. 7 FOR ESTREMOZ. ENTER THEN4 AND LEAVE 1.5 KM LATER FOR THE N 381, IN THEDIRECTION OF REDONDO. AT KM 15 YOU WILL FIND, TOTHE LEFT, THE SIGN FOR THE CONVENT OF S O PAULO.IF COMING FROM THE SOUTH, TAKE THE IP2, PASSINGBY BEJA, VIDIGUEIRA AND PORTEL. AT THE CROSSINGWITH THE N256, TURN RIGHT IN THE DIRECTION OFREGUENGOS DE MONSARAZ, WHERE YOU MUST TAKE THEN381, TO THE LEFT, IN THE DIRECTION OF REDONDO /ESTREMOZ. PASS REDONDO AND 2 KM AFTER THE ALDEIADA SERRA YOU WILL FIND THE ENTRY TO THE CONVENTON YOUR RIGHT.IF COMING FROM SPAIN, ENTER BY THE CAIA BORDER,TAKING THE A6 IN THE DIRECTION OF ESTREMOZ UNTILEXIT NO. 7. ENTER THE N4 AND LEAVE 1.5 KM LATERFOR THE N 381, IN THE DIRECTION OF REDONDO. AT KM15 YOU WILL FIND THE SIGN FOR THE CONVENT OF S OPAULO.