Bartolo’s place is definitely more than just a “place” but more of a magical, secret garden that exists out of time and space. We stayed in the apartment for a week and were literally blown away by the beauty and kindness of the place and host. The apartment and the interior design itself are very stylish and you could take pictures all day long, however at the same time it feels very cozy and warm. The wifi is amazing and you’ll find everything in the apartment you’ll need. The garden and farm slow you down and we forgot about the time and day several times. There are fresh lemons, oranges, passion fruit etc. that we were allowed to “harvest”, so our breakfast was entirely out of the garden. The animals are very kind and we loved to feed the pigs and cuddle with the cats and Alma, the beautiful dog. The basin in the middle of the garden is perfect to refresh on a hot day (for short people like me it’s like a pool) and we loved staying in the garden in the evenings.
We arrived without car but went to different beaches by Uber (around 8-10 euros per ride) which were all very beautiful. We also arrived/went back to the airport in Porto by Uber which is about 20 minutes. There is a small shop in the village (10-minute walk) where you can buy the most necessary items, for “real” shopping we went to bigger supermarkets near the beaches (Lidl etc.) and brought back the stuff via Uber.

Bartolo is a very kind and emphatic host who senses very well his guests needs/interest in talking and conversation or your preference of being left alone. We were spending evenings together cooking, sitting in the big kitchen preparing “Apfelmus”, drinking wine, listening to music and having conversations about stuff you talk about when drinking wine 😉. We were also allowed to use his big kitchen and the fire place in the garden as well as the stone oven to make pizza. We definitely want to come visit again and can only recommend staying at this unique place!