Hotel Casa Modesta

Casa Modesta is located in the Ria Formosa Nature Park, a pro­tected natural lagoon on the Por­tu­guese Algarve. To the owners Casa Modesta means more than just a hotel: they asso­ciate happy childhood memories with the estate that once belonged to their grand­father. Only parts of the old walls have been kept, but the con­tem­porary new building still retains the spirit of the ori­ginal family home, because it is based on old tra­di­tions and local mate­rials. The hotel fea­tures nine suites and three common rooms. The strict geo­metry of the white walls is com­bined with the warm earthy tone of the ter­ra­cotta floors. Lamps and fit­tings in brass add glamour to the mini­malist look. In addition to the private patios with hammock and roof ter­races with wide horizons, Casa Modesta offers its guests a garden with fig and almond trees, organic vege­table garden and a pool with sun deck.

With Casa Modesta, Vânia Brito Fer­nandes, co-founder of PAr – Pla­ta­forma de Arqui­tectura designed the pro­totype for a house that trans­lates ancestral legacies into a con­tem­porary lan­guage, the CASA CHÃ ®. Casa Chã is an archi­tec­tural concept that reinter­prets tra­di­tional archi­tecture in a modern way: Old buil­dings and mate­rials are reused, coope­ration with local artisans, usage of tra­di­tional tech­niques, the design is con­tem­porary, simple, authentic and poetic.

Also read our HomeS­tories fea­turing the house: Ode to Joaquim and The silent East Algarve.

What to do

Collecting shells, bread baking, boating, bird watching, star watching, spa, swimming pool, solarium. The owners organise workshops (e.g. cane watching & birdwatching walk).

Why we like this house

Stylish reinterpretation of traditional Portuguese architecture.

This house is great for

Singel travellers, couples

Owner

We are a hard-working family that is deeply engaged in the community and wishes to open our daily life experience to tourists, friends and visitors. Grandma Carminda is the cook, mother Modesta is the financial manager, father Joaquim is the gardener, son Carlos is the front-desk manager, son Pedro is the masseur therapist, daughter Vânia is the architect that took the old house of the fisherman Grandpa Modesto and turned it into the contemporary Casa Modesta, the grandchildren Maria and Sancho are joyful buzzes of the house. We are proud to work closely with neighbours and friends, and a range of partners in order to foster the protection, appreciation and dissemination of the local traditions in terms of gastronomy, organic farming, sustainable fishing, artcrafts, wild-life watching and preservation. (Photographer: Angela Zacarias)

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