The Best Hotels Near Galaxia Cocina Pepehillo, by the Record
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The Stone Spa is carved into an old quarry cave, which tells you immediately what kind of hotel this is. Set in Vila Viçosa, a marble town near the Spanish border, the Alentejo Marmoris is a boutique hotel where the family that owns it has been quarrying stone for generations. Rooms lean Art Deco with a faint Moorish edge, bathrooms are predictably extravagant, and the restaurant gathers around a single-block marble table.
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A working vineyard and horse stable sit just outside the whitewashed manor, which tells you what kind of hotel this is before you've even unpacked. Torre de Palma is a wine hotel in Portugal's upper Alentejo, built over a 14th-century estate, with eighteen rooms ranging from traditional blue azulejo tile to dark, chandelier-lit suites. The Michelin Guide awarded it 2 Keys. Wine tastings, riding lessons, a spa, and candlelit Alentejo dinners fill the days, but the thick-walled rooms make a persuasive case for doing nothing at all.
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An old Alentejo farming estate, still producing wine and olives, now quietly reimagined as a boutique hotel where the barn is your bedroom and the olive press is down the hall. The rooms layer contemporary comforts over original stonework, the spa is properly equipped, and the restaurant pulls almost everything from the land around it. A Michelin Key property, and one where the countryside does most of the talking.