Hotel Solar Dos Mascarenhas - Vila Viçosa

Solar Dos Mascarenhas combines modern design with historic architecture, and enjoys a spectacular location in historic Vila Viçosa. It features an outdoor swimming pool and a massage treatment area. The rooms and suites at Hotel Solar are housed within a modern building in the picturesque gardens of a restored heritage building. With elegant décor and high ceilings, each rooms boasts air conditioning, LCD TV and free internet access. Hotel Solar Dos Mascarenhas has a beautiful terrace area and a refreshing outdoor swimming pool. The elegant Restaurante do Paço serves regional cuisine with views across the hotel’s grounds. There are childcare facilities available, as well as an on-site laundry and a well-stocked bar. Daily newspapers are also provided. The hotel is less than 1 km from Vila Viçosa Station. Free on-site car parking is available.

Hotel Solar dos Mascarenhas The Hotel Solar dos Mascarenhas was created to breathe life back into the customs, experiences, flavours and the very best the Alentejo has to offer. Vila Viçosa has been home to poets, kings, queens, princes and princesses. The hotel stands in one of the town narrow lanes of whitewashed houses, just metres from the Ducal Palace. Built in the 16th Century by members of the Portuguese court when Vila Viçosa was still the home of the Royal House of Bragança, the Solar dos Mascarenha guards centuries of history within its walls. Effortlessly combining the present with the past, the hotel building was redesigned by architect João Paulo Ferreira, endowing it with modernity and 18 rooms and 4 suites in the manor house old gardens. Each accommodation unit has its own bathroom, air-conditioning, LCD TV, Internet access and direct-line telephone. Taking his inspiration from the creativity of the Alentejo gastronomy and flavours from various cultures, Chef Cláudio Cardoso conjures up a tantalising menu in the Restaurante do Pao, aptly complementing the hotel quality services. Located in a region in which the local cuisine proves a powerful attraction in its own right, the Solar is more than prepared to meet this challenge. Every corner of this place is steeped in history. A history the Hotel Solar dos Mascarenhas hopes to continue with further episodes of success.

Vila Viçosa is: - 212 km from Lisbon - 58 km from Evora - 40 km from Spain When you get in Vila Viçosa please follow the signs that indicate Hotel.

Taking our inspiration from the creativity of the Alentejo’s gastronomy and flavours from various cultures, we conjure up a tantalising menu in the Restaurante do Paço, aptly complementing the hotel’s quality services. We serve essentially Alentejo cuisine, which is among the most original local cuisines to be found in Portugal. Located in a region in which the local cuisine proves a powerful attraction in its own right, the Solar is more than prepared to meet this challenge.