Travel News: São Lourenço do Barrocal wins 1st place of the 2021 CNT Readers Choice Awards
Travel News: São Lourenço do Barrocal wins 1st place of the 2021 CNT Readers Choice Awards
Condé Nast Traveler today announced the results of its Readers’ Choice Awards and São Lourenço do Barrocal, in Monsaraz, Portugal, was recognised as the best hotel in the Iberian Peninsula.
More than 800,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers submitted responses rating their travel experiences across the globe to provide a full snapshot about the places they can’t wait to return to next. The Readers’ Choice Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious recognition of excellence in the travel industry. The full list of winners can be found in this link.
“We’re very proud to see São Lourenço do Barrocal receive this award. It was our clients and guests who gave us this first place among the best hotels in Portugal and Spain - and there is nothing better than this type of recognition. We try to give to everyone who visits us a feeling of belonging and communion with the nature, history and culture of Alentejo and we are very happy to see that is valued. To our team, that exceed themselves everyday, a big ‘Thank You’. This award is also very much yours.”
- José António Uva
São Lourenço do Barrocal is a rural retreat set in an old ‘monte’ alentejano from the 19th century. It was rejuvenated as an unpretentious luxury hotel, in the midst of vineyards, holm oaks and centenary olive trees in the landscape of Monsaraz, Portugal.
Set in a 780-hectare estate, owned by the same family for over 200 years, guests and residents are invited to take part in the authentic day-to-day life of a working farm. A concept that brings together both an organically certified agricultural project and a hospitality project with all the comfort and amenities of contemporary life.
São Lourenço do Barrocal has a winery for the creation of its exclusive wines, two farm-to-table restaurants that focus on Alentejo cuisine and a shop selling products from the estate and from contemporary Portuguese artisans. It also includes a spa by the Austrian brand of organic cosmetics Susanne Kaufmann, two outdoor swimming pools (adults and children), orchard, organic vegetable garden, horse stables and a diverse range of activities.
The 2021 Readers' Choice Awards are published on Condé Nast Traveler’s website and celebrated in the November issue.
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