You'll simply love this charming hotel

The mansion, were breakfast is served

A charming, outstanding hotel located in an estate which is part of the Portuguese national heritage, the Quinta da Cruz, in Alcantarilha. I had the opportunity to stay there a couple of days, coming from the beautiful city of Lisbon and on the way to Sevilla (Spain). The hotel was built to match the style of the completely restored buildings of the estate. The main building is the ancient mansion itself, which belonged to a well-known old Portuguese family. Its different parts were built from the XVth to the XVIIIth centuries. They have been restored in the same style. Breakfast is served in the dining-room on the ground floor. The first floor is now an art gallery, and you can visit a consecrated little chapel and admire a painted ceiling.
Have a look at the main website:www.capeladasartes.com

Inside the mansion

I am sure that one needs to see beautiful places, trees, flowers and works of art to feel completely happy and experience serenity in life.
There is a version in Russian as well: http://otelkapelladasartes.blogspot.fr/which is very sober.

The hotel, rooms and patios

Besides, if you like stories, please have a look at the first episode called "Once upon a time, there lived...", which is the beginning of a story about the life of one of the inhabitants of the Quinta da Cruz, Jose Diogo Mascarenhas Netto. This interesting man lived in the XVIIIth and the beginning of the XIXth centuries. At that time, Portugal was no more the great empire it had been, and the liberal ideas coming from France would lure Portuguese intellectuals tired of the absolute monarchy and craving for modernity. Jose Diogo was a liberal. He had a Bachelor of Laws from the Coimbra University and carried out the construction of the first road from Lisbon to Porto and other interesting missions. But in 1810, when Napoleon’s army tries to conquest Portugal for the third time, he is suspected of collaboration or of sympathy with the French, arrested with several other liberals during was is called the "Setembrizada" and forced to exile.  The second episode of the story is called "More about Jose Diogo”.  
The third building on the site is the restored olive oil fabric, the Lagar, with its genuine oil press. It is now used for business seminars, concerts or family occasions or parties.