Monte Do Zambujeiro

Great location , high above the Miro River. Very peaceful and relaxing with walks from the property. Lovely accommodation with easy access to the lovely pool. Super delicious , generous breakfast. Monica and staff full very kind and helpful. 10 mins drive from restaurants in Vila Nova de Millefontes

Great place to relax. Pure nature and wonderful river views. Monica is a perfect hostess. With her open and honest personality she creates a very special a**osphere. We gladly followed her advice for trips and restaurants. The lovingly prepared breakfast on the sunny terrace will be in our Memory for a long time.

There has always been a swampy sadness for me about these riparian landscapes such as the traveler finds at this bend of the Rio Mira. In this case, the Monte do Zambujeiro offers little to lift his mood. Perhaps Jose Saramago would have found a kernel here with which he could identify the "real" Alentejo as he made his way to Portugal early in the post-Salazar times. But today the traveler is greeted with a tired bed, a restaurant only open by special arrangement, and a hospitality that one may courteously describe as perfunctory and transactional. The traveler and his companion were reminded more than once of the check-out time (11 a.m.) and were careful to depart at 10:50 a.m. both to make the point and to be spared being tossed out like used linen. Others chasing the ghost of Portugal's literary Nobelist around the country may choose to stop and stay here, but this traveler will pass on doing so again, instead making his way on to a more comfortable place at which he and his companion may lay there weary heads. It takes the fullness of time to create a property that is memorable and worth visiting; it need not be the work of generations to provide a warm and generous hospitality.

We stayed for one night in Nocember 2023 during our Fisherman’s Trail. If we had more time, we would have loved to stay longer. It’s a 700.000 sqm property in natural reserve, no neighbours, no street just a mainhouse, Guesthouse and farmbuildings. The property is atop a hill with great view, next to a nice river. We forgot something in the room an the host organised a transfer to a hostel 3 travel days later -amazing, thanks!

Wonderful attentive staff & Monica very helpful in this little pocket of peacefulness in nature. Pool is great. Breakfast is fab. Accommodation is just right for the location. Lovely relaxing views. Good value for money. We’ll be back I’m sure at some point.