Alem do Vale - Let your gaze lift you Beyond the Vale in our quiet mountain home

The space

We offer a carefully restored Xisto Cottage that sleeps up to 4 people on a king sized bunk bed. The hand built stone cottage offers cool summer days and cosy winter nights by the wood burning stove. A sitting area and dining area are part of the open plan space, a short walk away is a luxury outdoor shower and bathroom experience. Breakfast is included and we offer catering options for your stay also - please just ask for more details on catering, workshops, trips and treatments.

The kitchen

Our kitchen space is our vegan sourdough bakery - guests are welcome to store vegan food here and use some appliances. We do not offer a fully self-catered option for guests unless we have explicitly agreed on this - our site is totally vegan. Please ask us about your food needs or if you would like to use our fully equipped kitchen. Phen is a vegan chef with 20 years experience in fine dining, retreat catering, patisserie and sourdough baking.

Other things to note

Our companion dog Maxi lives here with us - he is a rescue dog who has some curious behaviours - we ask guests not to interact with him, mostly he stays indoors while we have visitors.

Parking is onsite.

We offer connection to our unlimited 'hot spot' but we also encourage guests to switch-off while enjoying our space.

Our land is situated in a 'ghost village' - we are the only residents other than the foxes, mongoose, deer, snakes, wild boar, eagles and hoopoos!!

We have an off grid water supply so we ask guests to be mindful of water usage.