The story

How it all began

I came to Mouriscas in 2020. I built this place to be my home and my family's shelter. Somewhere simple, made my own way, with no ambition of being a business.

What moves me are the simple pleasures of the countryside: a swim in the pool at the end of the afternoon, the smell of woodsmoke in winter, and the river beaches of the Tagus and the Zêzere close by. Here life runs slowly, and it feels good.

At first the house was where my family and my friends gathered. Then my children grew up, went off to their own lives, and the place grew emptier. Since everyone who came here felt so incredibly good, I realised it made no sense to keep this corner to myself.

So I opened the doors. It still is not a company: it is my home, surrounded by nature, thirteen minutes from Abrantes.

Sara, your host