The New York Times newspaper includes the small Algarve hotel unit modest house, in Quatrim do Sul (Olhão), among the 8 best in Europe where “it feels like being at home”, but it is “even better”.
In an article published yesterday on his Travel website, which is one of the biggest newspapers in the world, gives tips on eight European properties that have been renovated and offer a “homely welcome” “for those looking for a sense of familiarity abroad”.
NYT highlights the situation of the house «vintage of the 1940s», transformed into hotel accommodation last year, through an "advanced design renovation", which created nine rooms overlooking the lagoon area of Ria Formosa, on the edge of which it is located.
The Modest House, highlights the NYT, belongs to the «Brito family for three generations». As it is located on the edge of the Ria Formosa Natural Park, the activities offered to guests “walk around nature”, including bird and star watching, as well as “regional traditions, such as picking clams, making pottery and baking bread in the oven the grandmother's original firewood».
The remaining seven small hotels where guests feel at home are Batty Langley's in London (England), Eumelia in Laconia (Greece), La Borde Maison d'Hôtes & Spa in Burgundy (France), La Maison in Saarlouis (Germany), Masseria Trapanà, in Puglia (Italy), Pulitzer Amsterdam, in Amsterdam, Holland, and also the Sant Francesc Hotel Singular, Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
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