The best hotels in Comporta, Portugal
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Whether you're looking to escape the crowds of Lisbon or jaunting across all of Portugal, we highly recommend a visit to Comporta, home to some of the most beautiful hotels in the country and a place where the landscape is almost impossible to believe. This once-quiet part of the Alentejo region is home to rice paddies, pine forests teeming with birds and wildlife and, of course, one of the most popular beaches in Portugal, where a stretch of white sand meets the rugged waves loved by surfers year-round.
Given its many pros, it's no wonder Comporta has become a must-visit destination in Portugal. The best hotels in Comporta, though, are the ones that stay true to the beauty of the landscape and respect local land and traditions. From a tranquil set of private villas nestled among the forest to a tow centre spot that makes everything walkable, these are our picks of the best hotels in Comporta right night.
Nelson GarridohotelSublime Comporta
The original, and arguably still the best. Sublime is synonymous with tranquillity, and rarely has a hotel managed to achieve what many others find impossible: absolute peace and quiet in a beautiful setting with exemplary service. And while Comporta is undoubtedly a beach destination, Sublime is a hotel that shifts with the seasons. In the July heat, it’s a place to take a dip (the hotel has three pools, plus private ones for some villas) and sit under the shade of the pine and cork trees. In winter, when the rain comes, the cabins make for cosy places to sit and feel surrounded by nature, and the restaurants and spas are warm and inviting.
Everything has been considered here, so you don’t need to leave the property if you don’t want to. Having said that, we highly recommend a trip to Sublime’s beach club on Praia do Carvalhal, where fresh seafood paella is served piping hot alongside fresh bread and Algarve butter and where the sunset is one that will stay fresh in your memory for years to come.
Address: EN 261-1, Muda, CCI 3954, 7570-337 Grândola
Price: From about £220 a night
Kerry MurrayhotelIndependente Comporta
Inspired by Portuguese aldeias (small villages), Independente is home to 34 courtyard villas – ranging from studios to 5-bedroom houses – and 40 hotel rooms. Some of the villas were available to buy (almost all have been snapped up now), which means that the property has many returning guests, adding to the sense of community the brand is so keen to build. Within the rooms, it's clear that design – and, most importantly, the local area – was at the forefront of their minds when planning started. Almost all decor comes from local artisans; for example, for the lighting, the team picked ceramic wall sconces handmade in the neighbouring town of Melides and handwoven lamps from Évora. The floors are also handmade, following the traditional decorative techniques of the region. Artwork is in the form of hanging rugs made by weavers from the Alentejo, who used traditional techniques to create patterns specially designed for the hotel.
Independente doesn't want to be just another Comporta opening for those popping in for a long weekend but a getaway for travellers and locals alike who want to while away the evenings with a glass of local wine in hand and stay up late to watch the night sky. With a small spa and restaurant Maroto (meaning the naughty one in Portuguese), there's enough to keep everyone entertained. If you have a car, though, the town of Comporta is a 30-minute drive (add an extra five to get to the beach), and here you'll find restaurants and shops.
Address: N 261, Estrada das Bicas 1, 7570-337 Grândola, Portugal
Price: From about £155 per night
AlmaLusa Comporta
As the first hotel to open within the town of Comporta, there were high expectations for AlmaLusa from the start. Luckily, the 2022 opening more than lives up to expectations, with 22 rooms and 31 suites on-site. A stone’s throw away from all that the town of Comporta has to offer – from restaurants to shops – plus just 15-minute walk from the beach, AlmaLusa really is in a privileged spot.
Most need a car to get around the area, but even the most freewheeling travellers can access Comporta via AlmaLusa, which offers transport for guests to and from rail and ferry terminals. Plus, single rooms are available for those visiting solo, which is a refreshing change from many of the couple-orientated hotels nearby. The suites have small kitchenettes, which make the property particularly family-friendly. Abigail Malbon
Address: R. Pedro Nunes 3, 7580-652 Comporta, Portugal
Price: Doubles from £138 a night and suites from £215 per night, with breakfast includedRead our full review of AlmaLusa Comporta.
Adriana MoraisQuinta da Comporta
Until recently, there’s really only ever been one hotel worth considering in this region of drowsy fishing villages and surf shacks, and that’s Sublime. Now to rival is this spot, created by Portuguese architect-designer Miguel Câncio Martins (Buddha-Bar in Paris). Paths wind through the sandy landscape, passing white, barn-like buildings – many of them former grain stores – that overlook the patchwork paddy fields and slim swimming pool. Their interiors match the landscape and are purposefully neutral, dominated by huge, reclaimed beams that were shipped over from Canada, and complemented with low-hanging, rope-tied Balinese lampshades that fill the double-height spaces. Bedrooms have a beach-house feel, with rattan rugs, more of those lampshades and lots of wood and wicker. The rooftop bedroom has two terraces, one that catches the morning rays, the other with views of burnt-orange sunsets over the fields. Portugal’s rustic Alentejo may seem an unlikely area for a full-blown spa, but the one here has ambitious plans to use rice much in the same way that French-based Caudalie has done with grapes. The ingredient is infused into treatments such as the lavender foot bath, and the hotel is creating its own products, enriched with rice-bran oil, which is very good for skin and hair. There are plenty of grains on the restaurant menu, too, including its own-brand Black Pig gin – try it in a cocktail made with passionfruit and honeycomb – and puffed crackers flavoured and coloured with squid ink, saffron and beetroot. And an organic garden will soon be adding to the kitchen’s harvest. This is a next-level arrival that never loses sight of Comporta’s breezy, sand-in-its-hair spirit. Tabitha Joyce
Address: Quinta da Comporta, Rua Alto de Pina, 2, 7570-779 Carvalhal
Price: Doubles from about £225
Francisco NogueiraSpatia Comporta
Spatia lives up to its name – acres of land make up the 20 guest rooms, each with its terrace. This is a property that doesn’t cram people in to get as many rooms as possible; instead, rooms have 200m² of space, and it almost feels as though you’ve got the place to yourself. Macrame wall hangings, high wooden ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows make this a typical Comporta place to stay, but refreshing and tranquil all the same.
Coming to Spatia means relaxing. The pool is bigger than most, and you can comfortably do laps if you wish – a rare thing, even in Comporta, a place almost made for swimming. The property’s restaurant, Nesto, is small but has a strong offering of Portuguese meat and fish dishes (vegetarians might feel limited); the black pork cheeks with bread dumplings are particularly wonderful, and the wine offering (mostly Portuguese, of course) is particularly good.
Address: N261-1, Estrada das Bicas, Marco da Saibreira, Bicas, 7570-337 Grândola
Price: From about £190 a night
Campo de Arroz
This wild stretch of Atlantic coast, an hour and a half south of Lisbon, spent generations unnoticed before being snapped up by Portugal’s most powerful banking clan, which ensured strict rules for anyone intending to build a house here. These days, a select band of architects are finding inspiration in the area’s unusual scenery – storks nest on every other telephone pylon – and the homespun vernacular of whitewashed fishermen’s huts and horizontal-striped, woven-reed exteriors topped with palm-frond roofs. Regulars will tell you that the best way to experience Comporta is to rent a house. And this one, a family-friendly project that sleeps 10, makes the most of its views over rice fields that flick from water-logged to luminous green as the seasons change. From the stripped-down main bedroom, which has poured-concrete floors, wooden ladders and shaggy, palm-fibre lampshades, there’s a view of the sunrise over the fields, punctuated only by the orange trees in the garden. Outside is a huge barbecue with a pergola-sheltered table and a swimming pool to leap into. The other way, the dense forest backdrop is filled with umbrella pines and gnarled cork trees. Without this place’s sandy, wooden decking, it would be easy to forget it’s so close to the beach. But just behind the treeline are miles of unspoilt caster-sugar dunes. From Carvalhal it’s walking distance to Pego for lunch at Restaurante Sal, where locals pull on their Sunday best to feast on grilled fish, octopus-ink rice and endless rosé. This is a great spot to go off-grid in the same way the savvy crowd have been doing for decades. Tabitha Joyce
Address: Campo de Arroz, Rua Do Conde 52 4 DTO. 1200-637 Portugal
Price: From about £390 per night.