Holiday Stays · Alenquer

Stay Among the Vines, Forty-Five Minutes from Lisbon

Three independent apartments on a private wine estate in Alenquer — one with two bedrooms, two with one. Breakfast and the run of the grounds included.

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At a glance

A Working Wine Estate in Alenquer

Quinta do Boiro sits in Pereiro de Palhacana, just outside Alenquer and three quarters of an hour from Lisbon. Vines on the slopes, cork woods along the ridge, a flock of sheep in the field below. Each apartment has its own entrance and its own quiet, and the grounds are yours to wander.

independent apartments

guests across all three

45 min

from Lisbon

The estate

What There Is, Beyond the Room

An indoor pool under floor-to-ceiling windows, with the Boiro valley filling them, which makes it as good in February as in July. A tennis court. A secret garden behind its wall, an orchard, and the cork woods above the vines, where the shade is deep even in August. The sheep are a fixture, and will come to the fence if you do; the lambs arrive in spring and are usually the first thing children find.

Inside, the house keeps a private library of several hundred volumes — classics, history, nature, wine, and a shelf of children's books. Guests are welcome to lose an afternoon among the shelves, or to carry a volume out to the terrace beneath the bougainvillea. The baroque chapel and the vineyard itself are both yours to walk, and in September the harvest happens around you.

Registered accommodation

Quinta do Boiro is registered tourist accommodation, Alojamento Local no. 177606/AL.

Where you sleep

Three Independent Apartments

One with two bedrooms, two with one. Each has its own entrance, and all are let with breakfast, linen and towels.

90 m² · two bedrooms · sleeps 4 · kitchenette

T2 Arinto

Two bedrooms and a long sitting room under old beams, with a kitchenette and a view over the garden. The one families book.

60 m² · one bedroom · sleeps 2 · garden at the door

T1 Syrah

Bedroom, sitting room and bathroom, opening straight onto the garden. On the ground floor, with no stairs.

60 m² · one bedroom · sleeps 2 · doors onto the vineyard

T1 Seara Nova

The same footprint as Syrah, turned to face the vines. On the first floor, up a flight of stairs.

Four ways to stay

Who Comes, and Why

A Weekend in the Country, Forty-Five Minutes from Lisbon

Leave the city on Friday evening and be on the terrace with a glass before the light goes. Alenquer in the morning, the Serra de Montejunto in the afternoon, and the quiet that comes with being properly out of town. Close enough to do often.

A Week on the Estate, with Lisbon and Sintra Within Reach

Unpack once. Lisbon, Sintra, Mafra and Ericeira lie thirty to fifty minutes away, and Óbidos, the Silver Coast beaches and Nazaré sit inside the hour. Spend the day out and come back to the pool, the vines and dinner on the terrace.

Coming with Children

T2 Arinto has two bedrooms and a kitchenette, which is why it is the one families usually take. Children up to twelve stay free and cots are included. There is the indoor pool, the tennis court, the orchard and the lambs in spring, with Dino Parque and Santa Cruz beach both inside the hour.

Coming Back After a Wedding

Many of our guests first saw the estate full of people, with a tent in the vines and the music going. It is a different place on a Tuesday in November. If you were at a celebration here and would like to come back and see it quiet, you would be very welcome.

The year

It Is Not the Same Place in Every Month

In January and February the vines are bare and being pruned, and the indoor pool and the library come into their own. March brings the lambs. By May the vines are in flower and the garden is at its best, and from June to August the evenings run long and everything happens outside, on the terrace and under the bougainvillea.

September is the harvest, and for a good number of guests it is the week worth choosing. October and November are the quietest and the greenest, and the cork woods are at their best for walking. December is the opposite of quiet — it is Christmas party season on the estate, and Alenquer, which calls itself the Nativity Village, is worth the short drive.

Nearby

What Is Around the Estate

Under 30 minutes — Alenquer itself, the Serra de Montejunto, Torres Vedras and the Lines of Torres Vedras.
Within the hour — Óbidos, Santa Cruz beach, the Buddha Eden gardens, Dino Parque, Caldas da Rainha, the Óbidos lagoon, Peniche and the Berlengas, Alcobaça and Nazaré.
Thirty to fifty minutes — Lisbon, Sintra, Mafra and Ericeira.

Things to do near Alenquer →

The vineyards and hills around Quinta do Boiro

Practical

What Is Included, and How Booking Works

IncludedBreakfast, linen and towels, parking, and the run of the grounds — the indoor pool, the tennis court, the library, the gardens and the vineyard.

ChildrenChildren up to twelve stay free and cots are included; say so in the notes and one will be made up before you arrive.

ArrivingCheck-in from 15:00 and check-out by 12:00. Arriving later is no trouble — tell us when you book and we will be expecting you.

PayingYour card is stored securely by Stripe and nothing is taken when you book. The full amount is charged 48 hours before you arrive, and you may cancel free of charge until that moment.

AccessT1 Seara Nova is on the first floor, up a flight of stairs. If stairs are difficult for anyone in your party, tell us and we will talk it through before you arrive.

PetsWe are not able to welcome pets.

Questions

Questions Guests Ask

About forty-five minutes by car from central Lisbon and from Humberto Delgado airport. The estate is in Pereiro de Palhacana, just outside Alenquer.

It is the easiest way, but not the only one — Uber and taxis both serve Alenquer and will bring you from Lisbon or the airport. The estate is in the countryside, though, and almost everything worth seeing nearby — Óbidos, the beaches, the Serra de Montejunto — is a short drive.

Yes. Breakfast, linen and towels are included with every apartment, along with parking and the run of the grounds.

Yes. Guests have the indoor pool, the tennis court, the gardens, the library and the vineyard itself. You are free to walk the vines.

Very. Children up to twelve stay free and cots are included — say so in the notes when you book and one will be made up before you arrive. T2 Arinto has two bedrooms and is the one families usually take.

We are not able to welcome pets.

Nothing is taken when you book. Your card is stored securely by Stripe and the full amount is charged 48 hours before you arrive. You may cancel free of charge until that moment.

In September the harvest happens around you, and guests who would like to help are welcome to — you will be handed a crate.

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More About the Estate

Things to Do near Alenquer

Óbidos, Sintra, the beaches and the Serra — everything within an hour, with drive times and what suits which weather.

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Weddings at Quinta do Boiro

The estate in celebration — exclusive use, the chapel, and the pavilion in the vines.

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