The Quinta das Lagrimas Hotel is a member of the Relais & Chateaux
chain, which brings together the most beautiful, independent Hotels de charme in
the world. A stay at Quinta das Lagrimas is an opportunity to enjoy the
"art de vivre", a combination of refinement and seduction, of
tradition and personality. All due respect is given to the five principles of
Relais & Chateaux: Character; Charm; Calm; Cuisine and Courtesy.
The environment, the atmosphere and the service at Hotel Quinta das Lagrimas,
all recreate the romanticism of past centuries, while offering all modern forms
of comfort. Individually decorated spacious Rooms, with direct access to the
garden, provide an atmosphere of privacy. The Sitting Rooms, balconies and the
Hotel library are both striking and intimate, providing perfect retiring places
for reading and conversation. Throughout the House, there are signs of the
illustrious visitors who have passed through, seeking memories of Pedro and
Ines. Among them the Duke of Wellington, who spent some time here during the
Napoleonic invasions, the Emperor of Brazil and the Kings D. Miguel I and D.
Carlos of Portugal. The hospitality with which these personalities were received
in the past is the same which the Hotel Quinta das Lagrimas shows to its guests
today.
HistoryThe Quinta das Lagrimas (Estate of Tears) is not just a refined Hotel
de Charme. Besides its comfortable Rooms, there is a past rich in history and a
medieval legend of love. It was here, in the XIVcentury, that the forbidden love
of Prince D. Pedro and a beautiful Galician damsel called Ines de Castro was
dramatically played out. According to the legend, it was in Quinta das Lagrimas
that Ines cried for the last time, while being pierced by the daggers of the
three noblemen who had been ordered to kill her, by D. Afonso IV, King of
Portugal. Her blood still stains the stones of the spring which sprangfrom her
tears.
The love of Pedro and Ines, which has survived through the centuries in the
works of authors such as Camoes, Victor Hugo and Ezra Pound, is today livelier
than ever in Quinta das Lagrimas.