Travassos 11

Es un hermoso hotel boutique ubicado en una casa del siglo XVIII en la antigua ciudad de Elvas. Fue abierto después de COVID. Es totalmente nuevo con bonitas habitaciones, piscina, terrazo. Un sueño. Barra de café y alcohol 24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana. No sigas Waze o Google Maps. Simplemente estacione en la entrada de la ciudad vieja. Es el edificio rosa.

Again we stayed at Travassos 11, it is a fabulous old house close to the centre of town dating from the 18th century and has been lovingly restored. The owners own an antique shop in Lisbon and have furnished the house with some beautiful items sympathetic to the era of the house. Luckily for them, when they acquired the property they discovered a lot of original features still in very good condition, so the house still has some of the original tiling on the walls and floors and an amazing marble staircase where you can see the passage of many feet over the centuries in the worn down centre of each step. We have stayed here once before so knew what to expect. This time, there was a new and very charming manager called Duarte, who welcomed us as if it was his own house. We were the only guests too which made the whole experience even more special. After breakfast, the next day, before it got too hot, we decided to go for a quick stroll around Elvas. Despite being there twice before, we still managed to find new areas to explore including the English cemetery and the famous Elvas plum museum and preserving factory. It’s such a pretty little town and as it’s an hour further on from Évora, is much less touristy.