Convento, Olhao, Algarve, B&B in Southern Portugal. Spacious rooms in the old fishing town by the sea.  (photo by helen mason) 1/4 Convento Olhão Convento is a few light, white, airy bedrooms. A townhouse, a family home, a place to be yourself. Convento is a roof terrace to gaze over the sea and the white roofs of Olhão. Two miradouros, a place to catch the soft sea breeze. Convento is a hidden courtyard and a smiling fountain under the high southern sky. A pattern of hand made tiles in washed indigo, a whitewashed bench, a place to read, and chat, and think. Convento Olhão is a refuge in the tide, our home, where you are welcome to make yourself at home. For prices and booking see BOOK Oficial website best rate guaranted Buy a GIFT

Olhao is a salty, soulful (and sometimes smelly!) working fishing town on the Eastern Algarve. Olhao is not quite 15 minutes by cab from Faro international airport. Olhão enjoys around 300 days of sunshine each year. It does rain sometimes, but rarely for too long. Spring is long, as is summer, when a shady corner or a splash in the pool become very welcome. Autumn is often glorious: the year before last we were still swimming off Culatra on November 15th. 1/10 WHERE Olhao is a salty, soulful (and sometimes smelly!) working fishing town on the Eastern Algarve. Olhao is not quite 15 minutes by cab from Faro international airport. Olhao is thriving markets, a cobbled Arab medina, friendly barrios and a sauntering seafront where thousands of swifts greet each sunrise and dusky pink sunset. As the tides slide out, the seabed reveals herself as miles of gardens where a thousand generations of Olhanenses have dug for juicy clams. As you ride the slow ferry to the island village of Culatra there’s time to breathe the briny air, then to stroll the boardwalk over lonely dunes to share her wild, white sandy beach with oystercatchers and cockle-draggers. As the pristine sweet waters of the Ria Formosa National Park mix with Atlantic waves you can be perfectly alone. A sprinkling of bars that will serve you a jarro of wine, a long caiprinha or just a freshly presse orange juice. Aromas of salted sardines grilling gently over charcoal fill Olhao’s evening air. Plates of just-dug clams swimming in garlicky olive oil are yours for the asking. For a few euros, super-fresh fish from Olhao’s abundant seas are your for the asking, too. They arrive with juicy salads and potatoes that taste like potatoes ought. The Eastern Algarve has a kind climate, where fruits, vegetables, animals and people live happy lives. Olhão enjoys around 300 days of sunshine each year. It does rain sometimes, but rarely for too long. Winters are mild, and Convento has underfloor heating throughout. Spring is long, as is summer, when a shady corner or a splash in the pool become very welcome. At this time, there are festivities all around the Algarve with the peak in August when Olhão hosts the Festival do Marisco, the largest seafood feast in the country. Autumn is often glorious: the year before last we were still swimming off Culatra on November 15th. For prices and booking see BOOK

Dates and prices, contact details, online booking 1/8 BOOK Book direct - Best available rate - Cancellation with flexibility to change dates for the same year. PRICES Rates below are in Euros per night for a stay of 3 to 6 nights for 2 people . For shorter or longer stays check availabilities and prices by clicking below "book here" or send us an email. Contact us if planning to book more than 4 rooms. Convento is open to guests from March to October. 2026______________________________________ Mar to Jun to Oct May Sep Double 160 185 160 Large Double 175 210 175 Suite 190 230 190 Rooftop cabin 175 210 175 2027 Early Bird ______________________________________ Mar to Jun to Oct May Sep Double 160 185 160 Large Double 175 210 175 Suite 190 230 190 Rooftop cabin 175 210 175 2026/2027 rates, excluding Municipal Tourist Tax . For more information check " book here " . Our prices include home-made breakfast; please let us know in advance if you prefer vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and/or lactose-free . Children over thirteen welcome; for families with younger children please contact us for alternative accommodation. No air conditioning : natural cross ventilation, fans, closing windows and shutters on hot days. Under floor heating on cold nights. Rooftop cabins have luggage restrictions (only cabin-size) due to the narrow staircase. No pets , sorry. book here If any question, click on our email below: We expect to respond your enquiry at our earliest convenience, during the next 24 hours. conventoolhao@gmail.com Convento hotline: +351 912 46 32 33 (telephone call to Portuguese mobile network) Every phone call is welcome, but we like to keep this number for desperate guests stuck on an island or lost in Olhao. For booking enquiries, please use our booking system or email.

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1/4 WHEN The Eastern Algarve has a kind climate, where fruits, vegetables, animals and people live happy lives. Olhão enjoys around 300 days of sunshine each year. It does rain sometimes, but rarely for too long. Winters are mild, and Convento has underfloor heating throughout. Spring is long, as is summer, when a shady corner or a splash in the pool become very welcome. At this time, there are festivities all around the Algarve with the peak in August when Olhão hosts the Festival do Marisco, the largest seafood feast in the country. Autumn is often glorious: the year before last we were still swimming off Culatra on November 15th.

Convento The Architect 1/3 WHO We are a local family and an extended family from around the world. We are two architects, a teacher, and an agronomist fond of history. We are an entrepeneur and wellbeing therapist couple, passionate about traveling, well-being and hospitality. We are the stonemasons and artisan carpenters, the gilders and painters, the poet and the church candle-stick maker that have come together to help Convento to be. We are your hosts, who will help you feel at home. The welcoming friends you will meet in Olhão. Your private guides with the best tips and suggestions to enjoy the best of the city and Ria Formosa Reserve. Like you, we love travel, but not tourism. Like you, we find luxury in simplicity. Like you, we adore peace, light and very fresh, local food. We first came to Olhão a decade and a half ago, since when we’ve been faithfully restoring and managing a handful of quietly simple houses and B&B's for our guests and friends. To know what we like in Olhao click HERE . (For Guests Only) For prices and booking see BOOK

1/4 WHAT Convento is a few light, white, airy bedrooms. A townhouse, a family home, a place to be yourself. Convento is a roof terrace to gaze over the sea and the white roofs of Olhão. Two miradouros, a place to catch the soft sea breeze. Convento is a hidden courtyard and a smiling fountain under the high southern sky. A pattern of hand made tiles in washed indigo, a whitewashed bench, a place to read, and chat, and think. Convento is our home, where you’re welcome to make yourself at home. PRESS 2017 THE TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES They centre on an open courtyard where pink bougainvillea blooms up three storeys to the blue skies above. Up the winding stone staircase is a rooftop pool and white sofas from where, across the flat roofs of the squat Moorish townhouses, you can watch the sun sink into the lagoon. Mary Lussiana . 19 Aug 2017 2016 THE GUARDIAN The best hotels in Portugal for under £100 a night A leading (if reclusive) Portuguese architect and his family run Convento, a very sexy riad-style, nine-bedroom ex-convent house hidden in the medina of this charming, salty fishing town. Kevin Gould . 18 Jun 2016 2015 JAMIE OLIVER MAGAZINE Come Cook with us in Portugal! Olhão is a hidden gem, so we’ve chosen it again for its amazing markets, undersea clam fields, its easy access to Faro International Airport, and, of course, its gorgeous, sensual boutique hotel. Convento is exclusively ours for this weekend. Jamie Magazine, 12 Jan 2015 2014 THE TELEGRAPH The top 5 food and drink holidays in Portugal Shellfish in the Ria Formosa If you want to try your hand at digging for raz or clams or finding cockles and mussels, try the warm waters of the Ria Formosa. Recently named one of the seven natural wonders of Portugal, the Ria Formosa Nature Reserve is made up of lagoons, marshes, saltpans, islets and channels on the south coast...” Mary Lussiana, 23 Dez 2014 2014 THE GUARDIAN Five little-known gems in Portugal Ria Formosa, Algarve Good for: unspoilt beaches and natur e Most people head west from Faro airport unaware of the peaceful, estuarine national park – a twitchers’ heaven – on its eastern fringes. The laidback fishing town of Olhão feels a world away from Algarve’s tourist droves; beyond it is the car-free sand island of Culatra. Gaby Koppel. 10 May 2014 2014 THE GUARDIAN Walking the Algarve: to Portugal’s land’s end The Algarve Way has walked us through deliciously old places with their fine old ways. As the magnesium-fringed clouds glow on the horizon, the sea’s surface turns to burnished chain mail. Kevin Gould. 11 May 2014

Filipe Monteiro You will be in good hands My favorite things to do here Beach. Sketching. Tenis. Walk. Having a drink. My favorite restaurants VAI E VOLTA - Grilled fish - only lunch time. Tip: Go early (12h) O GALO - Eclectic dishes - only supper time. Tip: Reserve in advance PRAZERES - Sea food & others To Do Beach. Because I love the Sea the Sun and tranquility one of my favorites thing to do is to take a boat to the Islands (Armona / Culatra / Farol or Deserta) and after 5 min walk being completely alone commuting with the nature. You can eat in any Island. BOATS SKEDULLE . Sketching Sketching in a good creative ambiance on Thursdays Morning with Jill one great resident artist (w/nude models). To reserve +351 934 840 176 Tenis (playing or learning) anytime with Paulo Mestre in the camping Tenis Court (he picks you and deliver if you don't have car). To reserve +351 919 713 459 Walk Walk around bird watch with PERNATUR (swipe their home page up to more info. Having a drink Having a drink in the evening at Cantalupe (jazz bar) in the sea front or Catita 's bar by night (eclectic music, young atmosphere) in the main avenue in front of the vegetable market.

My favorite things to do here Walk My favorite restaurants A do FERNANDO - Restaurant "Á do Fernando" Grilled fish in a local ambience. Out of season only lunch time. Closed Sundays. Eleonore Lefebure My best recommend To Do Walk A good day in the Islands with a picnic. Take the boat to any island and don't forget water, sun cream, hat, and of course the picnic. Easy to do easy to buy in town. If you prefer you can use one of the restaurants in the islands.

Warning! You may fall in love with Olhão after these. My favorite things to do here Walk around My favorite restaurants ESTAMINÉ - Eating lunch at Restaurante Estaminé in island Deserta, open until 19:00 (17:30 during the low season) To Do Walk around Going for a late evening walk to look at the sunset or a night time walk to look at the stars, and perhaps grab an Ice cream at Gelateria Gelvi (by the sea front market) to eat along the way. Visiting Fábrica do Queijo to buy national and local delicacies such as cheese, canned fish from Olhão, and others... to eat at the beach or home terrace with a nice glass of wine.