Pousada de Belmonte - Convento de Belmonte

Inside, the chapel and sacristy have been converted into a lounge and bar a good example of the harmonious blend of historical architecture and modern construction and comfort.

Guests can use this historic luxury hotel as a base for exploring the many historical monuments is the region, including the castle, the burial vault of the Cabral family, the Jewish Quarter, as well as the natural beauty and folk traditions of Serra da Estrela (Estrela´s Mountain), one of the Europe’s most important natural reserves.

Suggestions of the Chef Valdir Lubave:

• Mushroom Cappuccino with Foam made of aromatic herbs from the Cloister's garden
• Spinach puff-paste spicy sausage from Guarda, with young broad beans stew and Serrano smoked ham
• Tranche of roasted turbot with pureed young vegetables and dried tomatoes and capers provençale
• Wild boar "Fria Humberto", coated with crumbs of corn bread and rosemary, thyme and parsley, sauce of sweet garlic and olive oil confit
• Guava Soufflé with sheep cream cheese mousseline sauce of Serra da Estrela

• SATURDAY - Codfish Buffet 
• SUNDAY - Portuguese Cozido Buffet (boiled beef and pork with  vegetables, sausages and rice)

• Scrambled eggs with spicy sausage
• Grilled codfish in olive oil from the Cabrais oil-press
• Kid stew with Caria bread
• Local egg pudding

The menus include several dishes, of an excellent cooking technique that revolves around the Wild Mushroom: first course from a mushroom Capuccino with foam made of aromatic herbs from the Cloister’s garden to a mushrooms Risotto, not to mention the fresh roasted cod fish with cantharelus cibareos stew or Veel thin steak with morchella sculenta cream. To finish, thin slices of fresh pinapple with mushroom and nutmeg ice-cream and Porcini liqueur or wild mushrooms and spices brandy, all prepared especially for you.

• Air-Conditioning
• Swimming pool
• Family games
• Historical Building
• Fishing
• Meeting rooms
• Scenic Area

• SORTELHA  – Sortelha – Sabugal – Lunch in Sabugal – Vilar Maior and Alfaiates.
• PLANALTO SUPERIOR – Elevated Tableland of Serra da Estrela – Lakes of Salgadeiras – Zêzere Valley – Lunch in Manteigas – Visit to Belmonte – Centum – Cellas – Chappel of São Tiago – Castle – Jewish Quarter – Image of N.S. da Esperança (Our Lady of Hope
• LINHARES – Linhares – Anta – Visit to the cheese-dairy (S. Romão) – Bread Museum (Lunch) – Loriga – Casal de Rei – Piódão.
• TRANCOSO – Trancoso – Marialva – Lunch in Marialva – Archeaological  Park in Coa’s Valley – Visit to the Port Wine Production Ramos Pinto (Quinta da Erva Moira)
• CASTELO MENDO – Castelo Mendo – Castelo Bom – Almeida (Lunch) – Castelo Rodrigo – Sta. Maria de Aguiar – Visit to the Wine Production Sta. Maria d’Aguiar – Visit to the Adega Cooperativa (Co-operative Cellar) of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo.
• PENHA GARCIA – Penha Garcia – Monsanto (Lunch) – Idanha –a-Velha – Castelo Novo (cherries and basket-makers, depending on the season).

• Swimming pool
• Family games

• Hiking
• Historical Villages
• Four-wheel driving
• Horse riding
• Fishing
• Country walks
• Belmonte River Beach

• Vilar Maior
• Elevated tableland of Serra da Estrela
• Loriga Valley
• Zêzere Valley
• Old villages at the frontier
• Lagoa Comprida

The Pousada has 24 rooms: 22 doubles, 1 Luxury Double and 1 Suite. All the rooms, instead of numbers, have friars’ names.

• Balcony
• Private Bathroom
• AC
• Some Cable TV Channels
• Mini-bar
• Hair drier
• Locker
• Bathing gowns and slippers
• Phone with direct external line
• Room Service
• Wireless Internet
• Landscape surroundings

HOW TO GET THERE:

The Pousada is on the side of the mountain range of Serra da Esperança, near Manteigas and Covilhã.