Porto do Sol · Algarve · Est. 2019
Casa Solana
A coastal house hotel above the water. Twenty-eight rooms and suites in a whitewashed house above a fishing cove. Ten minutes on foot from Porto do Sol.
Open April to October · 28 rooms & suites
The hotel
A house that grew instead of being built
Casa Solana started as a family house, built room by room into the cliff from 1934 to 1961. The third generation opened it to guests in 2019. The courtyard stayed. So did the chapel wall and the original stairs.
Twenty-eight rooms, no two alike. Breakfast is served under the pergola, dinner at Sal faces the water, and everything between is empty on purpose. Staff remember names. The rest is up to the sea.
- 28
- Rooms and suites, no two alike
- 1934
- The year the first wall went up
- 4 min
- Down the cliff path to the cove
Sense of place
The cove sets the schedule.
Praia do Farol lies four minutes down the cliff path. Fishing boats before breakfast, swimmers by eleven, and by evening only the lighthouse beam crossing the water. The house keeps no programme. The cove is programme enough.
Days, arranged
Dining
Two rooms, one terrace, the water
The salt pool, held at body temperature.
Wellness
Água Calma — water, stone, quiet
Four treatment rooms and a salt pool in the old cistern. Four treatment rooms, a eucalyptus steam room and a roof terrace for afterwards.
Experiences
Days, arranged loosely
Gallery
The house, unstyled
Dusk from the cliff path
Sal, first seating
The seven o'clock walk
Packages
Stay a little longer
Stay seven, pay for six
Seven Nights, Slowly
A week is the house's natural unit. Long enough for the staff to learn your breakfast, short enough to miss it after. The seventh night is on us, dinner at Sal included.
- Seven nights for the price of six
- Dinner for two at Sal
- One spa treatment each
- Late checkout
Valid April, May and October.
Three nights in a Signature Suite
Just Married
Three nights in any Signature Suite. The sunset sail, breakfasts on your terrace, and absolutely no schedule unless you ask for one. Tell us it's a honeymoon, and stop worrying about the rest.
- Three nights, Signature Suites
- Private sunset sail
- Terrace breakfasts
- Couples treatment
Valid all season, subject to suite availability.
October at shoulder rates, plus the vineyard
Autumn Light
October is the staff's favourite month. Warm sea, empty cliffs, light like honey. Come then: the vineyard day is included, and the room rate is at its kindest.
- Shoulder-season rates
- Vineyard day for two
- Market morning for two
- Late checkout
October only.
Packages apply automatically when your dates qualify — mention the name when booking, or write to us and we will arrange it.
Check your datesJournal
Notes from the house
Getting here
Above the cove, ten minutes from town
Caminho do Farol 128650-214 Porto do Sol, Algarve
- Praia do FarolThe cove below the house — 4 minutes down the cliff path.
- Porto do Sol marketFish and produce hall, mornings only — 10 minutes on foot.
- The lighthouseWorking lighthouse from 1886, open Saturdays — 15 minutes along the cliff.
Contact
Reservations answered daily, 9:00–19:00 Lisbon time. For anything unusual — boats, birthdays, whole-house stays — write instead of booking.