Casa Pavão · Sintra

A house on the Atlantic,
in the garden of Portugal.

Sintra · Portugal
The House

A petite estate,
held with care.

In the heart of the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. The house sleeps ten in the main building; eucalyptus older than memory rise from the garden, the swimming pool sits under the trees, and a small Finnish sauna stands in its own wooden house.

What the house holds
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
  • Pool
  • Sauna
  • Garden · 3000 m²
  • Permaculture
  • Private Chef (optional)
Your Stay

A house made
for slow days.

Sleeps ten, five bedrooms, three bathrooms. Pool, sauna, and a garden of old eucalyptus - twenty minutes from the Atlantic beaches, forty from Lisbon.

Sun-loungers under cream parasols on the stone terrace beside the pool
The pool and terracotta terrace seen from above, hills behind
Scalloped cream parasol and wicker lantern beside the pool, tiled pool house behind
Wide daylight view across the pool to the lawn and tall garden trees

Pool & terrace

Family on a bench and picnic table beneath tall pale eucalyptus trunks
Eucalyptus and palms over an open sunlit lawn with a rope swing
A low stone bench at the base of a great eucalyptus under blue sky
Eucalyptus trees at golden hour with a rope swing and festoon lights
The garden at dusk, palms and eucalyptus uplit against a purple-blue sky
Looking straight up into the tree canopy at night, branches lit warm against deep blue
Garden lawn at night under festoon lights
Eucalyptus canopy lit from below against a deep night sky

Garden of old eucalyptus

Bedroom one - rattan headboard, linen and a warm wall sconce beside the curtains
Bedroom one - built-in white shelving, wooden hangers and a grey wool throw
Bedroom one - white pillows and a striped cushion against the cane headboard
Bedroom three - rattan headboard, rust cushions and a long window onto the treetops
Bedroom three - twin beds under the sloped ceiling, desk and window at the right
A quiet guest bedroom in earthy linen
A cane lounge chair in the corner with a soft throw
White bedding and a grey-striped linen cushion against a cane headboard
Double bed in soft morning light, striped cushions and a window onto flowering bougainvillea
Twin beds with red-and-white woven throws, wall niches holding terracotta pots and warm sconces

Bedrooms, quiet and warm

Emerald zellige bathroom with a walk-in glass shower and stone basin on wood
Shower in pale green zellige with a black rain shower head
Shower in beige zellige with a black rain shower head
Pink zellige bathroom with a carved stone basin, black tap and dried pink flowers
Green zellige tile shower with black fixtures
Terracotta bathroom with stone sink and fluted glass shower screen

Bathrooms in stone & zellige

Finnish sauna interior - pale wood benches and a stone-filled heater
Sauna benches beside a window opening onto daylight and greenery
A folded towel embossed Casa Pavão resting on a pale wood sauna bench
Wood-fired Finnish sauna interior with IKI stove

A Finnish sauna, in its own house

People of Casa Pavão

People of Casa Pavão.

01 - The Vision
Marie-Luise and Sebastian Borek, founders of Casa Pavão

Held by hand,
with intention.

Casa Pavão is founded by Marie-Luise Borek, together with her husband Sebastian.

Marie-Luise & Sebastian Borek
Founders · Casa Pavão
02 - PAVÃO DOURADO

Pavão Dourado
Jewellery

Marie-Luise Borek, founder of Pavão Dourado

Pavão Dourado is Marie-Luise Borek's jewellery - made in small numbers, mostly by hand, in the same house that gives it its name.

Marie-Luise Borek
Bracelets
Adraga
Silk-wrapped bracelets with metallic gold thread, wound by hand. Worn in stacks - from atlantic turquoise to evening gold.
Rings
Mecum
A gold band cut through with Roman letters and set with a single sapphire - an old form, brought back and finished one at a time.
Guest words

What guests remember.

★★★★★
Ten of us under one roof and not one moment felt crowded. The children lived in the pool, we lived at the long table.
Anna & FelixBerlin · Family stay
★★★★★
Jivan cooked for us for five days. Every plate came from the garden or a neighbour - I have not eaten better anywhere.
James R.London · Retreat
★★★★★
Eucalyptus, spring water, the Atlantic twenty minutes away. We left slower than we arrived.
Clara & NunoPorto · Anniversary
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