travel42 Hotel Review: Convento do Espinheiro Resort & Spa

Convento do Espinheiro Resort & Spa travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Situated on a pretty bluff 5 kilometers north of the old city center and its nearest competitor, the more casually elegant Pousada dos Loios, an hour's drive east of Lisbon, this full-throttle resort has been carved out of a 15th-century convent.

The resort is situated in the medieval walled town of Evora, one of Portugal's architectural gems that has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. Tracing its origins to an apparition of the Virgin Mary above...