by Juliet Kinsman
Cobbled and colonial but also contemporary and quirky, I recently had the chance to stay at the brand-new Douro Valley hotel, Quinta da Romaneira. From one look at the interior design it’s clear that super-picky attention to detail is paramount.
Thierry Teyssier, the creator of Quinta dos Sonhos (Romaneira’s Portuguese name) considered every color, visualized every view, procured the highest spec fixtures and then sprinkled the 13-room hotel and working wine estate with imaginative artworks. Demonstrating an excruciating eye for detail, it comes as no surprise that the Parisian party planner took three years to finely tune this latest high-concept luxury hideaway in the craggy hills of Portugal’s wine region.
It’s nothing new for hotels to gush that each room is individual, a “selling point” that’s usually tantamount to drab drapes in the same patterned fabric but in a different shade. However, the furnishings in every idiosyncratic enclave of this […]
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