VILLA EXTRAMUROS

Photography by Marco Van Rijt

Text by Caroline Ryan

Villa Extramuros finds itself in the small city of Arraiolos in Alentejo, the largest province of Portugal renowned for its unspoiled nature and calm surroundings. You arrive at a white modernist building via a winding dirt road, to be welcomed by an eclectic curation of mid-century and contemporary furnishings. With seven rooms in total (two of which are junior suites) the property is built around a courtyard that feels at once enveloping and private. A distinct feeling of calm permeates the landscape here with the sole interruption, a herd of roaming sheep through the property’s sweeping olive groves.