Change of season
In normal times the story would be like below, but in the pandemic experience, everything that brings people together is cancelled by law. Necessity? I guess so, because it seems that many people do not understand, or care about, the impact of SARS-cov-2 on a population like Monchique’s where mainly elderly people live. Let’s hope…
Four elements and a hole in the beach
Praia do Alemao, nine o’clock in the morning, early October. The rising sun begins to spread its warmth and mixes with the freshness in the air coming from the ocean. Waves are rolling in gently and almost in slow motion transform into foam when they touch the sandy shore. A soft breeze brings the…
Summer 2020
The Summer of 2020 will never be forgotten, at least by us, because it is embodied with emptiness. Our B&B closed due to Corona and minor health problems we have the whole Casa Spa d’Alma complex for ourselves. And Yes, we do miss our guests but honestly, at the same time, this incredible silence and…
Celebrating excellence.
Every day we have guests coming and everyone has a different personality. It is funny how we develop a feel for what people need from their holidays. Some really want to recharge, getaway from it all, time-out. Others simply stroll through life and see what comes, and, there are many shades in between of course. We…
Paella de Dani
Our friend Daniel from Valencia explained us how to make the genuine paella. We bring you the recipe not only because it is delicious but also because we really love the whole concept of the paella á la Dani. More than food it is a ritual for family and friends to come together during the…
Hiking and Mindful
From 16 – 23 October we organize a week of hiking and Mindfulness. Everybody knows what hiking is, although probably not everybody knows the experience of hiking in Monchique. Going up a dirt road in the middle of a cork tree forest with its million shades of green and brown while rays of sunlight play…
Summer nights
Summer has arrived with high temperatures, last week they went up to 39º, sweaty weather but by now it has cooled down to 28º, which is perfect.The water in the pool is 23º and an absolute pleasure to dwell in. One of the guests wanted to sleep through the summer nights with the window wide…
Rainy book worms in sleeping bags
A place like Spa d’Alma is rich in many ways. I already told about the abundance in nature, flowers and fruits but the real richness is in the relations that we build. We are not just a place to sleep, have a nice breakfast, enjoy sun and swimming. These things are wonderful, no doubt, and…
New life……
It is the same every year and yet, we never take it for granted, this great explosion of vitality when almond trees and the mimosa burst into bloom. A circle has been completed and a new one starts.Every day has the potential of a fresh beginning, we can leave behind us what belongs to the…
The need for retreat
In the past before the period of industrialization people used to live in villages or small towns. Nature was integrated, even in the towns farms were present and cows, sheep and chicken roamed the streets. In these days the necessity for retreat was merely a spiritual one. It was a period of several days of…
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