Dune Room · 40 keys
Dune Room
One room of 30.2 m², a bathroom of 7.4 m², and a terrace that is covered across the whole of its 3.2 m depth. The entry rung, and the coolest terrace on the estate at two in the afternoon.
- Interior
- 42 m² (452 sq ft)
- Terrace
- 14 m²
- Sleeps
- 2
- From
- €480, indicative
The entry rung
A room built around its shade, not its view
Forty-two square metres facing north-west, with a single sliding leaf of 3.2 m opening onto a loggia that the roof covers end to end.
The Dune Rooms sit on the inland side of the pavilions, where the umbrella pines stand closest — 8 to 14 m from the parapet. That position is the whole point of the type. The terrace is in shade across the entire middle of the day, and at two in the afternoon in July it measures three to four degrees cooler than the open dune a hundred metres away. The pines also carry the sound: on a windy afternoon the canopy is louder than the surf on the other side of the ridge.
What this rung does not have is a sea view, and the plan does not pretend otherwise. The band of Atlantic begins at the Atlantic Suite, 400 m and two rungs further out. A Dune Room gives you trees, a sand path, cistus and rosemary at the terrace edge, and a room that stays dark and cool when the light outside is at its hardest.
There are 40 of them, which makes this the type you are most likely to be offered. Twelve pairs connect through a lobby door, so two of them become a family arrangement of 84 m² with 28 m² of terrace. Two are among the estate's four keys specified for step-free use.
Dune Room, plan at 1:100
Drawn north-up, dimensioned in millimetres, with the wall thickness shown solid and the glazing as a double line. Furniture is drawn where it is actually fixed.
Interior 42 m² to the inside face of the plaster. Loggia 14 m² to the outside face of the parapet. The two figures are never added together on this site without saying so.
- 1
Entry and dressing, 4.4 m²
A walnut bench 1.4 m long, an open hanging rail of 1.1 m, and the safe at 420 × 350 × 300 mm. The door into the room is offset, so the bed is not visible from the path.
- 2
Sleeping and sitting, 30.2 m²
One bed of 200 × 200 cm on a walnut platform standing 220 mm off the floor, a linen armchair and a reading lamp at the glazing, and a travertine desk 1.6 m long under the slot window.
- 3
Bathroom, 7.4 m²
One room. A travertine basin on a walnut console, a level-access shower of 1 500 × 800 mm with a 300 mm rain head and a hand shower, a WC, and aged bronze throughout.
- 4
The sliding wall, 3.2 × 2.6 m
A single leaf that slides into a pocket in the wall, so the opening is clear across its whole width. The screen slides from the same pocket.
- 5
Loggia, 14 m², 3.2 m deep
Covered across its entire depth by the pavilion roof, which oversails by 3.2 m here. A walnut daybed, two chairs and a bronze side table. The parapet stands at 900 mm.
- 6
The pines
The nearest trunk is 8 m from the parapet, the furthest in the view 14 m. None was removed to build the pavilion; the plan was drawn around the ones that were already there.
Schedule
The whole specification for the type, in the order an architect would read it.
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Interior area | 42 m² (452 sq ft) |
| Interior, broken down | Sleeping and sitting 30.2 m², bathroom 7.4 m², entry and dressing 4.4 m² |
| Terrace | 14 m² (151 sq ft), covered across the full depth of 3.2 m |
| Interior and terrace | 56 m² (603 sq ft) |
| Ceiling height | 2.75 m, flat, board-marked concrete left as struck |
| Glazing | One sliding leaf, 3.2 m wide and 2.6 m high, sliding into a wall pocket |
| Orientation | North-west, 315° |
| Aspect | Pine canopy. Umbrella pines 8 to 14 m from the parapet; no water in the view |
| Occupancy | 2 adults, plus a travel cot of 60 × 120 cm where it is wanted |
| Bedding | One bed of 200 × 200 cm, on a walnut platform 220 mm above the floor |
| Linen | Cotton percale, 400 thread count. Changed on the third day and daily after that, or daily from the first if you ask |
| Pillows | Two wool-filled and two down-filled, on the bed; a firmer and a flatter pair on request |
| Bathroom | 7.4 m², one room. Travertine basin on a walnut console, level-access shower 1 500 × 800 mm with a 300 mm rain head and a hand shower, WC, aged bronze fittings |
| Bathroom products | The house range, CISTO, in 500 ml refillable glazed stoneware: hand wash, hair wash, conditioner, body cream |
| Robes and slippers | Washed waffle cotton robes, jute slippers |
| Shade | Maritime pine slats 62 × 38 mm at 100 mm centres, laid east to west and pitched at 22° |
| Climate | Heating and cooling run through the floor screed as water, with one wall dial between 19 °C and 26 °C |
| Blackout | A linen curtain and an external aluminium louvre blind, both operated from the bed |
| Light | One bronze dial at the bed with four scenes: Arrival, Reading, Evening, Night. Night holds the floor lights at 3 lux, enough to cross the room |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 6E, one access point per key, measured at not less than 200 Mbit/s down at the terrace parapet |
| Power | Type-F sockets and two 65 W USB-C outlets at each side of the bed and at the desk |
| Sound | A two-speaker walnut cabinet, paired over Bluetooth |
| Television | Fitted on request at no charge, on a panel that closes flush |
| Water | Still and sparkling, filtered and carbonated on the estate, in returnable glass, refilled daily |
| Coffee and tea | A hand grinder, a brass stovetop pot and beans from LUMAR; four loose-leaf teas |
| Keys of this type | 40 of the 88. Twelve pairs connect through a lobby door; two are among the estate's four keys specified for step-free use |
| From, indicative | €480 a night for two, with breakfast at A CASA and Portuguese value-added tax included |
Rates are indicative and move with the date, the length of stay and the rate plan. Service is included and no service charge is ever added.
Four points in the day
What the room is actually like
At six in the morning the room is still dark, because north-west glazing gets no sunrise. What it gets instead is the light off the sand path, which comes up cold and even, and the pines moving before the wind reaches the ground. This is the hour the type is best at.
At two in the afternoon the loggia is in full shade and the room behind it is cooler than the corridor outside. The slats above the terrace are pitched at 22°, which at this latitude turns away a midday sun standing 75° up in June and lets a 28° winter sun straight through in December. On the hottest week of the year this is where people read.
At six in the evening the terrace finally gets direct sun. From late May to early August it arrives at about 17:40 and stays until the sun goes down behind the ridge at around 21:10. Between early November and the middle of February it does not arrive at all, because the sun sets too far south to reach a north-west wall — which is worth knowing before you choose a winter date.
At eleven at night the only lights are at floor level, the louvre blind is down and the glazing is open 300 mm at the top. On a still night you can hear the surf through the ridge. On a windy one you hear the canopy instead, and most people prefer it.
- Terrace shade
- until mid-afternoon
- Direct sun
- from about 17:40, May to August
Included
What comes with the room
Everything below is in the nightly rate. Treatments, dinner at MIRANTE and BRASA, the spirits library at THE BAR and the courts are charged separately and priced on their own pages.
- Breakfast at A CASA, 07:00 to 11:00, at a table or on your own terrace
- Resident use of the nine bodies of water, 1 715 m² of surface in all, including the thermal pool held at 34–36 °C the year round
- The eleven-station Long Circuit in the spa, 90 minutes, taken in the published order
- The Athletic Club floor and its timetable of 40 classes a week
- Wi-Fi 6E, one access point to this key, and two 65 W USB-C outlets at each side of the bed
- The minibar refilled daily: still and sparkling water filtered and carbonated on the estate, in returnable glass
- Bread from the LUMAR bread room, delivered to the terrace at 07:30 if you ask the evening before
- A bicycle at the pavilion head, and the four surveyed running routes marked on the estate map
- A travel cot of 60 × 120 cm with its own linen, where it is wanted
- Turndown at 19:00 on request, and the louvre blind set for you if you are out
Ask for a Dune Room by name
Tell us the dates and we will tell you which of the 40 is free, whether it connects to the one next door, and what stands in front of its terrace. Enquiries are answered in writing by someone on the estate, at [email protected].