Convento do Espinheiro

Évora, Portugal. Located in Évora, a city whose historic centre has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.

Convento do EspinheiroÉvora, Portugal

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Address: Convento do Espinheiro, Historic Hotel & Spa
Convento do Espinheiro
7005-839 Évora
Portugal
Telephone: +351 266 788 200
Official website: www.conventodoespinheiro.com
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90 rooms and suites, in the historic convent and a modern wing, up to the 110 m² Suite Real.
Divinus gourmet restaurant, the informal Olive in the monks’ former kitchen, a cloister bar and wine tastings in the convent’s ancient cistern.
Spa with heated indoor pool, jacuzzi, sauna and hammam, plus an outdoor pool in the convent gardens.
Located in Évora, a city whose historic centre has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.

8 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

c. 1412
After a legendary apparition of the Virgin above a burning hawthorn bush, a hermitage is built on the site.
1458
As the pilgrimage grows, a church is founded, followed later by a monastery of the Hieronymite order.
1481
King João II convenes the Cortes of Évora at the convent; he stays there often and has a guesthouse built beside the church.
1490
Princess Isabel, daughter of the Catholic Monarchs, lodges at the convent for her wedding to Prince Afonso in Évora.
1663
Don John of Austria makes the convent his headquarters after the Battle of Ameixial.
1834
With the abolition of religious orders, the convent passes to the state and is sold to private owners; it later falls into decline.
1910 – 1922
The church and the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Espinheiro are classified as national monuments.
2005
The restored convent opens as Évora’s first five-star hotel, initially with 59 rooms under Starwood’s Luxury Collection.