(Journal) — Notes from Príncipe Real
The Journal.
Stories from the house and the hill around it — craft, tables, neighbours and the small rituals of a good stay.
Latest stories
New letters every season
Craft
8 min read
Ninety-six steps: restoring a 1908 staircase
Eighteen months, four craftsmen and one stubborn handrail. The story of the spiral at the heart of the house.
Table
6 min read
Where we eat in Príncipe Real
Seven tables within ten minutes’ walk, chosen by the people who work here — from a counter for one to a long Sunday lunch.
Craft
7 min read
Linen, by way of the north
Our bed linen is woven twelve kilometres from where the flax grows. A visit to the mill that makes it.
Neighbourhood
4 min read
A Sunday in the Botanic Garden
Two minutes from our door, four hectares of palms, ponds and silence. How to spend a slow morning there.
Stay notes
6 min read
What a good night’s sleep is made of
Mattresses, curtains, silence and the pillow menu nobody asked for. Everything we’ve learned about sleep since 2021.