A “slow B&B” in countryside near the town of Loulé, Casa Brava is a restored farmhouse at the end of a dirt road. Three rooms have been created from the old pigsties, donkey stables and cellar, each with private entrance, garden and terrace. An organic, vegan breakfast is served by the pool in summer. The farm g
rounds are peppered with cork, arbutus, carob and olive trees and there are biking and hiking trails nearby, as well as the beaches of the Algarve coast – beach towels and bicycles can be borrowed for free. Owners Julie and Marco also make “eco cosmetics” – soaps from a recipe using organic olive oil – and have created a range of bathroom and kitchen accessories carved from local wood or woven from straw.
