Casa da Ermida de Santa Catarina

Dreamily situated at the crystal clear lake Caia Reservoir, a visit to Villa Santa Catarina is like balm for the soul. The way there alone could not be more beautiful, along endless variations of greens, sheep and cows. Once you arrive, you will be spoiled by the warm hostess Isabella: one day starts here with the scent of Isabella’s oven-fresh bread with caramelized sugar crust. Afterwards you should definitely lie down in one of the rocking daybeds directly on the lake shore. Pure tranquillity. Only a few ducks, storks and buzzards drop by here from time to time. If you want to be enterprising, take one of the canoes and paddle across the lake, wander through the landscape or stroll to the idyllic chapel, which sits enthroned in the landscape like a picture-book wedding location. The best way to end the day is with a bottle of wine under a starry sky. It is a very special place of power where new things can come into being and where one can write, meditate and come to oneself.