Casa Arte

MELIDES / HOME / WATCHLIST

Located between the sea & the sandy pine forests of Comporta & the colloquial yet creatively charged village of Melides, Casa Arte is a place of varying dimensions, crafted with a relaxed & sustainable vision. This area may be known for its sceney neighbour Comporta – Portugal’s answer to the Hamptons, but while Melides is geographically close to Comporta’s beach bars and elegant boutiques, it has an altogether different energy.

Yet, there is evidence of something stirring. Striking new contemporary villas dot the hills around the village and, for those of a more discreet bent, some are hidden amid the trees and sand dunes along the river’s estuary. They belong to the international set who have made this little backwater their own. French designers Christian Louboutin and Philippe Starck have houses here; German artist Anselm Kiefer, British painter Jason Martin and Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen are among others who call Melides their second home.

The house is a part of the Melides Art community, an ideas-sparking set of sculptors, architects and musicians who have quietly settled into an alternative groove behind the dunes. Filled with the scent of pine and eucalyptus and that particular fragrance that comes at the end of a long, hot summer day – a mix of salt, sunscreen and warm sand - this is a place to relax in nature.

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