Casa da Rocha

Casa da Rocha sits at Aldeamento do Levante in Porches, facing the ocean straight on. Five bedrooms, ten guests, and an architecture that keeps the sea in view from almost every room rather than saving it for one terrace.

There is a wine cellar, a private outdoor pool, a long terrace and two workspaces. The finish is contemporary and restrained — glass, pale stone, and very little competing with the water.

This is the best-looking stretch of the Algarve coast. Praia da Marinha, Benagil and the Seven Hanging Valleys trail are within a short drive, Carvoeiro and Ferragudo cover dinner, and the cliffs here turn gold in the late afternoon in a way that explains why this coast gets photographed as much as it does.