Five years pass quickly. And they build a great deal.
Dream Guincho was born from a simple idea: to create a place where hotel and home could coexist.
A small place, eight rooms where each stay would have a name, a face, a conversation. We opened our doors and, shortly after, the world changed.
It was a demanding beginning. But it was also the moment that made us believe even more deeply in what we were building.
Today, six years later, Dream is a lived-in place.
The wood has gained tone from the wind and humidity of Guincho. The landscape is no longer something that surrounds us. It has become part of the house. The trees have grown. The gardens have become denser, more ours.
The place has evolved.
So has the team.
We have learned together.
To anticipate. To listen more carefully. To refine the invisible gestures that make hospitality what it is.
To turn attention into habit.
The hotel, with its eight rooms, has found its rhythm.
Stays that return.
Guests who come back.
A year that is almost always full. Not by chance, but by relationship.
These years have been a process of trying, adjusting, improving.
Suppliers who became partners. Ideas that matured. Small refinements that, together, make a difference.
And there have been experiences. Many.
Long conversations. Books travelling from room to room. Recipes passing from table to table. People who arrived as guests and left as part of the story.
Dream Guincho grows with us.
The wood continues to gain character.
The trees continue to rise.
The team continues to learn.
We thank Carlos for believing in the project from the very beginning. The team, for their resilience, constant initiative and daily care. And my daughters, quietly by my side — helping in the background, and making it possible for me to live this dream.
Nature, which entered our lives more deeply than we imagined and taught us how to grow with it. And the mornings, always new, in this place of ours, with Guincho nearby.
Five years later, we are more aware of what we have built.
And more certain of what we want to continue being.
Thank you to all
Dream Guincho grows with us.
The wood continues to gain character.
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