PROPERTY TYPE VACATION HOTEL- VACATION/SEMINAR HOTEL YEAR BUILT 2000 YEAR REMODELED 0 RATINGS STARS 5 STARS ADDITIONAL HOTEL DESCRIPTION SET ON THE SLOPES OF THE SERRA DA ESPERANCA AT A KILOMETRE FROM THE TOWN OF BELMONTE THE BIRTHPLACE OF PEDRO ALVARES DE CABRAL THE POUSADA CONVENTO DE BELMONTE WAS BUILT BY RENOVATING THE RUNS OF THE FORMER CONVENTO DE NOSSA SENHORA DA ESPERANCA. BEFORE THE MONASTERY THIS WAS THE SITE OF A HERMITAGE FOUNDED IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY AND ANCIENT PAGAN CULTS PROBABLY USED THE SAME LOCATION.THE CABRAL FAMILY WERE PATRONS OF THE HERMITAGE AND THE IMAGE OF NOSSA SENHORA DA ESPERANCA TODAY ON DISPLAY IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF BELMONTE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED TO BRASIL BY PEDRO ALVARES CABRAL.THE POUSADA HAS PRESERVED THE MONASTERYS HERITAGE INTACT CLASSIFIED AS A BUILDING OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE 1986 INCLUDED AMPHITHEATRE ARCHITECTURE LAYOUT IN THE PINE WOODS ON THE SLOPES OF SERRA DA ESPERANCA AND A STUNNING LANDSCAPE WITH VIEWS OVER THE COVA DA BEIRA REGION AND SERRA DA ESTRELA.

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Driving Directions: DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO THE PROPERTY POUSADA CONVENTO DE BELMONTE IS LOCATED ON SERRA DA ESPERANCA ESPERANCA MOUNTAIN NEXT TO THE VILLAGE OF BELMONTE AND WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF COVILHA GUARDA AND MANTEIGAS. UPON LEAVING LISBON TAKE THE A1 HIGHWAY EXIT ONTO THE A23 AT TORRES NOVAS UNTIL REACHING THE EXIT FOR BELMONTE. ONCE IN THE CENTRE OF THE VILLAGE OF BELMONTE FOLLOW THE SIGNS THAT INDICATE THE 800 METRE WAY TO THE POUSADA.