THE "FEITORIA"

The “feitorias” were tranding posts, built to centralize the trade of local products to Portugal, and then to Europe. They functioned simultaneously as market, warehouse, point of support to navigation and customs. They were governed by a “feitor” in charge of governing exchanges, negotiating products of the king, nobility, and merchants, and collecting taxes.

Mr. Feitor,
I bring you news
of the magic of day to day by this feitoria,
of the growing transform of thinking into experiencing,
of this everyday pass
from his dream kingdom to his concrete palaces..."
Maria de Sousa, 2011

Completed at the beginning of the 19th century, the building would be the “feitor's” dwelling, the shop and the warehouse: the front façade facing the street (current reception and conference room), the inner courtyard facing the sea (leisure area and pool), several warehouses on the left and right (guest rooms), and, by the sea, larger warehouses for larger goods (restaurant).
Its ruin required 5 years of reconstruction and was inaugurated on November 10, 2016, as Feitoria Boutique Hotel.