In Portugal, a Farmhouse Hotel That’s a Short Walk From the Beach

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Portugal’s Algarve Region Gets a New Retreat

Set in a natural park within Portugal’s Algarve region, the farmhouse hotel Quinta do Pinheiro is a 10-minute walk from protected dunes, oyster farms and barrier island beaches that can only be reached by swimming or boating. Initially built in 1870, the estate was purchased in 2021 by the Dutch couple Martijn Kleijwegt and Monique Snoeijen, who wanted to restore the property and turn it into a retreat. Now there are five stylish cottages designed by the Portuguese architect Frederico Valsassina and his daughter, Marta, all with two or three bedrooms, a dining room and a kitchen. Window frames were painted red, which is traditional to the region; floors were laid with local Santa Catarina tiles; and the old bread oven and distillery remain on the property. While there’s not a restaurant at the hotel, the staff can arrange for a chef. For a meal out, the town of Tavira — a Roman settlement founded in 400 B.C. that’s famed for its churches and bell towers — is a scenic 90-minute hike (or 25-minute ride on one of the property’s electric bikes) away. In May, it’ll become much easier for New Yorkers to visit this part of Portugal thanks to a new United Airlines direct flight between Newark, N.J., and Faro, the capital of the Algarve region. From about $380 a night in the low season (November to March), quintapinheiro.com.

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For his spring 2025 Pavillon des Folies collection, the Valentino creative director Alessandro Michele, known for his gender-fluid bohemian spirit, tempered his brocades and ruffles with a historical element of men’s evening wear: the opera pump. Originally a component of men’s formal dress dating back to the Regency era, opera pumps, or court shoes, are characterized by a low heel, a grosgrain bow and a slightly higher vamp than a ballet flat (but one that’s low enough to show off a luxurious sock). In the Victorian era, they became the popular choice of footwear for gentlemen visiting the opera and have since been worn by everyone from Marlene Dietrich to Frank Sinatra to Colman Domingo. Valentino’s version, called the Bowow ballerina, joins an array of similar designs released lately. The New York label Bode, also known for its sartorial nods to the past, sells pairs for both men and women in patent and napa leather. Thom Browne, a champion of reinterpreting formal dress, and the New York designer Suzanne Rae both produce varieties for women. And Manolo Blahnik offers a velvet pair for men. A footwear relic, opera pumps have traditionally only been available for purchase at more old-school shoemakers like London’s Arthur Sleep — and have been notoriously difficult to find in women’s sizes. Though the silhouette has remained largely unchanged to this day — the biggest riff is Valentino’s cutaway detail near the bow — the way they’re worn certainly has. Domingo, for one, recently paired his with an embroidered evening vest, black trousers and pointelle socks.

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