Ebora Home

House in the historic center over 500 years old, restored. It has about 50 m2. Located 300 m from Praça do Giraldo is central for a visit on foot to all monuments. The house maintains its original design, now adapted for an open space with bedroom and common room, bathroom and kitchenette. It is ideal for couples. It is inserted in a residential neighborhood withe basic stores and excellent restaurants. The apartment has free garage parking within 300 meters. See video youtube Ebora House The space The Historic Center of Évora was classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. This classification is limited by the wall "Vauban" built in the seventeenth century and inside it is the "museum-city", which contains 20 centuries of History of the people and civilizations that lived in Évora.There are real estate and specific areas of the city that are classified as patrimonial value to protect, such as the facade of our house, included in the list of properties of historical and cultural interest to be preserved. Ebora Home is located in Rua dos Mercadores, in a central area of the ancient medieval Jewish quarter of the city of Évora. Between the 14th and 16th centuries, according to historians, Ebora Home has a community of about 8,000 people and a series of services such as school , Hospital, inn for ritual baths, two synagogues, sites for reading and interpretation of the Bible and gafaria. Rua dos Mercadores is already mentioned in prime The quarter of the fifteenth century as the Right Street of Merchants (to distinguish it from two other streets also known as Merchants). It was also known as Rua dos Ferreiros or Rua da Ferraria, which reveals the predominant type of economic activity carried out there. The house is family heirloom. It was acquired by my grandfather Joaquim, in 1914, for income. On the first floor two families lived and in the ground floor, where there were always trade and craft workshops, there were at the time 3 small shops: frutaria, grocery store and cobbler. The building's architectural restoration project, started in 2014, has created two modern apartments on the ground floor, respecting, nevertheless, the structural design and leaving in sight some traditional constructional techniques and materials, namely the vaulted ceilings, Crib, set in perfect back arches, the donkey brick, the stonework, etc. The Ebora Home apartment is in the area of the old fruit sale of the beginning of the century. XX, having undergone the necessary functional adaptations for housing. The small well that existed in the store, and whose diameter only fit a cauldron, was plugged, for security reasons, Inside the apartment we want to combine the old with the modern in search of a good solution of comfort and functionality. We restored some family furniture, which we completed with: a good sommier, placed in the bedroom and a sofa bed in the room, both 1.40 m wide; A flap table extendable up to 1.80 m; A shelf where we organized some bibliography about the history of Évora, we put a tv and wi-fi. The bathroom, with bathtub, has a heating towel, hair dryer and all skin care products. In the kichnet there is: fridge, water heater, dishwasher, ceramic glass plate, microwave, toaster, digital scale, electric kettle, magic wand and citrus juicer, plus a train and kitchen services including other basic utensils. At the time of check-in we leave food for guests to have some quick meal. The textiles, such as sheets and towels, are pure cotton, there are summer and winter duvets and extra blankets, although the house has an excellent natural climate, given the exceptional thickness of its walls, which allows to keep it cool in summer And warm in the winter. Also the decorative details are part of the soul of the house and so there are several pieces of local artists and craftsmen who help to humanize the space and contextualize it in the local culture. Guest access The whole house. Other things to note Regarding the prevention of Covid 19 in terms of apartment cleaning, we follow the recommendations of the Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) and Turismo de Portugal. We await the issuance of the "clean and safe" health seal. The apartment is completely cleaned and disinfected before the guests arrive but during the stay there are no employees in the apartment except: - for stays longer than a week, cleaning and disinfection is free, weekly, with change of clothes; - other circumstances to be agreed in advance. When guests leave the house they must close the windows and put the key in the box door. Registration Details Alojamento Local 41277/AL