Earthy colours bring warmth to clifftop Aethos Ericeira hotel in Portugal

Lisbon-based Pedra Silva Arquitectos has teamed up with Spanish design studio Astet to convert a former clifftop farmstead on Portugal‘s west coast into a destination for surfers.

Aethos Ericeira is a 50-room hotel positioned high up on sandstone cliffs, overlooking the beach on a stretch of coastline known to offer some of the best waves in Portugal.

Aethos Ericeira occupies a converted farmhouse. Photo is by Francisco Nogueira

Pedra Silva Arquitectos oversaw the building work, which included reworking the facades, while Astet replanned the spatial flow and designed the visual aesthetic of the interiors.

Their design draws from its setting, combining references to the rural landscape with elements of surf culture,

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