"In a better world, a tasteful little family-run guest house in the countryside would be commonplace, its hundreds of acres of gentle hills and pastures a perfectly natural setting for twenty sunny rooms and a small kitchen turning out farm-fresh meals. But spend enough time chasing this sort of thing and you quickly discover that the simple life — at least the fantasy version on offer at Herdade da Matinha — is fleetingly rare indeed, at any price, let alone one so reasonable." - Tablet Hotels