Hotel Santa Clara 1728 is a wonderful reality that somehow makes us believe we are living a dream. More than rethinking the notions of hotel business, it reinforces the idea of inhabiting, bringing awareness to essential matters that makes us feel home. 
By reinventing the classic notions of hotelier, Santa Clara 1728 was born as a house that brings warmth and comfort to travel.
It is not about a conventional hotel we are talking, as João Rodrigues and his family took this Lisbon ancient building and transformed it into their home, welcoming guests as their longtime friends.
Having in mind the respect for architectural heritage, local context and the strength of a typological memory, architect Manuel Aires Mateus and owner João Rodrigues embraced the building and all its remains, taking care of its vernacular past with a contemporary view.
During Santa Clara’s project and construction, the deep care for choosing local materials – such as Lioz marbles-, traditional building methods and the truthful character of handmade furniture, engraves on the walls stories and testimonies that inspire the visitors, and by a sensory complete experience, brings them back home.
Santa Clara 1728 tells us its story by its touch, and by having the owner’s, architect’s, artisan’s and constructor’s mark, imprints itself in our guest’s memory, as they take this beautiful house in their hearts back to their homes. 
