The Best Hotels to Book in Ericeira, Portugal

Set on the main square in Ericeira, Capitão Guest House puts you within steps of the best bars and restaurants in town and the biscotti-coloured sands of Pescadores Beach. The hotel decor celebrates the fishing history in the area. There are curios such as boat steering wheels and lanterns dotted around communal spaces, and rooms have sailor-blue colour schemes. Make sure you’re up in time for breakfast – the spread includes freshly squeezed juice, home-made jams and fresh bread and pastries from the local bakery.

There are 35 fully serviced apartments at You and the Sea. Each one features a sand-and-sea colour scheme, a kitchenette, a balcony – including some with Atlantic Ocean views – and finishing touches such as driftwood headboards. There’s a sea-view swimming pool on-site for when you don’t feel like making the five-minute walk to Praia du Sol. Plus, there’s a smart restaurant with a New York loft look that serves dishes such as squid-ink risotto and oven-fired pizzas.

A two-minute walk from the main square, this boutique hotel in Ericeira offers a medley of rooms. Some come with beanbag-topped interior patios, while others come with sea-view balconies. Then there are the suites – the highlight is the prime suite, which features a glass-walled bathroom and a catwalk-long balcony. The buffet breakfast is served in a breezy room near the lobby, with seafoam-white walls and light-wood tables.

In a quiet green area to the north of Ericeira centre, this guesthouse only has five rooms, with each one individually named and styled. Paz comes with an in-room surfboard, and Vista has a sea-view balcony. Meanwhile, in Fado, there’s a large roof window over the bed, meaning you can fall asleep looking at the stars. The hotel also has a private infinity pool, which looks out over the sea.

The timeline of this guesthouse, near the main square, can be traced back to 1902 when the building was used by the local sardine-fishing industry. Over time, it became a fishing boat workshop, and there are ship carpentry antiques still dotted around the place today. Antiques aside, the rest of this hotel in Ericeira is contemporary. Rooms are chic spaces with wooden floors and plump padded bedsteads. Plus, there’s a swimming pool on-site.

GiG, near Pescadores Beach, elevates the hostel experience. The accommodation here is in dorm rooms, but every bed comes with a blind that can be pulled down for privacy, a personal light and USB outlets. A healthy breakfast of traffic light-coloured juices, eggs, bread, fruits and spreads is included in the room price. Plus, there’s a restaurant that serves healthy salads, crostini, açai bowls and indulgent towers of oat pancakes slicked with chocolate and peanut butter.

The boa vista, or beautiful view, this hotel takes in is the Atlantic Ocean. Enjoy it from the balconies of some of the rooms or from the rooftop terrace, which is crowned with bucket-style seating. Choose between private or dorm accommodation when you stay here. Whichever option you pick, you also get access to a communal kitchen. If you don’t want to cook, the restaurants in the central square of Ericeira are a five-minute walk away.

You’ll find Casa das Aguarelas behind the brilliant-blue front door of a converted Portuguese family home, a short walk from Pescadores Beach. The rooms and apartments here are simple spaces, with wooden floors, white paintwork and black-and-white photos of fishermen on the walls. This place doesn’t serve breakfast, but every room features a small kitchenette. If you don’t want a DIY start to the day, the nearest cafe is just around the corner.