Near São Brás de Alportel, Algarve
Six acres of pines, red earth and wildflowers where children climb, dig, splash and make things with their hands. Birthday parties, stay & play mornings and seasonal events, with somewhere shady for the grown-ups to sit.
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What we believe
No soft play, no screens, no plastic theme park. Just space, real materials and enough freedom for children to work things out for themselves. We built the Quinta for the kind of childhood we wanted for our own kids, and it's the one they live here every day.
Dig 
Climb 
Splash 
Make Three ways to come
From €300 · up to 12 children
Your own private corner of the Quinta for a party they'll actually remember.
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€20 per child · Ages 1 to 6
Relaxed parent-and-child mornings. Turn up, let them loose, have a coffee.
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Next up: Halloween
Halloween, Christmas and spring gatherings that follow the year on the land.
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Booking now Sunday 1 November · from 1pm
Carve a pumpkin with your grown-up and take it home, decorate a witch or wizard hat, then run wild outside. Snacks and drinks included. Grown-ups stay and join in. Booking essential.
The land
The Quinta sits in the hills above São Brás de Alportel: terraces of red terra rossa, limestone outcrops, old olive and carob trees and a view across the barrocal to the sea on a clear day. It's our family home, and the children's spaces have been built by hand, one wheelbarrow at a time.
A week on the land
For the grown-ups
Parents and carers stay on site and look after their own children. We host, set up and keep the spaces safe and tidy.
Wellies or sturdy shoes, clothes that can get filthy and a spare set for little ones. Swimwear in summer.
A bamboo-roofed pergola for shade, picnic benches and seating for adults under the pines. Somewhere to actually sit down.
We cap numbers on every session so it never feels like a soft play on a Saturday.
A birthday, a morning out or a place at the next event. Send a quick message and we'll come back with dates and details.