27/08/2026
Há lugares que nunca deixam de ter alma, mesmo quando ficam adormecidos durante algum tempo. 🌿
Nesta fotografia, eu e a minha irmã, ainda em plena obra do Aljana, a imaginar como poderíamos devolver vida a este lugar e potenciar tudo aquilo que ele já tinha para oferecer.
Entre paredes, poeira e muitos desenhos, começávamos a dar forma a um conceito de bem receber, pensado para honrar o espaço, a sua história e a beleza do Alentejo que o envolve.
Queríamos criar um lugar onde se sentisse o tempo, a natureza, a simplicidade e aquela forma tão nossa de receber — com cuidado, proximidade e verdade.
Foi assim que começou esta aventura, no coração do Alentejo: não a partir de uma folha em branco, mas de um lugar que esperava, silenciosamente, por uma nova vida 🤍
Some places have a soul of their own. Even after years of being quietly asleep, that soul is still there, waiting to be awakened. 🌿
This photograph was taken while Aljana was still a work in progress — my sister and I, standing among the dust and the unfinished walls, imagining what this place could become.
The space already had its own character, its history and its sense of place. Our role was not to reinvent it, but to bring out its potential and give it a new life.
From the very beginning, we imagined Aljana as a place of making people feel welcome — somewhere where the beauty of the Alentejo, the simplicity of its landscape and the warmth of its people could all come together.
Looking back, this was the beginning of something very special.
Not the creation of a place from scratch, but the awakening of one that had been waiting quietly for its next chapter.
And perhaps that is what makes Aljana so meaningful to us. 🤍
