Low limestone residence set into a pine-covered hillside at golden hour, with a reflecting pool along the terrace

A residential and wellness development on the Atlantic coast. Sixty-four homes on thirty-eight hectares of pine, meadow and water.

Alto SerenoThe idea

We began with a hillside and a single rule: the land decides. Sixty-four homes placed where the ground already levelled out, and four-fifths of it left exactly as we found it.

VÉRDA is a contemporary way of living close to what matters: light, water, quiet and neighbours you chose.

ResidencesAcross four types
64
LandscapeForest, meadow and water
38ha
Left unbuiltOf the total site
82%
First homesPhase one, estimated
2028

All figures are illustrative.

The residences—

The masterplan

Six places,one landscape.

Homes gather in three small neighbourhoods around a pond, a wellness pavilion and a long shared table. Select a place to see what is there.

Aerial view of low limestone villas with green roofs terraced into a wooded valley

Illustrative masterplan · not to scale

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Single-storey stone villa with a pool on the ridge among pines

The Ridge

Fourteen private villas stepped along the highest contour, each turned a few degrees from its neighbour so that no terrace looks onto another.

Homes
14 private villas
Elevation
228–246 m
Plot
1,900–3,200 m²
Private Villas
Contemporary villa at blue hour, interior glowing behind full-height glassVilla living room with travertine floor opening to a pine forestKitchen with a honed limestone island and oak cabinetryBedroom with limewashed walls and a window seat facing olive treesPrivate limestone villa with an infinity pool framed by pines
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Inside a Private Villa

One level, one long view,a pool that meets the horizon.

Stone, oak and glass, arranged around a courtyard. Every room opens to a terrace, and the terrace opens to the trees.

Bedrooms
4–5
Interior
420–560 m²
Homes
14 in total
Availability
5 available

Wellness & amenities

More thana place to live.

  • A house for slowing down: thermal rooms, treatment suites and a quiet lounge that looks only at trees.

  • A 25-metre indoor pool, a long outdoor pool that runs towards the view, and the pond for swimming among reeds.

  • Gravel paths wind through the planting and follow the contours into pine and cork oak, with benches where the view opens.

  • A tall, glazed movement studio and a fully equipped gym, both facing the forest rather than a mirror.

  • Terraces give way to planting at every door, and a kitchen garden and orchard are tended by a resident gardener.

  • A long table outdoors, a café, a workshop and a library corner. Used daily, booked for birthdays.

  • Daybeds under the pavilion roof, reading decks among the trees, a forest sauna and a cold plunge in stone.

Contemporary villa at blue hour, interior glowing behind full-height glass

Architecture

Low, quiet andbuilt of the hill.

  1. I

    Follow the land

    Buildings sit along existing contours. No platform was cut that the hillside did not already suggest.

  2. II

    Build low, build few

    Nothing rises above the pine canopy, and four-fifths of the site stays as landscape.

  3. III

    Three honest materials

    Local limestone, oiled oak and lime plaster. They are left to weather and are expected to improve.

  4. IV

    Light before form

    Every plan began with a sun study. Rooms are placed by the hour in which they are used.

Location

Rooted in nature.Close to everything.

A wooded hillside above the Atlantic, six minutes from a village bakery and forty-five from an international airport. Times are illustrative.

AtlanticVila ClaraPraia LongaPinhal GolfPorto SerenoInternational schoolInternational airportAlto SerenoIllustrative map · travel times are estimates

Development journey

From first surveyto first keys.

  1. 01Complete

    2023

    Vision

    Land assembled, ecological survey completed and the brief written: fewer homes, more landscape.

  2. 02Complete

    2024–2025

    Planning

    Masterplan designed with the landscape architects and approved. Show villa detailed.

  3. 03In progress

    2026–2028

    Construction

    Infrastructure and planting first. The Ridge and The Pavilion are under construction now.

  4. 04Upcoming

    2028–2029

    Completion

    Phase one homes handed over from 2028; The Terraces follow in 2029. Dates are estimates.

Dates beyond the current phase are estimates and may change.

Notes from the hillside—

Private consultation

Come and walkthe land.

Meet an advisor, see the show villa and take the long path down to the water. Viewings are private and unhurried.

Limestone villa at dusk with glowing windows reflected in a pool

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