
THE shop in Comporta where boho-chic meets the beach. This lovely interior design shop in the center of tiny Carvalhal carries a curated selection of furniture and design objects. To the contrary, Comporta breathes simplicity with a few small, high-end boutique hotels, and a myriad of private homes for rent. Isn’t that enlightened government?) There are no all-inclusive resorts, no large, beach-front hotels, no strip-malls, cinemas, or discos. (Development is forbidden within 500 meters of the beach. Fast forward six years, and Comporta remains as it has, with limited new construction thanks to environmental and structural restrictions that make investment and building more challenging. In 2014, bankruptcy caused their estate and land holdings to be divided, drawing speculation that new development was inevitable. Until recently, the area around Comporta has been largely shielded from development, in large part because most of the land was privately owned by one family.

#Sublime comporta series
Located just off the main highway that runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean, the series of white-washed villages are mainly residential, each with its own small commercial district (with the exception of Pego).


The community that makes up Comporta is comprised of three villages from north to south: Comporta, Carvalhal, and Pego. Located in the northwest corner of the rural region of Alentejo, Comporta is the kind of place that if you aren’t paying attention and sneeze while driving, you will miss it.
