The Magnolia Hotel | Wallpaper*

Interior view of a room at The Magnolia Hotel featuring light coloured walls, a grey bed base with white and pastel green pillows and white linen, black wall lamps and framed wall art. There are also black bedside tables, a light coloured rug underneath the bed, a table opposite, a glass window and door with a grey frame and light coloured curtains — (Image credit: TBC)

With its neon signs and pastel pinks, its pop-yellow parasols and turquoise tones, the newly arrived Magnolia Hotel adds more than a splash of colour to the umbrella pine and white-washed landscape of Quinta do Lago.

Interiors by London’s Bryan O’ Sullivan Studio perfectly play out the glory days of the 1950’s American motel with the cheerful, retro-vibe striped ceilings, cinema light boxes, and black and white photographs of swimmers in a mid-air dive.

Set over low-slung two-storey building, which firmly follows through with the motel aesthetic, 74 clean-lined guestrooms with pink or turquoise trim have ultra-comfortable beds, and marble clad showers. There are also seven wooden cottages, also in varying pastel colour, that have kitchenettes and sitting rooms off the bedrooms.

Affordable pricing is aimed at the millennial market as is the young, fun, take on hospitality with midnight toasties and a music centric cocktail bar with a weekly DJ in the summer months. There is a heated swimming pool, a small spa, a games room and Dutch bikes to borrow. Food from Tom Briggs, ex-Soho House, is all about tacos, and burgers with a few Asian-accented healthy options for good measure.

Interior view of the bar and seating area at The Magnolia Hotel featuring pink walls, spotlights, a pastel green pendant light, tables, a wicker style chair, pink chairs, a bar with a white and green leaf design and black wall units behind the bar with bottles of drinks

Interior view of a seating area at The Magnolia Hotel featuring light coloured walls, pastel green pendant lights, a multicoloured patterned rug, two wicker style chairs with cushions, a pale yellow sofa with cushions and glass doors with black frames leading to the outside area

Interior view of the dining area at The Magnolia Hotel featuring a blue wall, row of pink seats, light coloured square tables with tableware, yellow chairs and tiled floors

ADDRESS

Estr. Q.ta do Lago

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Mary Lussiana is a passionate hotel-lover and freelance travel writer contributing to many of the UK’s best magazines and newspapers. A mother of three, she has lived in Portugal's sunny south since this century began, and continues to live there with her husband, their yellow Labrador, Bellini and returning children.