White Exclusive Suite & Villas

White Exclusive Suite & Villas

White Exclusive Suite & Villas sits meters from the Atlantic coast in Lagoa, on São Miguel in the Azores, built on the ruins of an old summer house its owners turned into suites and villas, each one facing the sea. It is a small, adults-only design hotel, with an infinity pool, a heated outdoor pool, and an indoor pool besides. What sets it apart from other boutique stays on the island is the farm behind it, an organic garden that supplies the restaurant directly, so meals change with what is ready to pick rather than what a supplier can ship in. The cliffside villa goes further still, with its own heated pool and a position private enough that the rest of the property disappears from view. Rooms come with kitchenettes and sea views, and treatments run from massage to yoga instruction at the small spa. Staff speak English and Spanish, arrange airport transfers for forty euros each way, and will book excursions, car rental, or a table at the restaurant without much notice. Breakfast is included and can be brought to the room; there is also a bar and a cafe for the hours in between. Couples wanting quiet mornings and a kitchen to make their own coffee will feel at home here; anyone travelling with young children, or wanting a buzzing lobby scene, should look toward the mainland instead. Ten rooms across two floors keep the whole place easy to know within a day, and on an island built for slow looking, that is rather the point. Ten sea-facing suites and villas above the Atlantic in Lagoa, São Miguel, run from an organic farm-to-table kitchen and an adults-only calm. The cliffside villa, with its own heated pool, is the one to request.