Villa Kaba

The House for a Group

Sleeping & en-suite quality

Five king suites hold ten in comfort, all en suite, no short straws. The master takes a private sitting room and a rooftop terrace.

Kitchen & the long table

A kitchen with island and a separate galley, and one long timber table where ten eat well together.

Flow & shared living

House, pool, court and dining terrace sit in one loop; the group orbits without organising itself.

Design calibre

Whitewashed walls, terracotta roofs, timber ceilings, Alentejo materials handled with restraint.

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The Setting

Seclusion & neighbour distance

Forty-four private hectares. No neighbour in sight, none in earshot, one group at a time.

Nature, light & views

Cork oaks and Alentejo light, the kind that makes people stop talking at seven.

Quiet

No road, no bar, no flight path. Stand still at night and the estate answers with nothing at all.

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The Court

Verification & privacy

A court of its own inside the estate, reachable only through the trees. Ten people, one court, no queue. Tennis and pétanque alongside it.

Surface & build

Kept properly and set in the land, not bolted to the side of it.

Floodlights & play

Shaded until mid-morning; twice a day is comfortable, and usual.

Aesthetic integration

Set among the trees so it reads as part of the estate; the glass carries the evening light.

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The Kitchen

Chef access & provisioning

Breakfast and lunch are prepared as part of the stay; a chef cooks the evenings you want cooked, menus agreed beforehand.

Local food, a short drive

Melides and Comporta within half an hour for the nights you want somewhere else's noise.

Wine & produce culture

Alentejo growers, and a cellar the chef raids on your behalf.

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The Relaxation

Pool & water

A heated 29-metre pool on wide timber decking; the Melides beach is a short drive.

Sauna, ice, spa

An outdoor gym and a yoga room on the estate; recovery sessions arranged into the week.

Sleep & unprogrammed space

Thick walls, dark rooms, and forty-four hectares to disappear into for an hour.

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The Service on site

On-site staff & housekeeping

Daily housekeeping through the week, a team who keep out of the way while doing it.

Upkeep & grounds

Court swept, pool clear, the whole estate kept; it never looks between guests.

Runs-itself factor

Nothing in the week needs pushing. That is what the estate is for.

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The Feeling

Arrival & sense of place

The last kilometre through cork oaks does the work; by the court, nobody is talking about the flight.

The week that arranges itself

One group at a time. People start asking about next year on the Thursday.

The features

Before

Dates, group, coaching, the nights out, one conversation, not forty messages.

During

Something changes at breakfast, and it is handled by lunch.

One group at a time

Kaba takes one group a week. Nobody is dividing attention.

The route in

Met at Lisbon arrivals, about ninety minutes, the last of it through cork oaks.

The week

A driver for the beach, dinners in Melides and Comporta, the day trip somebody suggests.

On the estate

Quads and a Can-Am for the forty-four hectares.

The chef

Menus agreed before you arrive, dietaries handled without ceremony.

Provisioning

The kitchen stays stocked; the market run happens without you.

Out

Melides and Comporta for the other nights, booked ahead by me.

The bench

Alentejo and Lisbon professionals with competition years behind them; English, Portuguese and Spanish taught.

The format

Your court, your hours, morning drills before the heat, matchplay under the trees, a house tournament if the group wants one.

The levels

Mixed groups read in one warm-up; nobody is left feeding balls.