When guests walk into the lobby of the newly opened Aethos Ericeira, they know they’ve arrived. “All you see is the ocean,” says designer Ala Zureikat, cofounder of Barcelona studio Astet. The 50-room property, the latest from hospitality brand Aethos, which prioritizes a positive and lasting impact on guests’ sense of wellbeing, is perched above the Atlantic Ocean on a soaring sandstone cliff along Portugal’s surf coast. “The hotel captures the essence of Ericeira as a surf destination,” says Zureikat. “The authentic materiality and color palette were inspired by the context.”
