Pushing through the heavy-set doors of Casa Fortunato gives your soul an immediate sensory lift. Like the communal areas of this elegant hide-away house, the bedrooms are a perfect balance of contemporary and traditional – where everything shouts but not ostentatiously. Each individual element carries weight or is opulently textured or smoothly lustred and restful on the eye. Every object is significant, and personal; the handwoven carpets brought in the markets of Morocco, the brass clips and frosted bistro lighting that hangs over the doorways of every room, the original furniture, some of which comes from the homes of Filipa and Antonio’s grandparents.