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The hilltop house among trees in the Monchique forest, with the Algarve coast in the far distance

Monchique · Algarve · Pet-friendly

The only Algarve co-living that is a pet-friendly hilltop house in the Monchique forest

For remote workers who want weeks of autumn-to-spring somewhere warm, quiet and green, among trees, dogs and an ocean view.

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Booked directly with the house

  • 350 m²

    hilltop villa

  • 2

    resident dogs

  • 2 · 3 · 4

    weeks per stay

The house

A hilltop villa between Caldas de Monchique and Monchique

One house, set in the forest, with room for weeks of work and quiet.

The white villa on the hill, surrounded by trees

The villa

350 m² on a hilltop

A bedroom with linen bedding and shuttered windows opening onto the forest

Your room

Every room has its own fixed price

The outdoor pool at the house, with terraces above it

The pool

Outdoors, on the hill

  • Outdoor pool

    A pool on the hill for the hours between work.

  • Outdoor fireplace

    For the evenings, once the laptop is shut.

  • Terraces

    The ocean in the distance, past the trees.

  • Fast wifi

    Made for full days on a laptop.

  • Two resident dogs

    The house is pet-friendly, and two dogs live in it.

  • Booked directly

    The owner sells their own stays, with nobody in between.

Full days on a laptop

The workday has a view

Fast wifi, a table, a terrace. Close the laptop and the pool, the fireplace and the dogs are already there.

A cup of coffee on a stone wall above forested hills running down to the sea
A desk break with a view
A closed laptop and a coffee on a terrace table, with an olive tree and the sea beyond
A person working on a laptop at a table on the terrace
A dog resting beside a table where someone is working
A desk with a laptop beside a window onto the trees

What a day looks like

Work in the morning, fire in the evening

Full days at the laptop, with the house around the edges. This is a sample day built from what the house has.

A day at the house

Sample

Sample day for a remote worker. Hours are illustrative.

DeskDeep workCalls and work
TerraceCoffeeLunch outside
PoolSwim
DogsWalk
FireplaceBy the fire
  • Work
  • Outside
  • Evening

Price

One fixed price for each room and stay

The owner sells their own stays directly. Each room has a fixed price for a 2-week, a 3-week and a 4-week stay, set by the owner.

Stay lengths

  • 2 weeks

    A fixed price for each room, set by the owner

  • 3 weeks

    A fixed price for each room, set by the owner

  • 4 weeks

    A fixed price for each room, set by the owner

The price of a room depends on the room and the length of the stay.

Where it is

A hilltop in the Monchique forest

Ōku Forest House sits in the hills of the Algarve, among trees and with the sea far off. It is a place to live for weeks, not a place to pass through.

  • Between Caldas de Monchique and Monchique
  • Trees all around the house
  • The ocean in the distance
  • Warm, from autumn to spring
  • Quiet and green
  • A pet-friendly house
Whitewashed houses with red tile roofs on a hillside in the Monchique hills
A forest path with cork oaks and ferns, and a dog walking ahead

How a stay goes

Three steps from laptop to hilltop

Weeks, not nights. You arrive, you settle, and the house sets the pace.

  1. A golden retriever standing in the open wooden doors of the house, next to a lemon tree in a pot

    Step 1

    Arrive

    Choose a room and a stay of 2, 3 or 4 weeks, booked directly with the house.

  2. A woman sitting up in bed beside an open window onto the forest

    Step 2

    Settle in

    A room of your own, fast wifi, and the trees outside the window.

  3. A woman sitting by an outdoor stone fireplace at dusk, a dog asleep at her feet and a laptop beside her

    Step 3

    Stay

    Full days at the laptop, then the outdoor fireplace, the pool and the dogs.

Weeks among trees, dogs and an ocean view

Ōku Forest House, booked directly with the house.

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