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Casa de Chá da Boa Nova
Leça da Palmeira, Portugal · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Fernando Tavora won the 1956 design competition for this clifftop site and passed the commission to his young pupil, Alvaro Siza Vieira, whose first major work it became when completed in 1963. Protected as a Portuguese National Monument, Casa de Chá da Boa Nova reopened as a fine-dining restaurant in 2014 under chef Rui Paula and has since earned two MICHELIN Stars.
- Opened 2014
- Neighborhood: Cabo do Mundo
- Architect: Álvaro Siza Vieira
About Casa de Chá da Boa Nova
- The clifftop building was the first major work of Pritzker Prize winning architect Alvaro Siza Vieira, designed from 1958 and completed in 1963.
- Siza's mentor Fernando Tavora won the 1956 design competition for the site and passed the commission to his young pupil.
- Protected as a Portuguese National Monument, it reopened as a fine-dining restaurant in 2014 under chef Rui Paula and went on to earn two MICHELIN Stars.
History
The Casa de Chá da Boa Nova (Boa Nova Tea House) is a landmark of modern Portuguese architecture perched on the rocks at Leça da Palmeira, near Matosinhos on the Atlantic coast. It was the first major built work of the Pritzker Prize–winning architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, designed from 1958 and completed in 1963; Siza's mentor Fernando Távora had won the 1956 competition for the site and passed the commission to his young pupil.
Originally conceived as a tea house and restaurant, the building is protected as a Portuguese National Monument. After a period of decline it was restored and reopened as a fine-dining restaurant in 2014 under chef Rui Paula, going on to earn two MICHELIN Stars.
The setting
7-minute walk to Exponor-Porto International Fair exhibition center. 8 km from Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport.
Restaurants and bars
- Casa de Chá da Boa Nova — Restaurant · Chef Rui Paula · Two MICHELIN Stars
Awards
- Relais & Châteaux member (2025)
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