Its peacefulness is ideal for shooting, fishing, water sports or even for a rest in perfect harmony with nature.
This nature hotel is very close to the Natural Park and Vicentine Coast, where the beaches are very appreciated and known.
Rooms
The Pousada has:
• 7 TWIN rooms with view to the dam
• 4 DOUBLE rooms with view to the mountain
• 1 SUITE with view to the dam
• 7 TWIN rooms with view to the mountain (2 are connecting rooms)

The rooms have a private balcony and are equipped with:
• AC
• Cable TV
• 220 Volts Voltage
• Mini-Bar
• Hair Drier
• Bathing gowns
• Phone
Activities
The Pousada de Santa Clara`s location is perfect for water sports, country walks, cycling, hunting and fishing, or simply to relax.
The water sports are monitored by a specialized enterprise.
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Fax
• Credit Cards:Visa, Master Card, American Express, Dinners Club, Eurocard.
• Laundry
• Parking: +/- 25 places (6 outside and 19 with shadow)
• 2 non smoking rooms
• Room service
• Two pools, one for children and the other one for adults

Activities at the Pousada:
• Bicycle tours
• Swimming pool
• Family games
• Children's play area
Activities outside the Pousada:
• Four-wheel driving
• Cruises
• Horse riding
• Fishing
• Country walks
• Canoeing (river)
Gastronomy
Being the Santa Clara Pousada located in a transition area between Alentejo, the Algarve and the sea, its own gastronomy is rich in flavors. The Black-bass, the Smoked Pork Sausage, the Meat and Pastry, are dishes that make part of our Patrimony. The sea surroundings also show importance in some Menu dishes from our restaurant. For the traveler, being in winter or summer, we offer you a fantastic meal with leisure and harmony matching with this Nature Pousada.

Regional Menu:
• Potato Soup, Smoked Pork Sausage, Salted Pork Fat and Bread Toasts with Garlic
• “Santa Clara” Gratinated Codfish
• Bread Lamb Chops with Potatoes and Fried Aubergines in Fat, Orange Fingers and Mint Sauce
• “Gila” Pudding and Lemon Sorbet
Interesting Places:
• Santa Clara-a-Velha - dam, bridge, roman ruins and church
• Alentejo Coast beaches
• Odemira

Fairs and markets:
• Popular Saints (São Teotónio)
• Patron Saint Festivals of Santa Clara
• Patron Saint Festivals (Saboia)
• Seven Ladies Festival (Odemira)

Pousada History:
The original building where today the Inn is placed was constructed jointly with the dam, that it was inaugurated in 1969. Initially it the house of the engineers who construction the Barrage, remaining itself thus until being acquired by the Enatur and being reopened as Pousada de Portugal in 1979, with reduced lodging capacity, 6 rooms only.
In May 1994, the Inn closed for workmanships of remodeling and magnifying under the trace of the Architect Corrêa Guedes, reopening in May 1996, already with 19 rooms The official inauguration happened one year later, in May 1997, remaining itself as it is until the present.
A scene of extraordinary beauty, where the natural landscape and the workmanship of the man coexist, he was the chosen one for the Inn of Clara Saint.
With an unusual situation, looking at the dam and encircled of mounts and valleys, covered of intense vegetation. Of its balconies and swimming pool, the magnificent sight invites to anyone to rest. It’s a quite place, ideal for the ones who likes hunting, fishing, doing water sports or simply relaxing in perfect integration with nature.
The name, such as the dam, comes from the population nearby, Santa Clara-a-Velha.
This village of Clara-a-Velha Saint, at about 4km from the Pousada, has 1000 inhabitants. The valley covers the streets of the village and it’s possible to contemplate the popular architecture and to talk with the habitants. The traditional commerce also sends regards.
Very close is a Natural Park and Costa Vicentina, where the beaches are very appreciated and known. This is a zone where nothing that the man produced, it can rival, in beauty, with the landscapes that the nature created.
At last, 40km from the Pousada, is the village of Odemira with its typical white houses and gardens that invite to a pause in the shade. The river runs quite and in the estuary, the fortress of Vila Nova de Milfontes watches the port and the entrance of the river, once devastated by pirates.
The beaches are succeeded in this place of concurred summering. One or another port of fishes artisan and the Sardão Handle, with its lighthouse, complete this spectacular natural landscape. Bathed with a rich sea in species, this region has a wide gastronomic tradition in fish and shellfishes.