EDITORIAL

ARCHITECTURE AND SPACES

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Comfort without plastic, polyester, or compromise

Comfort does not require plastic or excess. A text about natural materials, rooms designed to last, and invisible decisions that change the way you sleep.

Building a hotel on land: why structural rammed earth changes everything

Building Gandum in structural rammed earth was not an aesthetic choice, but a structural one. A text about natural architecture, real comfort, and decisions that change everything before any technology comes into play.

DECISIONS AND POSITIONING

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Preparing for the future with our feet firmly planted in the present

The Gandum manifesto. A text about time, space, real choices, and why we believe that living better begins in the present, not in a discourse about the future.

An almost self-sufficient hotel: water, energy, and assumed limits

Total autonomy is a comfortable illusion. A text about energy, water, and why Gandum prefers quasi-autonomous systems that are honest and designed to last.

Because energy efficiency is not measured in technology, but in decisions

True energy efficiency does not begin with technology. It begins with structural decisions that avoid constant corrections and unnecessary consumption.

Because real sustainability has nothing to do with labels

True sustainability rarely fits on a label. A text about structural decisions, assumed limits, and why Gandum prefers consistency over easy certifications.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

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Provenance: Fully transparent provenance

Know the origin of everything we serve at Provenance: Gandum's vegetable garden and orchards, producers from Montemor-o-Novo, and ingredients chosen with clear origins and transparent distances.

Provenance: An experience of sustainability in the kitchen

Mediterranean cuisine with a focus on Alentejo, local and seasonal ingredients, more vegetable dishes, traditional techniques, and zero waste at Provenance.

Breakfast with handpicked ingredients: what goes in and what never goes in

At Gandum, breakfast is a daily ritual made up of real products, clear provenance, and conscious choices. A start to the day designed with time and intention.

Sustainability begins before the menu: how Provenance cooks with limits

At the Provenance restaurant in Montemor-o-Novo, sustainability begins before the menu. A text about cooking with limits, real products, and decisions that are not always the easiest.

PEOPLE

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The people who make Gandum (and why it feels that way)

A text about the people who make Gandum happen every day — and why caring for the team is directly felt in the experience of those who stay.

The unseen side of sustainable hotels: labor, time, and care

Sustainability in the hotel industry rarely refers to work. A text about time, care, teams, and the invisible decisions that sustain a place every day.

What changes when you know each supplier by name

At the Provenance restaurant in Montemor-o-Novo, suppliers are not a list, they are people. A text about real relationships, real limits, and decisions that change the way we cook.

PLACE AND TERRITORY

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Agroforests in Gandum: planting trees is easy, creating living systems is not

At Gandum, agroforests are living systems. More than 50,000 trees have been planted to regenerate soils, produce food, and work with nature, not against it.

The Gandum River: history, geography, and the stream that gave the place its name

Discover the Gandum stream: where the name of the farm and hotel comes from, the route to Almansor, and the ecological importance of streams in Alentejo.

How Gandum is regenerating soil, water, and landscape in Montemor-o-Novo

Discover how Gandum Village practices regenerative agriculture in Alentejo. Agroforestry, more than 25,000 trees planted, sustainable water management, and local food production in Montemor-o-Novo.

50,000 trees later: what it means to regenerate when you mean it

Planting trees is not the same as regenerating. A text about long time, soil, mistakes, adjustments, and what really changes when you make a serious commitment to the territory.

Sleeping in the countryside just an hour from Lisbon: why this changes everything when deciding to come

Sleeping in the countryside doesn't have to mean traveling far away. Just over an hour from Lisbon, Gandum shows how easy it can be to get a change of scenery—and really make a difference to your rest.