Our Story

A Passion for
Places That
Move You

Azores Reservations Homes was born from a simple conviction: the best travel experiences happen when you truly belong somewhere. Not just sleeping in a bed, but feeling the character of a place seep into your days. We built Azores Reservations Homes to make that feeling accessible — five times over.

Every home in our collection is one we'd stay in ourselves. That's not a marketing line — it's the filter through which every property is selected, prepared, and maintained.

Azores Reservations Homes founder
Travel should feel like the best version of being home.

It started in 2018, when our founder Sofia Mercer returned from a trip to Portugal carrying something she hadn't expected: a deep, almost aching sense of belonging in a small whitewashed house overlooking the Atlantic.

That trip changed what she thought travel could be. Back home, she started looking — really looking — at the spaces people spend their vacations in. Most were fine. Many were forgettable.

So she started collecting them. One by one, with the patience of someone who refuses to compromise. Ambiente Mar came first — a beachfront villa that had been in a family for three generations.

Each property took months of preparation — not renovation for its own sake, but a careful listening to what each place already wanted to be.

Azores Reservations Homes is still a small operation, and we intend to keep it that way. Five homes. Real care. No shortcuts.

What We Stand For

The Principles
Behind Azores Reservations Homes

01

Radical Curation

We would rather have five perfect homes than fifty adequate ones. Every property earns its place through personal inspection, honest assessment, and genuine passion.

02

Character Over Comfort

Comfort is a given. What we obsess over is character — the smell of aged wood, the view from a particular chair, the way light falls through a specific window at 6am.

03

Complete Honesty

Our listings tell you everything. The wonderful and the wonderfully imperfect. No stock photos, no hidden fees, no surprises that erode trust.

04

Local First

Every property works with local cleaners, local suppliers, and local artisans. Travel that gives back is the only kind worth doing.

05

Available Humans

When something needs attention, you reach a person who cares — not a chatbot, not a ticket queue. We're available seven days a week because weekends are when travel happens.

06

Long-Term Thinking

We maintain each property as if it will still be welcoming guests in fifty years. Some shortcuts cost nothing today and everything tomorrow.

Get in Touch

We'd Love to
Hear From You

Email
[email protected]
Phone
+351 916 119 111
Hours
Monday – Sunday, 9 am – 9 pm EST
Response time
We reply within 4 hours, always.