The biological pool at Refúgio da Quinta Nere Maitia, in Vale de Santarém, is located in a new tourist unit in Santarém municipality. Refúgio has 10 well-equipped wooden bungalows and aims to offer accommodation to tourists interested in visiting Greater Lisbon area and having a calm refuge in the countryside after visiting the capital.

It is mainly aimed to the North American market, but not only. It is open to everyone who wants to get to know Quinta da Nere Maitia and who would like to try “swimming like a European”. This is what a New York Times article called the new and European idea of ​​bathing in biological pools. In a country like the EUA, where natural swimming pools are almost non-existent and chlorine swimming pools use much more chlorine than allowed in Europe, “swimming like a European” phenomenon is really something new that guests at Quinta da Nere Maitia can experience and take this unique experience to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.