Where Origens comes from.
Origens was born from a wish to preserve and celebrate the architectural heritage and the memory of Boa Vista’s first settlements, whose traces remain today — notably the village of Povoação Velha.
The restaurant pays tribute to the island, its roots and its traditions — fishing, farming, music, craft and architecture — brought together in a setting inspired by the old buildings whose remains still shape the landscape of the region.
Santa Monica, the longest beach on Boa Vista, and the barest — eighteen kilometres of sand without a single parasol.
Getting here takes a bit of a drive, a high vehicle, a little determination. That is exactly what we wanted: a place you have to earn.
The house.
A low building of dry stone. Nothing has been added that does not serve use or light. The architecture stays rustic — it lets the materials speak, and the open sea come in.
It keeps the morning cool and gives back the warmth when evening comes.
Exposed white beams, shutters painted the blue of the fishing boats. The wood works, creaks, lives.
The terrace slips down towards the sea. You go from table to sand, barefoot.
“Local cuisine, rustic, chic — nothing forced.”
Fish straight from the water, vegetables from the island’s markets, nothing that comes from too far. The menu follows the catch, not the other way round.
Slow cooking, the hand that seasons without measuring. Recipes kept simple, made to linger on the palate.
We host as if at home, without ceremony or distance.