A Dutch couple, Mitch de Ruijte (40 years) and Marianne van Groeningen (36 years), emigrated end of 2023 to North Portugal to realize their dream: sharing their passion for travelling and creating great memories.
Mitch has a background of 22 years in Electrical Engineering, and Marianne has worked 15 years in HR, including former roles as HR-Director and European Talent Management.
After travelling to 40+ countries with a special passion for Asia (10 places visited), the name Portobali is chosen to blend the best of North Portugal with the best of Asia.
When we´ve renovated our former home in the Netherlands, we envisioned to create a place to create great memories with our families and friends.
The picture above is from our former garden, where we created our mini-resort with Zen-garden, realizing that we need to make this our profession.
Being passionate about nature and aiming to make the most out of our life, we´ve decided to develop 4*/5* Ecoresort Portobali.
We believe sustainability & luxury can go hand-in-hand!
Via our sustainability commitment we want to contribute to a cleaner nature and better health of our guests. Examples of this are toxin-free toiletries, cleaning materials and reduce (plastic) waste.
But it doesn´t stop here, our commitment to an eco-friendly and therefor sustainable tourism accommodation goes beyond.
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