Already much loved by digital nomads for its sunny disposition and lively street life, Lisbon’s lure has just increased exponentially with the opening of Locke de Santa Joana, a design-savvy, urban resort, offering spaces for co-working, play and even an impressive gym open 24/7, right in the heart of the capital. Marking Locke’s sixteenth opening, which follows Locke am Platz in Zürich, and the largest to date, the new Lisbon outpost skilfully blends the beautiful bones of a 17th-century convent, with a purpose-built, design-led hotel.

Following Locke’s commitment to using different designers for their projects to ‘keep the brand fresh’, 370 rooms in natural tones come courtesy of New York-based Post Company. Sense of place comes from using local fabrics, ceramics from Lisbon’s Grau Cerâmica and period elements from the convent, such as blue and yellow azulejos (tiles), which are woven throughout the property’s four blocks.

As Paul Noble and Sophie Uddin of Spiritland said of Locke’s listening bar, The Kissaten, where their private vinyl collections will be available (as well as a range of whisky curated by Dave Broom), ‘this is something for creative, Bohemian aficionados’. The same could be said of Locke de Santa Joana itself.