Quinta das Aguincheiras, welcomes its visitors in a large common room facing the Douro and framed by it. In the lower floor there is also another room for socializing and the use of communication services. The house consists of five rooms, all furnished in a traditional way, and overlooking the river Douro, [...]
Although all the documents point to the nineteenth century, it is said that the House of the Lavand'eira was property of the Iberian nobility and began to be constructed still during century XVIII. The certainty is that, in this House, there lived always families of great influence for the parish of Ancede and that with their contribution they stimulated [...]
The Casa das Bengalas de Gestaçô is a nucleus of arts and crafts created with the purpose of preserving the historical memory of an office with long decades of tradition in the parish and in the county, socially valuing the activity and creating a space for exhibition, demonstration and commercialization of flares. In this space is exposed a [...]
On the slope of the Serra da Aboboreira, at an altitude of about 750 meters, is Almofrela, village of the parish of Campelo, in the municipality of Baião. Amongst a beautiful agricultural mosaic of meadows and fields, punctuated by trees and flowers, lurks a small cluster of houses of traditional architecture, eiras, granaries and levadas. But how […]
O jardim de S. Bartolomeu foi construído a partir de 1960, com o apoio da Comissão de Turismo da Serra do Marão e viria a ser inaugurado no dia 22 de agosto de 1964. Esta é uma das obras marcantes da presidência de D. Manuel Benedicto de Castro, neto de Eça de Queiroz, enquadrada na […]
Exposição temporariamente nos espaços do Posto de Turismo de Santa Marinha do Zêzere – O Núcleo de Arqueologia do Museu Municipal de Baião apresenta a exposição permanente “Campo Arqueológico da Serra da Aboboreira”, sobre os vestígios da ocupação desta região desde a Pré-História até à Idade Média. Desta exposição, destaca-se a maqueta com 120 figurinhas […]
Tormes is a high-quality restaurant, located in the Eça de Queiroz Foundation and whose mission is to make the dishes that Eça de Queiroz describes so well in various works, especially "The City and the Sierras". Highlight the Chicken Soup, the Brown Chicken with the Braised Rice or the Cream [...]
In the Casa do Almocreve restaurant you will find the Portuguese rural cuisine where the flavors and knowledge of the typical traditional gastronomy predominates. The Almocreve suggests: Roasted Egg with Oven Rice, Green, Braised Rice with Brown Chicken, Portuguese Cooked, Olive Oil with Almocreve or Broa [...]
The hotel has 70 rooms, divided into three types and distributed over 5 floors. All rooms have river views, air conditioning, free Wi-Fi internet, cable TV, minibar, safe, desk, hairdryer, robe and slippers. Douro Royal Valley has 1 restaurant and 2 bars. Cozy, contemporary and soothing, The [...]
The Quinta and Casa de Guimarães is a sunny house built in 1720 with all the characteristics of the Portuguese Baroque period. Located on the right bank of the River Douro, it enjoys a breathtaking view, integrated in a walled farm with 40 hectares, of which 6 are forest and 25 of vineyards belonging to the Vinhos Verdes region. [...]
