Casa Das Penhas Douradas Design Hotel and SPA

I confess that my initial interest in going to Serra da Estrela was for the landscape and the walk to the Tower. However, I couldn’t have chosen a better place to stay. The Casa das Penhas Douradas enchanted me in every aspect: kindness and sympathy of everyone, extremely good taste, delicious meals, history, selection of books, decoration, comfort, hospitality, organization. Restoring days of peace and silence! It made a lot of difference to make the walk to the Tower with a person with deep knowledge about the place from the geography, biodiversity, geopark, trails etc. It was amazing to be in the place where the camp took place of the first scientific expedition to the Serra da Estrela around 1880 and then see some objects from the expedition on display at the hotel. The only regret was that we had not had time to visit the bureu factory, I was fascinated with the objects, the colors and the prints. I mean, I intend to come back more calmly and stay at the hotel again.

We had the pleasure of staying in the Casa das Penhas Douradas on the year pass. It was two fantastic days, it was all very well organized, we were “mimetized” with much attention by the owners and the rest of the team. All thought into detail. The food of excellence. To repeat, of course.

Excellent stay. The sympathy of the entire staff, total availability. Very good for a weekend in family or couples