Quinta Do Pao D Anha

Everything was ready, warm, clean, calm, relaxing. Staff always available and very friendly. Breakfast served on time and home made. Big outdoor space available for the dogs. Very easy to reach the main roads to the cities or beaches nearby.

The property is beautiful and expansive, the location is quite convenient for the beaches and close to Viana do Castello. Guests don't stay in the manor that is on main picture-it is reserved for owners. Guests stay in what was worker's house one day, it looks, so it's a rustic peasant style with low ceiling. Exotic, but one needs to know, which is not conclusive from their website. The service is very cheap: - breakfast of coffee and bread+salted butter+ jam pre-packed, all of which are cheapest roadside diner kind. soy milk, instead of real one. if you didn't finish it, they re-serve leftover bread for next day.. -towels of the cheapest kind that feel to be falling apart as you use them -faded, mismatched sheets The mattress is exceedingly hard, like a plank of wood, also not comfortable to fit two even small people. Never complained about this aspect before, but at Quinta unless you are dead tired its impossible to sleep. Outdoor furniture for rooms is quite cheap. They also have a swimming pool walking distance on the property, it is lovely, but sun-chairs have no mattresses. Tennis court is not functioning, all asphalt is cracked. Bottom line, we were shocked how cheap the place service is, even a little care would cost less than one-two euro a day, which means a profit of at least 80 kept...what a shame for such a lovely estate.

An ancient charm mansion where the old workers houses were converted to rural cottages. History of Portugal is all around and we go back in time to the middle age, 16th century and remind our ancient history. Excelent to relax with family. Breakfast not great variety but served at the cottage. Pet friendly, they have an huge garden where our golden retriever could run and stay with us in the cottage. Only 5 minutes by car to Viana do Castelo where you can visit all the historical monuments, and have a great view from Santa Luzia Church (seams Notre Dame in Paris) in the top of the hill. Gastronomical variety. The owner is very helpfull and will do his best to make you feel at home.