CASA DO CASTANHEIRO

The accommodation

The group of houses has excellent characteristics of rural architecture and is estimated to date from the first half of the 19th century. It served as accommodation for several generations of farmers who accommodated their belongings, their animals and the various implements and agricultural tools with which they shaped the place and participated in the construction of the rural landscape so characteristic of this region, cultivating ditches, sockets, windrows and vegetable gardens. of cultivation. Villagers, united with the land that fed them, themselves and their families, asked the house for nothing but shelter, without luxury or comfort.
Casa de Campo has 3 houses for accommodation. Casa dos Tarecos (main house) with 3 bedrooms, Casa do Castanheiro with 1 bedroom and Casa do Meio also with 1 bedroom.
As equipment for shared use with other users, it has the swimming pool, the garden and terrace, the barbecue and the covered dining area.

Setting

In Alto Minho, in the extreme north of Portugal, next to the River Minho and the border with Spain
Valados do Outeiro – Casa de Campo is 3 km from Ecopista Rio Minho, which runs along the route of the old Minho railway line. 8 km away is the city of Valença and the same distance from the village of Monção. Melgaço, Paredes de Coura, Arcos de Valdevez or Ponte de Lima are approximately 35 km away. The city of Braga is 70 km away and the city of Porto is approximately 120 km away.

Activities and attractions

Nearby are points of interest: the Sanfins Monastery in Sanfins (3km); the natural castle of Fraião in Boivão (5 km); the Palácio da Brejoeira (visit by prior appointment) in the town of Pinheiros in Monção (5 km); the Lapela tower (4 km) or the walled fortress of Valença (8 km).

Still in the region are villages of great interest: Sistelo (30 km), Castro Laboreiro (50 km), Santo António de Val de Poldros (30 km) or Bico - Corno de Bico Protected Landscape (35 km).
In neighboring Spain, Vigo is 35 km away, Ourense is 90 km away and Santiago de Compostela is 110 km away. The Portuguese Camino de Santiago in Valença is 8 km away.