Holiday Rentals in North Portugal - Casas da Cabreira
home | cottages and villas | suites and rooms | travel information | about us | terms and conditions | extras

Quinta de Penas

Restored farmstead with 3 comfortable cottages
 
• sleeps  2 / 4 / 4 • shared pool
• bedrooms  1 / 2 / 2 • lovely landscaped garden
description photos prices map booking
Quinta de Penas

Layout and amenities

  • Casa das Azeitonas / Casa da Colmeia
    Ground floor: 2 Twin bedrooms, each with en-suite bathroom.
    First floor (accessible from the courtyard): Spacious living room. Fully fitted kitchen.
    Heating: Central heating.
    Amenities: TV with DVD-player, dishwasher, micro-wave oven, toaster, foldaway single bed.
  • Casa do Forno
    Ground floor: Fully fitted kitchen with table seating 4 and access to the private garden. Living room with couch/bed. 1 Twin bedroom with en-suite bathroom.
    Heating: Central heating.
    Amenities: TV with DVD-player, dishwasher, micro-wave oven, toaster, foldaway single bed, airco.
  • General
    Swimming pool (12 x 6 x 0.50–1.70m) with sun loungers, large garden, laundry room with washing machine, dryer and ironing board, barbecue, cot (at request), games room with table tennis and mini-football.

House and surroundings

Quinta de Penas is a former farm, standing up the valley of the Rio Cávado, in an area that is known for its good quality vinho verde. The quinta itself also grows grapes.

The farmhouse, working house, barns and stables are sitting around an attractive inner courtyard, and are recently carefully restored. The property now consists of 4 houses: the main house, Casa das Azeitonas, Casa da Colmeia and Casa do Forno, plus a few outbuildings.

Through the courtyard you come into the large, landscaped garden with a lawn, some ancient orange and olive trees and the swimming pool with sun terrace. There is ample room for anyone to play, soak up the sun or read a book in a shady tranquil spot.

Casa das Azeitonas and Casa da Colmeia, named after the olives and the honey the quinta used to be famous for, are very similar in size and layout. Both sleep 4 people, and have their entrance from the partly with passiflora covered courtyard. The bedrooms are on the ground floor and in the summer nice and cool because of the thick granite walls. The large living / dining room is on the first floor, as is the kitchen. The light and airy, yet comfortable furnishing is in pleasant contrast with the robust architecture.

The small house Casa do Forno is very spacious for just 2 people. It is named after the original stone breadoven in the kitchen. The entrance is also in the partly with passiflora covered courtyard. This house has a private garden and patio at the back, where you can have your breakfast or enjoy a glass of wine in the late afternoon sun.

The quinta is in Geraz do Minho, a part of the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso. In the centre of Póvoa (± 6 kms) are shops, restaurants, banks, a post office and a weekly market. The most important place of interest is the 12th century castle.
At walking distance is a restaurant that produces good, local food, and in the neighbouring village of São João de Rei you will find O Victor, a restaurant famous for its bacalhau and vitela assada.
The quinta is not far from the city of Braga (17 kms) and the Portuguese National Park Peneda-Gerês (approx. 25 kms).