Six spacious and characterful guest suites provide privacy and a relaxed, friendly atmosphere for our visitors. More than a bed and breakfast, we welcome guests to share our home and take meals with the family.

Caroline will be your chef during your stay with us. She started life at The Beetle and Wedge at Mouslford in Oxfordshire some ten years ago. She has spent the last two years in London at The Glasshouse in Kew under the very talented Head Chef Antony Boyd. Caroline also spent two years working in Sydney developing her skills specifically in Pastry and Larder. “I am only using the very best local ingredients and where possible, produce from our own kitchen garden. The food I will be cooking will be based around traditional Portuguese home cooking. However the puddings will have an international flavour.

Breakfast is taken in our dining room. We provide a continental breakfast, with homemade jams as well as yogurt and cereals. Breakfast is normally served between 8:30 – 10:00 but, for early departures, we will always try to accommodate an earlier start.

Dinner

For those who wish to have an evening meal with us then this will be based on a set menu, which changes daily. This allows us to offer the highest standards of fresh food in a lovely, intimate, relaxed atmosphere. 

Breakfast is taken in our dining room. We provide a continental breakfast, with homemade jams as well as yogurt and cereals. Breakfast is normally served between 8:30 – 10:00 but, for early departures, we will always try to accommodate an earlier start.

Dinner

For those who wish to have an evening meal with us then this will be based on a set menu, which changes daily. This allows us to offer the highest standards of fresh food in a lovely, intimate, relaxed atmosphere. 

Bicycles are available on request allowing you to visit the local villages. Indoor activities, games, books and a small snooker table are available.

Golf, horse riding, vineyard tours, skiing, visiting museums and rock climbing are just some of the activities that you can do. We have some great local restaurants nearby and two cafes in the village. The local post office also has an ATM machine.

All guest accommodations have magnificent views over the Rio Pavia and its wonderful waterfalls, over the vineyard and the whole property. The vineyard was replanted by the Forestier-Walker family and covers an area of 1.9 hectares.

For your comfort and convenience, there is music, satellite TV, fridge, and tea & coffee making facilities. Internet access, ice machine and telephone are available by request.

If you come from the airports:

From Oporto airport. Take the A1 SOUTH towards Lisbon for about 40 mins and at the Aveiro junction take A25 due EAST sign posted to VISEU. After about 40 mins turn off at Junction 17 follow the signs for COIMBRA and join the (IP3). A further 10 mins you join 2-lane road and 3 km on you will see the sign P.de Gonta.

From Lisbon Airport, approximately 250km. Take A1, direction-Coimbra, then join the IP3, towards Viseu, and turn off at the PARADA DE GONTA junction (after Tondela).
If you come from Spain via Vilar Formoso border:

Entering Portugal, via Vilar Formoso, take A25 (old IP5) until you reach Viseu, then turn on to IP3, towards Tondela, and turn off at the PARADA DE GONTA junction.

After you leave the IP3, follow the sign to Parada de Gonta. Turn right at the first junction and go straight up the hill and down through the village. Continue out of the village, round a sharp left hand bend (with chevrons), and carry on down the hill for about 200 metres. Our entrance is through the large green gates and railings on the right.