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• This ancient and typical Portuguese house, situated in the centre of Portugal, has been documented as early as 1743, and is now one of the most beautiful boarding-houses of Portugal.
• Your hosts, Antonio and Isabel Tinoco, are the proud owners of this great mansion, where time seems to stand still. It is no Hotel, no Pension, it is special. Its the only place to go for a vacation in central Portugal.
• On our website we hope to give you an impression of how a long or short vacation on this beautiful estate might look like. We invite you to wander with us through the house with it's beautiful historic and antique furnishing, the gardens filled with fruit trees and the grounds with meadows and horses.
• Also we would like to offer you some great tips on how to spend your time with your friends, family, colleagues or employees here.
• The house is a typical ancient Portuguese mansion that stands proudly on the edge of the village, surrounded by a high wall with a gate on the street side. It has rooms to rent in central Portugal and on this page we show you the interior of the house.
• The rooms:
  • There are four available bedrooms. The first one is a double bed room and has it's own bathroom with toilet. Just like the other rooms it has a nice open fireplace but also central heating.
  • The second bedroom is also a double bedroom. It's a bit larger then the first one and has also its own large bathroom with toilet. The room has a comfortable relaxing corner with an open fire place, for a romantic winter night. In the summer you will find this and the other rooms a cool retreat from the hot summer sun.
  • The third room is a bit smaller but also has a comfortable open fireplace, it shares a luxurious bathroom with the fourth room.
  • The fourth room is a medium sized room that is used mostly for children. It's close to the third room and the living room; and therefore also suited for smaller children who might need your attention.
  • All rooms have a modern bathroom that suits and complements the ancient character of this beautiful house and yet supplies you with all modern comfort.
• The diner:
  • Through one of the old hallways, decorated with pinewood and many antique paintings and artifacts, we can reach the dinner. If you take your time you will find that there are lots of things to discover in these hallways that remember of the long history of this house. Beside the marvellous paintings of the people that once lived here you will find many curiosities of times long gone.
  • The diner itself is, as you might guess, in harmony with the rest of the house. Enjoy your meal in the antique ambiance of this beautiful dinning room. Here also everything is furnished with local pinewood and this time finished with lots of porcelain.
• The living room:
  • The living room is the right place to relax with your family and/ or friends. In summer this is a cool retreat from the hot summer sun, and in winter a warm and cosy place to spend the night. Here you can write your postcards home or enjoy the great wines of Portugal. You can relax and enjoy the view of the gardens.
• If you want you can play a few games of chess or enjoy the tasteful decoration of the room. Like the hallways the room is full of special surprises in the form of many artifacts collected and stored here over the years. Don't be surprised if you find yourself lost in time.
• The garden is filled with trees providing shelter from the hot sun in summer or soft rains in winter. Undisturbed by any traffic this is the place to enjoy the great outdoors. Here starts your horse riding vacation in Portugal.
• The Tea Garden offers you a place to enjoy the full beauty of the nature surrounding the house. On a warm winter afternoon or a fresh summer morning you can sit and relax with a cup of tea or coffee and look out over the fields and the stables.
  On the house side the garden offers you a beautiful view on the mansion itself, covered with growth that forms a nice contrast for the granite architecture of the house.
• Cultural and Historical tours:
  • Roman site of Bobadela: Medieval Castles of Linhares, Celorico, Trancoso, Penedono, Marialva, Castelo Rodrigo and the Fortress of Almeida.
  • Visit to the city of Viseu (famous Grão-Vasco Museum; antiques, gastronomy).
  • Visit of Coimbra, its University and local cultural attractions.
  • Serra do Caramulo (Automobile Museum; beautiful mountain landscape).
  • Serra da Estrela (outstanding mountain landscape, snow sports in winter).
  • Visit to Piódão (internationally most known typical little medieval portuguese village, in the middle of the mountains of Serra do Açor).

how to get there:

From Lisbon and/or Oporto by motorway A1, followed by the main road IP3 and the N17 to Oliveira do Hospital.

Directly from Spain by road, entering Fuentes de Oñoro/Vilar Formoso, taking the main road IP5 headed to Celorico da Beira and then getting the N17 to Oliveira do Hospital.

For local streetmap click here.