Our comfortable rooms are available at a very competitive price of 49 euros per night, single or double occupancy and include a cooked gourmet breakfast prepared by your hostess who is a professional chef. Traditional Portuguese dinners can be arranged at an additional cost of 15 euros per person and of course this includes wine. these special dinners are prepared by a local Portuguese lady who is also a professional cook.

The swimming pool, pretty gardens and patios are available for lazy days or relaxing after a busy day out. The spectacular sunsets and the twinkling lights of far off mountain villages make the evenings outside magical.

The views also offer a beautiful sky for storm watching, huge thunder heads to one side of the horizon and sunshine on the other with a rainbow in the middle always delights.

Quiet walking along forest trails
There are some lovely quiet walks right from the guest house ideal for those interested in general nature, bird watching and and for a little culture You can take a stroll down our country lane to Lousa for a visit to the Saturday and Tuesday market and a visit one of the many local coffee shops. There is a delightful walk along the forest lane to another village called Villarinho and the many walking trails throughout the region are well maintained by the forestry service.

The accommodation
The guest suites are spacious and large enough for a separate sitting area each with two comfortable armchairs, ottoman and tables with large reading lamps.

In each room there is a TV/DVD player with local channels providing some English programming in the late evening. However, we also have an extensive movie and television series collection for you to choose from.

There is a coffee maker with fresh ground coffee supplied daily.

The beds are furnished with Egyptian cotton linens, goose down duvets and extra pillows. Bedside tables with large lamps enable our guests to enjoy luxurious reading in bed and all the windows have electric blinds for privacy and air flow.

The en suite tile shower rooms have massage shower heads, hair dryers and plenty of extra large towels. Radiant floor heating is for your comfort, we do not limit the use of the heating.

Would you like to learn some Portuguese?
Portuguese lessons are also available for those guests who would like to try something a little different on their holiday or maybe would just like to brush up on their language skills with a native Portuguese speaker. At 10 euros per hour the lessons are very well priced and Patricia Dinis, the teacher is also here to help you make enquiries, travel arrangements or reservations in Portuguese. This service is free of charge so let us know if you need any help with your Portuguese holiday arrangements.

Where to go and what to see
The Costa de Prata stretches along 200 km in the centre of Portugal from Espinho in the north down to Ericeira. There are lagoons, small villages in the hills, castles, forests, the beautiful pine forest Pinhal do Rei, the Berlengas Islands has good sea fishing and The Berlenga Grande has been declared a National Bird Reserve. Of course there are also many quiet sandy beaches which are considered to be among the finest in Europe.

Towns and villages to visit along the Costa Prata:

• Aveiro: "The Venice of Portugal" is famous for its colourfully painted, graceful swan–necked boats.
• Conimbriga: with its fine remains of a Roman town.
• Nazaré: a small fishing village with a very long beach.
• Óbidos: A medieval town, completely walled in.
• Torreira: a typical fishing village.
• Anadia: is at the centre of the famous Bairrada wine.
• Figueira da Foz: the modern beach resort with a faster pace of life.
• Leiria: has a castle built in 1135 on a plateau high above the town and is famous for its hand–blown glassware.

Important...We do not allow pets and we have a strict no smoking policy.

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