COUNTRYSIDE VILLA NEAR PORTO — Hotel in Paredes

This is a beautiful large villa about 25 minutes outside of Porto by train. It's super easy to get into Porto as the train is close by. If you're looking for a countryside place to stay away from tourists but still have the ability to easily get into Porto and to explore the surrounding area, this is an amazing place to stay. The area is rural and very charming. The house has a pool and a hot tub. It's very nice to skip a day of being a tourist and just hang at the house. You really need a car so you can get to grocery stores, etc. as well as to tour other towns nearby. We stayed with seven people (the house sleeps more so we had lots of extra room). We enjoyed the pool and villa and multiple wonderful dinners at the large outside table and the large inside table. We also had two dinners at small local country restaurants, which were wonderful. We did. two days in Porto by train and also did day trips by car to Amarante and to Aveiro (the Venice of Portugal).We also went to a soup festival at Quintando, a small shale village.We did not have time to go to Braga, but could have easily done this from this location. Hugo, the host was super responsive to our needs. We recommend this...

Great host & super comfortable villa. I wish I could extend more days to...

Local magnífico, o melhor que estive até hoje. Recomendo...