The main house
Casa Travessia
Across the garden: the living room open to the valley, the 60 m² shala and the pool.
Across the garden · Lima Valley, Portugal
Casa Pôr do Sol
A wooden deck, a stone patio and a jacuzzi under the open sky. Five bedrooms and a sixth room, for up to thirteen guests.
13
guests
5 + 1
bedrooms
4
bathrooms
1
outdoor jacuzzi
The house
The sunset house, made for long evenings
Just across the garden, a sister house with the same spirit: five bedrooms and a room that turns into a sixth, an outdoor jacuzzi, a wooden deck and a stone patio made for long evenings. Its name means “sunset house”.
A wooden deck
Lounge chairs and a long table facing the hills, where the day ends.
An outdoor jacuzzi
Warm water under the open sky, with the garden and the hills around it.
A stone patio
Joined to the deck, a place for the group to sit together at the end of the afternoon.
Five bedrooms and a sixth
A living room that turns into a bedroom with two beds when the group needs it.
A glimpse
Evening light on the deck, a table for everyone
Wander through
Spaces to gather in, rooms to rest in
Move through the house the way a guest would: from the living room to the terrace, then up to the bedrooms.
Leather sofas, warm rugs and a window onto the green.
Photo 1 of 10. Leather sofas, warm rugs and a window onto the green.
The deck and the jacuzzi
A deck for the end of the day
The wooden deck and the stone patio look over the garden toward the hills. The jacuzzi is outdoors, under the open sky.
The jacuzzi can be heated outside the warm season, for a small extra charge.
The pool, across the garden
The pool is just across the lawn
The magnesium pool with the infinite edge belongs to the whole garden, and sits beside Casa Travessia. Both houses share it, along with the vegetable beds and the fruit trees.
Casa Travessia · Both houses
The whole Quinta
Both houses, up to 27 guests
Book the two houses together and the whole place is yours: twelve bedrooms, the shala, the pool, the jacuzzi and the garden between them.
Where we are
In the Lima valley, a few steps from the river
Gemieira, in Ponte de Lima, northern Portugal. The river is a few minutes’ walk away, the old town ten minutes by car, the Atlantic about half an hour.
Gemieira · Ponte de Lima
Travessia do Sol
Two houses in one garden, in Gemieira, a few minutes’ walk from the river Lima.
Travessia do Sol sits in Gemieira, beside the river Lima, a few minutes from Ponte de Lima. The coast and Viana do Castelo are to the west; Peneda-Gerês and Serra d’Arga to the north-east; Porto and its airport to the south. The list below gives the times.
Porto Airport to the houses: about 55 min by car
Illustrated, not to scale
Dates
Book your stay
Casa Pôr do Sol can be booked online. For a retreat, or to add Casa Travessia, tell us your dates and we will help.
- Check-in
- from 16:00
- Check-out
- by 10:00, flexible on request
- Facilitators
- can arrive a day early at no cost, when possible
Questions
Good to know
No. A smaller group can book Casa Travessia on its own, or Casa Travessia plus some rooms in Casa Pôr do Sol. Tell us about your group and we will find the best fit together.
Check-in from 4 pm and check-out by 10 am. Earlier arrival or later departure on request, whenever possible.
Casa Pôr do Sol can be booked online on our booking page. For Casa Travessia or both houses, send us your dates and we will reply personally.
Bright and quiet, with natural materials, linen and good boxspring beds that can be set up as a double or as two singles. Each room has a terrace or balcony, and the bathrooms are finished with Portuguese tiles.
Yes. Many families have stayed with us. In Casa Pôr do Sol, extra beds or children’s beds can be added to the rooms.
No. The houses stay cool in summer through natural air flow, and central heating keeps them warm in winter. Hot water comes from the sun, with heat pumps for the colder months.
Porto airport is about 55 minutes away by car. You can rent a car, take a taxi (about €120 for up to four people) or a shuttle for up to nine people (about €120 one way). We are happy to arrange a group pick-up.