Just across the garden
Casa Pôr do Sol
The sister house, with the same spirit: a jacuzzi, a wooden deck and a stone patio made for long evenings.
The main house · Lima Valley, Portugal
Casa Travessia
The living room opens onto the valley, the shala onto the garden. Six bedrooms for up to fourteen guests.
14
guests
6
bedrooms
6
bathrooms
60 m²
shala
The house
The main house, for long tables and slow mornings
A wide living room opens onto the Lima valley, with an open kitchen, a fireplace and a small bar. Six bright bedrooms each have their own terrace or balcony, and the 60 m² shala sits just off the garden.
A living room with the river in view
Deep sofas and wide windows open onto the Lima valley. It is where the group gathers before and after the day’s practice.
An open kitchen
Cook together, or let a local chef cook for you, in the middle of the house, with the table never far away.
A fireplace
For the evenings that ask for a low fire, a book and not much else.
A small bar
A place to end the day with a glass of Vinho Verde and the people you came with.
A glimpse
Light on the table, the valley in the window
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.
Deep sofas, wide windows and the valley as the only picture.
Photo 1 of 9. Deep sofas, wide windows and the valley as the only picture.
The pool, shared by both houses
A pool that seems to meet the river
The infinity pool is treated with magnesium instead of strong chlorine. Swim before breakfast, or when the afternoon light turns gold.
It sits in a garden of vegetable beds, fruit trees and more than 200 plants grown in permaculture, shared with Casa Pôr do Sol just across the lawn.
The shala
Sixty square metres of quiet
A 60 m² practice room with large windows onto the garden. It holds up to 16 people practising, or up to 35 with tables and chairs for workshops and talks.
Mats, blocks, blankets, straps, bolsters and a sound system are already there. When the weather allows, the grass outside is a second shala.
Casa Pôr do Sol · 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
Request your dates
Casa Travessia is arranged directly with us. Tell us your dates and the size of your group, and we will come back to you.
- 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
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.
It is treated with magnesium instead of harsh chlorine, so the water feels silky and is gentle on the skin. Outside the summer season, the pool and the jacuzzi can be heated for €200.
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.
A 60 m² shala in Casa Travessia, with large bay windows onto the garden. It holds up to 16 people for movement practice, or up to 35 seated at tables. Mats, blocks, blankets, straps, bolsters and a sound system are provided. Outside, there is the deck, the stone patio, the garden and the river.
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.
The Lima river is a few minutes’ walk away, with about 50 km of riverside trails for walking or cycling. Ponte de Lima is around 10 minutes by car, and the beaches of Viana do Castelo 25 to 30 minutes. Peneda-Gerês and the Serra d’Arga are 30 to 40 minutes away, and Braga, Guimarães and Porto make easy day trips. The Way of St James passes close by.