magnificent space, excellently located for visits to the surrounding Serra da meeting Nun / Walkways Paiva. Cleaning 5 stars, fully equipped kitchen, excellent green spaces and swimming pool. As the last are first, I leave to the end of a praise to Mr. Joseph's family (Cookie included), the hospitality and friendliness demonstrated, as if we were already old acquaintances. Fully recommend.

Annex with excellent conditions. Fully equipped kitchen. attractive common spaces. Swimming pool with heated water. reserved parking spaces inside, two of them covered. Fresh bread for breakfast. Friendliness and

Espaço 5*, com anfitriões a condizer!

Fantástico! Excelente localização e a recepção da Ana foi fantástica. Muito simpática, flexível com o check in e muita atenção ao pormenores. Recomendável, sem dúvida.

This wonderful house and big garden was our home in the little mountain-village, Auroca. Maria De Fátima showed us the warmest hospitality during the whole stay. Bought a Portuguese mobile-phone with number to her englishspeaking daughter. Always friendly and helpful. Drove us to and around in Porto (45 min away). Introduced us to the best restaurants in Auroca. Well supported by her daughter, she made the frame around our stay just wonderful. The house was clean. Big, in tree floors and well - but not advanced - equipped. Three double-room and several living- and bathrooms. More balcony´s with nice view over surroundings and mountains. The garden delivered delicious fresh fruit (plums, apples, pears, peaches, oranges ect.). Everything, including contents of Maria´s full refrigerator, serves the guests. This place is definitely recommended! We would stay there again!

We were welcomed by Fatima, the warmest hostess I've ever met. Our languagebarrier (she doesn't speak English) wasn't a big issue. She used (SENSITIVE CONTENTS HIDDEN) Translate and her super nice daughter Sylvana to make us understand anything she wants to tell us. The villa is a big dream; when you stand on the balcony you can look out over the small village of Arouca and its mountains. Her garden is a true paradise; we slept and relaxed in the hammocks, enjoyed picking fruit from the trees, had a swim in the relatively small pool and sat at the big wooden table with the whole group. Fatima made sure all 13 people in our group had a place to sleep. She even brought us breakfast in the morning. In the village of Arouca we met the nicest people who ensured our stay was memorable. Thank you so much Fatima, Sylvana and the rest of the villagers! We'll make sure to come visit again :)

Host is availability and extreme amibilidade, made every effort so that our weekend was special. The house is gorgeous, ideal for a stay with family in Arouca.

The house is very nice and very convenient for a family and / or friends. Good benefits (barbecue, bread oven, garden, fruit trees, garage, gym ...). Maria de Fatima is probably the most welcoming hostess Portugal. Arouca is a beautiful city, ideally located between Porto and Aveiro. We highly recommend this property.

We were very well received, the D. Fatima is a very friendly, hospitable and helpful person, has left us very comfortable. The house has excellent condition, clean room with a balcony overlooking the mountain and a huge nice garden to relax. We were also greeted with great breakfasts. I advise no doubt.

A very nice area, with a very hospitable and helpful hostess who made us feel at home. We were welcomed with open arms and pampered with a breakfast full of good things.

Fatima is very friendly host. She was very helpful at first request and did her best for our comfortable stay. Villa is large and comfortable. It is clean and has all the premises. We found orange, kiwi and other fruits in the garden. Kids liked the pool! We had wonderful time!

The reception was very warm, the announcement failed to fully describe the quality of accommodation that exceeded our expectations and the place is simply magnificent.

The place is even more beautiful live than in photos. Super peaceful, enchanting. A very friendly and always willing to help family. We took our dog who was welcomed by all readily and quickly made friends with the dog house (a young dog very sociable with people and other dogs). The house has all the comforts and amenities to coffee, fruit and bread had freely available. The pool and all outer space were mostly cleaning and maintenance state, all very clean and care. Fully recommended and surely repeat.

The entire family (and Cookie) are really friendly and nice. They welcomed us as if it was our own home. The entire property looks amazing! The guest house (where we stayed) also looks amazing, the bedroom is really big and spacious and the bathroom is also big and quite luxurious. We are only sorry that we stayed only for 1 day, because it's definitely worth staying for at least 2-3 days due to beautiful nature surrounding it (GeoPark).

wonderful experience! much beyond my expectation. the beautiful house is exactly (or maybe even better) than the pictures as it shows. my husband and i were warmly welcomed by the host and his 3 lovely sons, including a 5-year-old cute little boy :) they toured us around the house to every inch and made sure we find all we need. AMAZING AND RECOMMEND TO ALL who are going to visit mid Portugal - one hour drive to Porto, great value for money!

Super house and very friendly family! Have wanted for our wedding in Arouca accommodation for friends. The have here to awful comfortable and can recommend the place! Even earlier communication was flawless! The only thing is that a car really worth, because it is just outside ... But however beautiful in nature ;-)

House with excellent conditions. To get to the exact location GPS coordinates are perfect. The house is as described, with access to games and pool hall. The two bedrooms were spotlessly tidy, and the bathroom and the kitchen. Jose and family are very friendly and welcoming (including Cookie (a very kind dog)). I recommend the house to anyone wishing to spend a few days in the region (and for those who want to perform Ride Paiva walkways in the home is also not far).

We had a fabulous holiday in this house! This family is wonderful, very friendly and helpful and unobtrusive. They were great to us, and they were really enough for us (they lent us stroller, car seat ...). This is a great place to bring the family, the grounds are beautiful with 2 swimming pools, all the facilities for children (toys, trampoline, slide, swing ...), outdoor kitchen, ... During our holiday there were many fires in Portugal including one in Arouca, and suddenly there was a lot of smoke, so the owners have offered us if we wanted to go in their apartment on Porto (superb 3 bedroom apartment, new kitchen ... 10 minutes from the center of Porto). Brief summary we are very pleased, its people are more than helpful and we recommend eyes closed !!!

Mr. Joseph and family received us very well and let us always will :) The house is cozy and has everything to feel a little piece of heaven. I hope to come back more often!

Days very well spent! The house conditions are excellent and the host is five star. An experience to repeat.

This was a great trip to Arouca. The house is great and beautiful, we crearly felt the soul of this old but very warm family mansion. Incredible garden. The hosts were very comprehensive about our checkin time, and gave us a lot of useful advice on our trip. Totally worth it!

Email good care, but for the rest we can mention few other zakens.

Wonderful stay in a charming and lovely family manor, offering a great view over the valley. We have discovered peaceful old stones, a flowery courtyard, and the manor is well located on the heights of Arouca. Many authentic treks and good restaurants surprised and impressed us.

This house is equipped with all the comforts for a perfect holiday. Lots of space and tranquility. Centrally and tactical located. The owner of the house is very welcoming and fast response to any questions. it was a wonderfull stay Recomended for small groups or families. Or for nature, activity, outdoorsy and sport people