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PAÇO DE LANHESES – LANHESES, VIANA DO CASTELO

An imposing manor house whose origins date back to the 16th century, it was completely transformed in the 18th century and enlarged with a central courtyard and a porch of great architectural beauty.

A long avenue lined with centuries-old trees leads to a grand armoured gate and high walls, creating a fortress of silence and tranquillity. Owned since 1818 by the Counts of Almada, the Paço de Lanheses opened its doors to Historic Housing Tourism in the last decade of the last century.

The family, always present, guarantees a warm welcome in a stately atmosphere accompanied by the splendour that can be breathed in every room you visit. The rooms are spacious with antique furniture that takes you back in time.

The privileged location between the medieval town of Ponte de Lima and the beautiful city of Viana do Castelo offers its guests a number of walking or horse-riding routes along the eco-trails of the Lima Valley, through the Serra d'Arga or to discover the wild beaches of Canto Marinho or Mariana and the heritage of the Minho region.

Paço de Lanheses is an antique Minho manor house, a traditional rural palace on a farm in Minho. It is one of the few surviving examples of a genuine manor house, still owned by the same family of the historical nobility that originated it and which has maintained its good state of preservation, with great rigour and care maintaining the architectural features of the 18th century, as well as traces of the 16th century and fully maintaining its daily agricultural activity.

The inheritance and care of this house came to the Counts of Almada and Avranches 200 years ago through a marriage dowry, and they still manage and care for it today. It is an important vestige of that time, when the lords of the Paço were also the administrators of the municipality of Lanheses, and in addition to the decoration and furniture we can find an old pillory (a symbol of local justice) in one of its three gardens, next to leafy trees that are also centuries old. It has thus become a National Heritage Site, classified by Igespar as a Monument of Public Interest (MIP).

As a highlight, it is also keen to keep alive the tradition of the ‘art-of-well-receiving’, which it has always practised for its guests, in a renewed way, To this end, it provides them with its best rooms, lounges and services, enabling them to enjoy all this leisure space, comfort and views, restfully and privately, all year round.