We spent 9 fantastic days at Casa Mateus and didn’t want to leave!
We were met by Bruno & Ricardo who showed us around the house and stunning gardens and provided lots of tips and useful information. They also left an excellent welcome pack with bread, cheese, ham, water, beer, wine & fruit plus an enormous homemade (by Ricardo) chocolate cake – what more could you ask for?
The house itself is unique, very comfortable, exceptionally clean thanks to Lucia’s hard work and full of interesting family artefacts. Every window has a great view of the Douro and this is even better from the various areas of the garden. The splash pool was perfect for cooling off and would be ideal for young children.
The location is perfect for touring the area either by car, train or boat. The train is great for a day trip into Porto and made easy by the fact you pay the fare onboard. We rented a car and found that using Google maps offline was far more accurate than the cars sat nav, particularly with the roads close to the house, many of which are unmarked.
Communication with Rute prior to and during our stay was simply outstanding and as a family they could not have been more helpful including arranging flowers for my wife on our anniversary and organising our return PCR tests at nearby Resende.
All in all Casa Mateus is an excellent property, spotlessly clean and managed by a welcoming and friendly family who went above and beyond to ensure we enjoyed our stay. It was one of the best villas we have rented, certainly the cleanest, and we cannot recommend it highly enough.