Casa do Rio Paços de Gaiolo
Entire home in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
- 6 guests
- 3 bedrooms
- 3 beds
- 3 baths
Hosted by Maria
- Superhost
- 9 years hosting
Listing highlights
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This home is one of the highest ranked based on ratings, reviews, and reliability.
Self check-in
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Beautiful area
Guests love this home’s scenic location.
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A rural house, in a natural environment suitable for rest and retreat, with access to the river for swimming or rowing and a marginal road along the river, for hiking or bike rides.
Casa do Rio has been a Sustainable Certified property since July 2023 by Biosphere Portugal.
Certificate Number: BAR 038/2023 RTI
The space
" Espelho D'ouro
A place where I lose myself, where I am inspired, where I fall in love.
Where I free my being and we breathe in all the good things we can feel.
Love, yes love, the one that warms the heart with desire, with kindness, with simple and affectionate reason.
The will, that will to live each moment as eternal and gigantic, as the carrying of a loving and caring soul that fascinates and infects everyone.
The well-being, the fluidity of the day, the unloading of the frustrations of all routines, of difficult lives, where we forget all the abandonment of the country in matters that are too important for our future.
It is through mirrors like this that life is worth living, in which the world is splendid and magnificent.
My golden mirror, here I am welcomed and cherished, here I am happy.
In you I recreate myself, in you I am infinite."
Poem by Rui Vieira, written on site, at Christmas 2015
Guest access
It is also possible:
- the use of the rustic kitchen, with a wood-burning stove and/or a wood-fired clay oven, a barbecue grill, with or without support;
- access to the river for bathing area and lounge chairs. It is also possible to use the canoe or kayak, only for those who have rowing practice and know how to swim very well;
- access to the gym;
- access to the laundry room;
- access to the Recanto da Joanna de Ângelis (a space for prayer and meditation, fully immersed in nature);
- access to the table tennis and piano room;
- use of 5 bicycles and helmets.
Other things to note
It is the ideal space to meet with yourself, with family, with friends, with cooking, with silence, with books, with Nature, with God or with Life and to dream!...
Registration Details
40061/AL
Casa do Rio has been a Sustainable Certified property since July 2023 by Biosphere Portugal.
Certificate Number: BAR 038/2023 RTI
The space
" Espelho D'ouro
A place where I lose myself, where I am inspired, where I fall in love.
Where I free my being and we breathe in all the good things we can feel.
Love, yes love, the one that warms the heart with desire, with kindness, with simple and affectionate reason.
The will, that will to live each moment as eternal and gigantic, as the carrying of a loving and caring soul that fascinates and infects everyone.
The well-being, the fluidity of the day, the unloading of the frustrations of all routines, of difficult lives, where we forget all the abandonment of the country in matters that are too important for our future.
It is through mirrors like this that life is worth living, in which the world is splendid and magnificent.
My golden mirror, here I am welcomed and cherished, here I am happy.
In you I recreate myself, in you I am infinite."
Poem by Rui Vieira, written on site, at Christmas 2015
Guest access
It is also possible:
- the use of the rustic kitchen, with a wood-burning stove and/or a wood-fired clay oven, a barbecue grill, with or without support;
- access to the river for bathing area and lounge chairs. It is also possible to use the canoe or kayak, only for those who have rowing practice and know how to swim very well;
- access to the gym;
- access to the laundry room;
- access to the Recanto da Joanna de Ângelis (a space for prayer and meditation, fully immersed in nature);
- access to the table tennis and piano room;
- use of 5 bicycles and helmets.
Other things to note
It is the ideal space to meet with yourself, with family, with friends, with cooking, with silence, with books, with Nature, with God or with Life and to dream!...
Registration Details
40061/AL
Where you’ll sleep
Bedroom 1
1 double bed, 1 toddler bed
Bedroom 2
1 double bed, 1 toddler bed
Bedroom 3
1 double bed, 1 toddler bed
What this place offers
River view
Valley view
Waterfront
Kitchen
Fast wifi – 109 Mbps
Unavailable: Carbon monoxide alarm
Unavailable: Smoke alarm
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Rated 4.99 out of 5 from 236 reviews.
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This home is in the top 1% of eligible listings based on ratings, reviews, and reliability
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Where you’ll be
Marco de Canaveses, Porto, Portugal
- contact with nature;
- the proximity to the river, which allows you to take a canoe ride (2 seats), individual Kayak or SUP (Stand up paddle)
- the riverside road for walking, running or cycling, with a 1-hour walking route, and lunch at the Azenha Restaurant in Baião, or the 24-km circular route, on foot or by bicycle, crossing 2 districts, Porto and Viseu, 3 municipalities, Marco de Canaveses, Baião and Cinfães do Douro, always on the banks of the Douro and Bestança rivers, crossing the Porto Antigo bridge and the Carrapatêlo Dam. If you leave after breakfast, you can end the tour by having lunch with fried river fish at Petiscaria do Sr. Fernando, next to the Carrapatêlo Dam, or at Restaurante Escritório, in the Mourilhe Camping and Caravan Park, near the house;
- the restaurant "A Vêr o Douro", 3 meters by car, with typical cuisine and excellent decoration;
- Tasquinha do Amado, in the center of Vila de Cinfães;
- the neighborhood: above, the host, in an independent house and, below, the Douro River.
- the proximity to the river, which allows you to take a canoe ride (2 seats), individual Kayak or SUP (Stand up paddle)
- the riverside road for walking, running or cycling, with a 1-hour walking route, and lunch at the Azenha Restaurant in Baião, or the 24-km circular route, on foot or by bicycle, crossing 2 districts, Porto and Viseu, 3 municipalities, Marco de Canaveses, Baião and Cinfães do Douro, always on the banks of the Douro and Bestança rivers, crossing the Porto Antigo bridge and the Carrapatêlo Dam. If you leave after breakfast, you can end the tour by having lunch with fried river fish at Petiscaria do Sr. Fernando, next to the Carrapatêlo Dam, or at Restaurante Escritório, in the Mourilhe Camping and Caravan Park, near the house;
- the restaurant "A Vêr o Douro", 3 meters by car, with typical cuisine and excellent decoration;
- Tasquinha do Amado, in the center of Vila de Cinfães;
- the neighborhood: above, the host, in an independent house and, below, the Douro River.
Meet your host
Born in the 60s
Where I went to school: Matosinhos e Coimbra
I am a 52 year old woman, married, lawyer, with two older children, who fell in love with life and who, after 25 years of career, realized that life is change and, therefore, embraced a new project whose activity allows her to share with others the paradise on Earth that her husband, as a young university student, met, dreamed of acquiring, acquired and rebuilt. So much to share! So much to love!
Maria is a Superhost
Host details
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