An 18th-century manor at Penalva do Castelo with 24 rooms, 6 suites and 5 apartments, the only Portuguese house in the Spanish Paradores group, set in its own vineyards and gardens.
The list: Wine-tasting cellar stocked with the Quinta da Ínsua Dão wines made on the estate, plus a gourmet store selling estate wine, Serra da Estrela cheese and Bravo de Esmolfe apples
Address: Parador Casa da Ínsua, 3550-126 Penalva do Castelo, Portugal, Dão
A 16th-century Santar mansion turned hotel and spa, with the Memórias dining room and a vineyard page of its own on the Dão slopes below the village.
The list: Dão vineyard visits from the hotel, a harvest programme in September and a wine-led menu at the Memórias restaurant
Three 55 square metre villas named Maria Quitéria, Maria Luísa and Maria Teresa, set among the boxwood, camellias and hydrangeas of the century-old Casa de Santar gardens.
The list: Guided garden and estate routes with tastings of the Santar Vila Jardim wines and access to the estate wine shop
A restored two-bedroom Beira cottage of 55 square metres in Santar, run by the Vila Jardim estate a short walk from its gardens and wine shop.
The list: Guests book the estate's garden and wine tasting packages at the Santar Vila Jardim shop next door
A granite and timber rural hotel at Soutulho outside Viseu, with premium suites, superior and standard doubles and a T1 apartment on a working Dão estate.
The list: Estate tastings and cellar visits alongside a 30-seat dining room that pours the property's own Dão wines
A rural hotel opened in 2013 on a 15-hectare Gouveia estate of vines, olive groves, a cheese dairy and a cellar, with eight standard rooms, a junior suite and a suite plus cottages.
The list: Cellar tours, vineyard visits and tastings of the estate's Dão wines, all by prior booking, plus an on-site wine shop
Rooms on the Quinta do Soito estate at Fornos de Maceira Dão, where the same family runs the cellar, the vineyard trails and the visitor programme.
The list: Visit and tasting, exclusive tasting, vineyard picnic, wine-paired meal and harvest days, all booked through the estate
After hotel pickup in Coimbra, we take direction to activity start in Viseu. Day dedicated to bicycle touring on an old railway branch that has 130 years of transpor...
