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
Address: Avenida Viscondessa de Taveiro, 3520-127 Santar, Nelas, Portugal, Dão
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 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
A three-hectare family estate at Pombeiro da Beira farming regeneratively and vinifying with spontaneous fermentation, offering rooms, a table, a wine shop and cellar visits.
The list: Cellar tours, vineyard visits and tastings of Baga and Encruzado bottlings, with an exhibition space and media library on site
Rooms on the Bica estate at Santa Comba de Seia, on the Seia flank of the region where the Dão vineyards climb towards the Serra da Estrela.
The list: Estate tastings and cellar visits arranged with the owners, plus a shop selling the Quinta da Bica range
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...
