I'm speechless about this place and its hosts, Bruno and Raquel. We booked this place to do a small, high-quality wellness retreat and we all had a wonderful time.
Bruno was ultra responsive while we were planning the logistics and continued to go above and beyond to make us feel great.
The villa itself and the grounds on the property are exactly as in the pictures. In fact, they exceeded expectations. The vegetables in the garden were DELICIOUS and the farm animals were super friendly.
We arrived in autumn, with trees changing color and just enough fine rain to inspire us to spend some extra time by the fire 😍
The stone details that dress the property and the terraces give the feeling of staying in an old castle, but with the amenities and coziness I expect in luxury hotels.
We've heard how much love and work has gone into bringing this space up to these standards and we really hope they continue to grow as an eco-friendly business

We stayed at Tojeira for a litle over a month in summer 2023. We used it as a basecamp for family and friends to visit – the number of people in the house varied from just our family, to 12 for about 10 days.

The house is amazing! Generous, so that even with 12, it is still easy to break away and find some quiet time when desired. The 3 Master Suites are superb, and the guest wing, on the upper floor, provides accommodation for up to 8, with a lounge area. The property is huge, with a pool, sauna and Jacuzzi, as well as land swooping down to a beautiful little river with small ponds. There is also aworking farm, fenced off, with donkeys, chicken, cows, sheep and goats. We loved to visit the donkeys and feed them carrots. And when a new goat baby arrived, there was cuteness overload. There are fresh eggs for breakfast every day and the vegetable garden is full of tomatoes, zucchini, and many more vegetables.

The house is superbly equipped and has everything one could possibly need for 10-15 people, including a BBQ, pizza oven, ice maker, even a sous vide cooking set. A Sonos sound system and boom boxes for outside are also available.

This place is not just a beautiful house with a view of Vila Real, but it is a great base to explore the north of Portugal. We love the outdoors and brought our mountain bikes. We explored the Corgo Valley from Regua to Vidago. And we took the super scenic roads to Pinhao and Regua in the Douro Valley, took a boat trip on the Douro, did Port wine tastings and enjoyed the delicious hearty food of Northern Portugal. The Parque Natural do Alvao is close with it’s famous waterfalls, that descend, in several steps, about 400 m.

Some of our visitors took buses to Porto and Lisbon for a couple nights, which turned out to be easy and convenient too.
The house also has several vehicles, that were available to us. We took a Can Am off-road buggy toexplore the trails around Marao, Cravelas and Alvao. Sometimes we took the UMM (a Portuguese off road vehicle similar to a Land Rover) for grocery runs or to pick up and drop off visitors at the bus terminal in Vila Real – it can transport 8 at a time.Bruno, the owner of the property was always available and a valuable source of plenty of detailedlocal information. He also helped with his knowledge and connections, when we had some minor problems, like a flat car tire.

Clara, the ‘governess’ is there 4 hrs a day during the week to help keeping things in order. Or, she canhelp with cookin breakfast or teach how to cook Pasteis de Nata and Rissois. Duarte is the farmer and handyman, always available and helpful if anything mechanical needs attention.Whenever we got out and met with Portuguese, in a restaurant, or out in the country-side, we were each time amazed how friendly everybody is. Many times, folks just came up to us and struck up a conversation – in French, English, Spanish or just hand gestures. One day we were out in the off-roadbuggy and saw several hikers on the road: We stopped and asked what was going on. It turns outthere was a festival in a small village nearby. So we went there, parked the car and mingled in the procession with the local orchestra, talked to folks (including the village police officer) and just felt at home and welcome.