Casa Cimeira

Top choice in Pinhão


Set in a 200-year-old home at the top of the hilltop town of Valença – its cobbled streets wrapped with vineyards and olive tree groves and alive with old country warmth – this is the domain of the charming Nogueira family. Rooms are quaint and spotless, there’s a small pool, a sun deck and family-style dinners featuring their own house wine.


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