Fabulous Palace in Guimarães

This fabulous palace for its beauty and uniqueness was the stage of a soap opera and received important state figures of the Portuguese Republic during their visits to the city of Guimarães. António de Oliveira Salazar, president of the Council of Ministers of the dictatorship government in the middle of the last century, enjoyed staying overnight in this Palacete, for the tranquility and sumptuousness that it still provides today. This palatial house dates back to the XIX century and maintains the original architecture, having been renovated by technicians specialized in recovering the details of carpentry, paintings and decorative ornaments in plaster on the ceilings. The usable area is 602m2 and it is surrounded by gardens on a 4319 m2 plot. The beautiful entrance is adorned with two frescoes allusive to nature and opens onto a long corridor flanked by rooms that correspond to the social area of the house. On the first floor are two large adjoining rooms with large windows, a bedroom, a dining room, a living room with a fireplace, a rustic kitchen, and a bathroom. On the first floor, as you climb the wooden staircase, you face an interior balcony, and 4 large bedrooms, all very bright, 2 bathrooms, and a chapel with an altar. In the basement, a large multifunctional space is in contact with the gardens and lakes. It has 2 tanks and a well with permanent water.