Located 3 km from the Crestuma-Lever dam, and 25 min from the city of Porto, Quinta de Mourães is a 50 hectar estate through which flows the river Uíma making the area fertile and lush. The first buildings date from the end of the XVIII century and the present owners are descendants of the original family. Within the walled enclosure is a garden with fountains and water-falls together with rare species of rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias. Depending on the time of the year the paths and flower beds offer a constantly changing scenario. Within the estate live a variety of birds such as swans, shelducks, mallards, harlequin ducks, geese, pheasants and peacocks. While maintaining their original architectural style, the house has been equipped with all modern comforts. In addition of the houses and the gardens there is the sunny swimming-pool, the stone flagged drying patio for the corn cobs beneath the welcome shade of the old slatted wooden storage shed, pathways through the scrub and trails winding their way through the forest. Quinta de Mourães is where modern comfort meets beautiful gardens and forest making it an ideal place for holidays, weekends and relaxing moments.