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Parador Casa da Ínsua
Penalva do Castelo, Portugal · Paradores · Accessible Luxury
Paradores' first property outside Spain occupies an 18th-century Baroque manor in the Dão wine country, where formal gardens frame an estate that still produces wine and cheese.
- 35 rooms
- Opened 2015
About Parador Casa da Ínsua
- The estate was built by Luís de Alburquerque de Mello Pereira e Cáceres, a hidalgo of the Spanish royal house who went on to govern colonial Mato Grosso, Brazil.
- Its courtyard fountain was carved by Italian master Nicola Bibaglia.
- Hand-painted wallpaper by Gué and artillery pieces dating to Queen Maria Cristina's era survive inside.
- Restored in 2009 and converted into a Parador in 2015, it became the first Parador located outside Spain.
- The estate's working farm still produces cheese, marmalade, and Dão wine that guests can taste on-site.
The setting
12-minute walk to Igreja da Misericórdia de Ínsua church. 13 km from Mangualde Beach.
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