The days
Things worth getting up for
All of them start at the door. None of them require a car, and most of them end back here in time for dinner.
The days
Things worth getting up for
All of them start at the door, and most end back here in time for dinner.
Walk the ridge before breakfast
Two hundred metres of climb and the whole valley underneath it. We will pack coffee.
The cellar, with the person who fills it
Six wines from within forty kilometres, poured by someone who knows the growers by name.
Ride the old rail line
Flat, shaded and almost entirely traffic-free. Bicycles are in the courtyard; take them.
Cook the fire menu
A morning at the hearth with the kitchen, then you eat what you made for lunch.
Swim the quarry lake
Twenty minutes on foot, cold all year, and empty on almost every day of it.
Nothing, deliberately
The library, the orchard and a jug of something. It is a legitimate choice and we will not disturb you.
14
Rooms
400yr
Old, the walls
40km
Everything on the list
2
Michelin keys
The table
One menu, written each morning
What arrives from the valley decides what is served. The kitchen writes the card after the delivery, not before.
To begin
Garden, raw and pickled
Whatever came out of the walled garden that morning, some of it cured, some of it an hour old.
From the fire
Hearth-cooked, over vine
One protein, cooked slowly over prunings from the vineyard behind the house.
From the coast
Two hours from the water
Delivered on the morning boat, which is why the card is written after it arrives.
To finish
Cellar and orchard
Fruit from the orchard, and something from a cellar that predates the current building.
Reservations
Come and stay
Send us your dates and how many of you there are. Someone who works here will answer, and they will tell you honestly which room suits you rather than which one is dearest.
Reservations
stay@solsticequinta.com
Telephone
+351 254 738 210
Address
Quinta do Solstício, Douro
Nearest station
Pinhão, 12 km