Casa da Ferreirinha

Super, small but had everything we needed. Very friendly and superb restaurant on site. I would highly recommend this place.

The induction cooktop. Only one pan

The house looks so nice and I really wanted to love it... but unfortunately I did not (see the "What did you not like" section for more details). Pretty wooden furniture and good Wi-Fi though. Note that if you plan on using the kitchenette, you'll have to bring everything you need (including oil, salt and pepper) as nothing is provided.

Whoever designed the space clearly didn't try living in it for a day – there are a whole bunch of small but obvious things that just don't work and that make the overall experience irritating. First, the elephant in the room: there are no bedside tables and barely any shelves/drawers in the bedroom or bathroom, so you have to either keep all your stuff in your suitcase or lay out your clothes on... well, the floor or the kitchen table, basically. There was a light switch we absolutely couldn't touch as it would trip all the breakers at once, every time. The house is right next to a busy road so you hear cars and tractors passing by all day and all night. You can hear the people in the next division loud and clear, too. Instead of good old tested-and-true rolls of toilet paper, we were given a pile of little toilet paper squares (the stuff you find in public bathrooms sometimes), but without a proper dispenser, it just doesn't work – the whole thing keeps unraveling like an accordion onto the floor. There is a Nescafé coffee maker in the kitchenette, and we were given 5 coffee capsules, but it turned out that 2 of them had already been used. And I could go on. Taken separately, none of these things are all that bad, but they quickly pile up and become very frustrating.

The room was clean, and the town has beautiful surroundings

The room was nice, a little noisy when other guests were in their rooms. It is a long, but nice walk to Ponte de Lima, and eating options are scarce around you. There is a restaurant on the property, but I didn't try, I couldn't figure out how to get in, plus it was a fancy place, and I'm so blue-collar I probably would have felt uncomfortable.

Wonderful hosts: warm and welcoming. Made sure we have everything we need. Bed large and comfortable. Two pillows for each. Extra clean and up to date. Everything was very aesthetic. Free attached parking. Great location.

I can think of only one small thing: maybe if there were some chairs and a table outside on the grass, we could have breakfast outside, and enjoy the sun more. But we did have picnics on the large grass between fruit trees….

When we are in Ponte de Lima we just choose Céu's and Carlo's beautiful apartment. Their fantastic restaurant, Cozinha Velha is next to the apartment. The marvelous ancient bridge and the city center are 10 minutes walk from the apartment.

There was no nothing at all.

The creatively furnished, cosy apartment was close to the city center, but in a quiet and natural environment. Casa da Ferreirinha is a family business. They are all kind, warm-hearted people having the talent managing professionally not just the apartments, but a quality restaurant as well in one place. The garden is also wonderful. We loved to be there very much.

There was no such thing.