Casa de São Domingos

Alan W8 months ago

The Casa de Sao Domingos was a very classy, well run guesthouse in the town of Regua in the Duro Valley. Manual the owner was responsive in our corespondence and this is a family run operation with at least 2 generations of service. Private gated oasis just outside of the town. Restaurants are a short 5 minute drive or 15 minute walk. Rooms were well appointed, breakfast in dining room was abundant and cozy. Will prepare omelettes to order and staff is very attentive and helpful. Eat at Table Aneto Wine and restaurant. Won't be disappointed, but need a reservation. Small and great service, food and wine pairings. The River restaurant was kind of a mess both with service, reservation, and food was only average. Regua is a cool town, but removed from many of the attractions we were interested in, ie. wineries, tours etc. and needed to drive 30-40 minutes on the mountain roads (had a rental car) to get to any of our tours (vineyard tour with Duro Walks and Antonio is phenomenal, Olive Museum, boat tours). Met great people staying here who we enjoyed dining out with. All in all, other than location and access to rest of the valley, it was great. If you are afraid of heights and narrow roads, don't drive it yourself.