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Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Entire home

3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 8160 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Washer
  • Fireplace
  • Kitchen

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Cête
  • Place, Quinta da Aveleda
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Place, Monte Castro Mozinho Ruins
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Place, Magikland
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Airport, Porto (OPO-Dr. Francisco de Sa Carneiro)
    ‪28 min drive‬

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About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Cete: house / villa - Cête

In this home you’ll find everything you need to spend excellent holidays.
The house is placed in the middle of “Quinta do Pizão”, is surrounded by a magnificent vineyard and has a fine view over the green fields of the farm.
This house wich dates back to the 17th century was totally rebuild and is now well equipped to spend your hollidays.

During your stay at this villa, you'll be within walking distance of Paco da Sousa Church. You'll find features such as laundry facilities. A private pool and a kitchen are available in the villa.
  • Air-conditioned villa with private pool, kitchen and washing machine
  • Amenities include laundry facilities
  • Just a 2-minute drive from Paco da Sousa Church and 8 minutes from Monte Castro Mozinho Ruins
As a guest of Cete: house / villa - Cête, you'll find barbecue grills, a garden, and laundry facilities. The front desk is open around the clock.

This Paredes villa is smoke free.

Property amenities

Pool/Spa

  • Private pool

Internet

  • Available in the villa: WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Parking on site

Kitchen

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Electric kettle
  • Hob
  • Kitchenette
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Toaster

Bedrooms

  • 3 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 2 bathrooms
  • Bathtub
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Fireplace
  • Separate dining area

Entertainment

  • Books
  • Stereo
  • TV with cable/satellite channels

Outdoor areas

  • Balcony
  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Smoke-free property
  • Note from host: Allowed outside

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • In a rural location
  • Near a hospital

Things to do

  • Golfing nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector not reported (host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector)
  • Smoke detector not reported (host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property)

General

  • Garden
  • Unit size: 1,722 square feet

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM
Minimum check-in age - 22

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Pets

  • No pets allowed
  • Note from host: On demand

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Events

No events allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Allowed outside

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a private host (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession). EU consumer law, including the right of withdrawal, will not apply to your booking. The cancellation policy set by the private host will cover your booking.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation
You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions. You will also receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, which will enable you to manage your booking.
Property Registration Number 22314/AL

Property is also known as

Cete House Cete Paredes
Cete: House / Villa - Cête Villa
Cete: House / Villa - Cête Paredes
Cete: House / Villa - Cête Villa Paredes

Reviews

Cete: house / villa - Cête Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

9.2/10

Cleanliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 65 out of 90 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 21 out of 90 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 90 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 90 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 90 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Eric B.

Liked: Cleanliness

Cete

Great village, central to Porto and Douro. Afonso, the property owner was very accommodating.
Stayed 28 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Gaalen E.

Liked: Cleanliness

Very helpful owner

Our stay was made especially pleasant by the helpfulness and friendliness of the owner. He could not have been better. Because it was an old stone house the availability of electrical outlets for charging phones etc and for appliances was very limited. Perhaps the charm of an old house. The swimming pool was a wonderful attraction on hot days.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Simon R.

Liked: Cleanliness

Stay in Cete

Cete is a great location for visiting Porto. It is a 30-40 min train journey and 10 min walk to the station. Very reasonable for food although more of a suburbs location than a tourist place - restaurants are traditional, reasonably priced but cafe come restaurants. Our host Afonso was very helpful and available. House was lovely traditional Portuguese - only complaint would be the cooking stove which was quite temperamental and caused the electric fuse switches to flick off. Also not enough electrical plug points but we accepted it was old and traditional and we liked that. Swimming Pool was lovely - cold but nice size. Scenery was lovely from house too. We would recommend this place for a good base for seeing Porto and surrounding areas and relaxing around a pool
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Rebecca H.

Cete villa

Great location for exploring Porto with only a short train journey to the city. Lovely pool area and excellent communication with the host who was friendly and helpful without being intrusive. Property would benefit from updating and it would be nice to be provided with more essentials such as bin bags, washing up liquid and tea towels. It is a self catering property. Overall though a very enjoyable stay.
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth W.

Liked: Cleanliness

Beautiful and peaceful location

This is a very charming old property which has been lovingly cared for by its owner. Although in the centre of a small village in the vicinity of Porto, it has a beautiful aspect and view over farmland - maize and vines. The pool makes this a perfect family holiday venue. You can walk to a baker and a butcher and fruit shop in the town and the supermarket is not far by car. It also benefits from being within a 40 minute train ride of Porto - which is a magical and architecturally stunning city full of energy. we loved our stay.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jenica R., Kingston, On Canada

Liked: Cleanliness

Exceded our expectations

Our hosts, Afonso and Manuela, were wonderful, welcoming, and super helpful. The dwelling is a large house on a farm with a vineyard and lemon trees. This serene setting is a delightful 10 minute walk away from the train station for a short 30 - 40 min ride to downtown Porto. We would highly recommend this accommodation, and would love to call it home.
Stayed 8 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

bryan s.

Liked: Cleanliness

Nice

good location , cafes , railway station not too far away , afonso is a very nice host
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nadia R.

Liked: Cleanliness

A tranquil, traditional house in the countryside

We enjoyed our stay at Afonso's house. It is a lovely rustic, secluded house just on the edge of Cete. The house met our needs perfectly, being my husband & I our two older daughters & their partner. We really enjoyed the beautiful garden, outside seating & dining areas. The view across the valley was lovely (even the trains passing in the lower valley remind us of home). We really enjoyed using the large swimming pool (a bit chilly but to be expected in October). The garden & pool were so well kept a beautiful place to spend time in. The house is rustic & homey we felt comfortable there. The dining area was huge, plenty of room to enjoy a meal together. We cooked a lot at the house as two of us are chefs & enjoy cooking, we also used the barbecue outside. The house is situated perfectly to catch a train into Porto, which we did on a couple of days. Afonso left recommendations for local restaurants & places to visit in a handbook. Which helped us find a lovely restaurant & a visit to a vineyard about a 15 minute drive away. Afonso & his wife were very patient hosts, we had a disastrous day on arrival with travel plans, delays, air strikes, hire car problems & getting lost. Thank you Afonso for your patience & kindness. To summarise a beautiful house & wonderful host. We had a great stay & thank you Afonso.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

C K.

Liked: Cleanliness

Lovely farmhouse

Nice farmhouse, beautiful view, nice pool, 10 mins walk to the train in Cête. Had to keep the door shut to keep out the flies, otherwise all good. We had a great time.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Helga W.

Liked: Cleanliness

Charmant vakantiehuis in prachtige omgeving

Fijn verblijf in een charmant huis tussen de wijnvelden in een mooie en rustige omgeving. Op wandelafstand van het treinstation met goede verbinding. Keuken was voldoende uitgerust. Badkamer in orde. Bedden waren wel wat smal voor 2 personen. Voldoende tuinstoelen in tuin en op terras. Zeer gezellige living op bovenverdieping met terras. Zeer vriendelijke en behulpzame gastheer. Dit vakantieverblijf is een echte aanrader !
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Anthony J.

Liked: Cleanliness

A little gem in the Portuguese countryside

My girlfriend and I spent a lovely week in this property in July 2022. A stay here is highly recommended due to the peace, quiet, beautiful views and tranquil surroundings. The temperature hit 37 degrees while we were there and so we very thankful of the good size pool and multiple shady areas in the grounds. The property itself is best described as traditional and rustic, and it all works well. Particularly pleasing (and necessary) was the air conditioning in both downstairs bedrooms. There is a comfortable sitting room, with a terrace on the first floor, but we did not use very much because of the hot weather. Cete, the place where the property is located, is not a tourist town. But the shops there have everything you need including cafes, a small supermarket (a larger one is located in the next town), a butchers and bakers. We would recommend that anyone who stays here does hire a car as it would have helped us massively with our big shop when we first arrived The day to day shopping is a short walk away. The only other thing to mention is that being located in the countryside you will have insects aplenty, which can be annoying occasionally. Fly swatters were provided! :) All in all, a thoughly recommended property if you are looking for an escape from everything.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Greet B.

quiet in nature

A quiet house in the countryside. About 40 minutes from Porto by train. With a sympathetic homeowner who speaks good English. During the corona period, we did not visit as much as usual. That was not so bad, because we had a beautiful garden with swimming pool in a beautiful area.
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

greg c.

Liked: Cleanliness

nice house

secluded setting apart from trains
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Eva K.

Liked: Cleanliness

Beautiful peaceful villa

We had a great time in this lovely villa. The owner was extremely helpful. It was great to be walking distance to the train into Porto.
Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nicola S.

Liked: Cleanliness

A perfect family holiday!

We have just returned from a fab fortnight at Afonso’s villa. We are a family of 5 - 2 adults and 3 children aged 6, 8 and 11. The villa is located within vineyards and woodland and the driveway to it has to be the nicest we’ve ever seen. Considering the proximity to a small town - Cete - the villa feels very private and rural. Yet we were minutes (walking) to the town. The kids loved the train line running along the valley behind the house too. There was plenty of space inside the villa, we didn’t even use one bedroom - our 11 year opted to sleep on the sofa bed in the lounge rather than in the basement en-suite bedroom (this room is lovely and has it’s own external door and no internal connection with the rest of the villa). The kitchen is huge and we spent our evenings here playing games at the big table, unless we were BBQing or eating out in Cete. The pool area is stunning and clean, surrounded by grass, hazel trees and hydrangeas. Our children spent a lot of time in the pool! The walk to the train station takes around 10 minutes and is safe to do in the dark - pavements and mostly lit paths. The direct train to Porto stops at the station and takes you straight to the main tourist centre of the city. We also visited Braga and Guimaraes and were very pleasantly surprised by them. Guimaraes in particular is a lovely town. We went to a river beach in Braga too - a first for us but not the last. Further afield we visited Spain - the Cies Islands and Oursense. And our longer drives in Portugal took us to swims in a mountain lake in Geres - complete with inflatabld aqua park - and on a rainy day in Cete we drove as far as Seia to dryer weather and also some fantastic mountain river beaches. We bookended our trip with overnight stays in Porto and Vila Do Conde. Vila has a lovely big beach with lifeguards and again a quaint old town, the Atlantic meant that swimming was cold and also the red flags were flying on one day. We would definitely recommend Afonso’s villa. He was a lovely host - welcoming and available but never intruding.
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Robert D.

Liked: Cleanliness

Peaceful and tranquil

Ancient quinta, modernised of course. All you need for your time there. Lovely pool and position with views of the farm's land and vineyards. Good situation for visiting Porto by train and getting easily to other sights and road trips.
Stayed 11 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Trevor M.

Casa Do Talhinho - a wonderful haven of peace and tranquility.

Dear Afonso, Just a short note to say thank you for a wonderful 3 weeks at Casa Do Talhinho. The house and the location are beautiful, and we spent many happy relaxing hours either sat by the pool during the day or under the stars at night. We really could not have wished for anything more from our stay in Céte. The location is ideal for either a simple train ride into Porto, or to explore the Douro valley. Arriving back after a day out and entering the grounds of Quinta do Pizào and passing down past the vines to the house will remain a warm and lasting memory. We hope to return next year, and in the meantime we wish you and your family all the very best and thank you once again, Kind Regards Trevor and Karen (from the Netherlands and Northern Ireland)
Stayed 20 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Martin D., Bromont, Canada

Relaxing week in country side Portugal

Very typical country side house, very clean easy to walk to Train station and commute to Porto... Afonso thank you for our nice week in Cete....
Stayed 7 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

John d.

Mooie ligging en uitzicht. huis met autentieķe kenmerken. Badkamers en keuken wat gedateerd
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

joel g.

Piscine non chauffée, déçus car dans l'annonce il n'était pas précisé qu'on avait une vue direct sur les lignes de chemin de fer situé à 200m de la maison, du coup de nombreux passages de train dès 5h du matin jusqu'à minuit avec la nuisance que cela entraîne, maison très sombre, litreries datantes et usées ainsi que l'électroménager, aucun jeux de plein air, il a fallut composé avec un ballon d eau chaude de 50 litres pour les besoins journaliers de 4 personnes, pour finir juste un conseil bien lire l'annonce.
Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Isabelle F.

Liked: Cleanliness
Superbe séjour au Portugal! Tres belle maison avec un bel environnement, la piscine a été apprécié vu les fortes chaleurs que nous avons eu.La maison restait fraiche ce qui etait très appréciable et 2 des 3 chambres beneficient de la climatisation. Le propriétaire est tres disponible et tres sympathique, on le remercie pour son accueil.Avec un plus pour nous, il parlait très bien Français.Je recommande vivement cette maison, rapport qualité prix parfait ! Et l'emplacement est ideal pour visiter Porto par le biais du train.Si je dois revenir je reviendrais.
Stayed 11 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Susanne K.

Liked: Cleanliness

Summer holiday Cete

Fantastisk sommerhus ikke langt fra Porto portvinsmarker. Super rar vært Afonso.Kommer gerne tilbage.Stor dejlig pool.
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bertha d.

Liked: Cleanliness

Rust en ruimte landelijk maar toch dichtbij

Mooie woning op rustige locatie op loopafstand van restaurantjes/bakker en kleine maar goed gevulde dorps supermarkt. Station is ook op 10 min loopafstand, je bent zo in Porto.De woning is mooi en ruim , 2 slaapkamers met airco. De 2 persoonskamer onder de woning heeft geen airco en op de kleine badkamer is een waterlekkage waardoor er na elk douchebeurt water staat, we hebben dit probleem aan de eigenaar doorgeven. Wat ik wel even wilde vermelden is dat er in de beurt een boerderij is gevestigd waardoor je veel last hebt van vliegen. Maar we hebben genoten van ons verblijf en zeker geen spijt. De eigenaar is zeer vriendelijk en behulpzaam.
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Beatrice M.

Liked: Cleanliness

Maison près de Porto

Très bon accueil maison ancienne de charme, emplacement exceptionnel avec accès à Porto par le train idéal.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Oscar C.

Liked: Cleanliness

Casa con un bonito entorno

El sitio es muy bonito, ya que está rodeado de árboles y mucha vegetación. Máxima intimidad y tranquilidad. Fuimos en agosto, durante el día calor y por la noche refrescaba, lo que era perfecto para dormir, pero el agua de la piscina también se refrescaba para nuestro gusto que somos de clima mediterráneo. Encantados con el trato con el propietario, Alfonso.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024