Sustainable rebuilt windmill from 19th century in Ponte de Lima, North Portugal.

Host was great, place was comfortable, and location made for relaxation.

Perfect for a fantastic get away. After traveling through hotels, guest houses and hostels - this felt like a real home. All the necessary amenities. Host was very responsive and patient with our questions. We are recommending the Mill to our friends as a unique, private, totally relaxing vacation. Loved the hot tub! Thank you Filipe for making us feel at home.

If you long for a quiet little spot of nature, and your own little castle above Ponte de Lima, search no more, this is the place! We simply adored our week at Filipe windmill. The cool apéros on the terrasse, the great meals cooked outside on the BBQ, the star filled night skies…simply lovely.The house has all the modern fixings, a well equipped kitchen and a comfy living room with a view. I was the lucky one who got to sleep in the top floor: a 360 degrees view of Ponte de Lima, the valleys and surrounding mountains kept me up way past my bedtime.If Filipe’s place is available, go.You can thank me after!

The mill is beautifully decorated and very comfortable and luxurious; kitchen fully equiped (even with china!) Terrace overlooking beautiful garden, perfect spots for yoga! As it was quite hot, we used the tub for cooling down instead of as a hot tub. Most of the time there was a comfortable wind on the hill so it was very nice to come home at the mill after a warm day of sightseeing. At our arrival, a very nice vino verde welcomed us! Filipe was very easy to reach and very helpful. Would love to come back, for a little longer than one week! Thanks Filipe for a great stay!

Surrounded by nature with stunning views. You really are alone up there so choose if you want to enjoy maximum privacy and quietness (birds, dogs in the distance, horses somewhere near) Short but very steep driveway up to the property gate but with good grip for the wheels so full speed and up you go. (It surely depends on your type of car and/or your driving skills. We were glad to have a little SUV.) Lovely interior. The photos show exactly what you get. Plenty kitchen utensils for cooking and storing the food for take aways. Very clean from top to floor. The terrace is big and a nice spot to sit, relax and sunbath but is not safe for very little children (or drunk adults) as it is fitted between rocks so that they could stumble and the railing is just metal posts and ropes so they could fall down into the bushes. Contact with the owner was very easy and messages were replied very fast. Very friendly and helpful all the way!

We had a splendid stay. The house was just as described. All amenities described were provided. The owner, Filipe, is very responsive and helpful with any questions. We had no issues. We enjoyed the peacefulness yet close to town. As for the driveway from precious comments, yes it is steep, but we had no issues at all! We followed Felipe’s advice and we were fine.

Well located to discover the north of Portugal and costa verde in Spain. Only reason not to give 5 stars is the challenging driveway. Host was fast to respond to any questions. Thanks Felipe!

Nicely refurbished windmill in a beautiful setting. Great views. Driveway up to the main gate very steep. Would have liked some sort of information sheet in the house telling us things like where to put the rubbish etc. though we worked out everything in the end. We didn't get sent the up to date instructions about how to get to the house but we rang Filipe who was helpful

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Our holiday could have been wonderful but for a few unfortunate experiences, which can be put down to the lack of attention to detail and maintenance, such as: Getting to the property: Instructions for the key store are at the ‘old’ driveway; however the ‘how to get the property’ instructions are to the new driveway - the driveways are just under a mile away from each other. For information: UK Sat Nav devices and address details for Portugal do not appear compatible with local addresses/post codes. Even GPS co-ordinates don’t seem accurate. Google earth and research got us to this property. Using the property: No welcome/information pack of any kind. The cutlery drawer is ‘hidden’ within the pan/crockery drawer – discovered after contacting the owner on day 1. Water supply – this ran out on day 2 and day 6 of our stay, in the first instance the property owner took 20+ hours to restore (after multiple messages to the owner), the second instance 5 hours. On day 2 we were left no choice but to contact VRBO to seek alternative accommodation, who were responsive & supportive. Electric – whilst solar powered there is no storage capacity for the gathered electric; therefore there is a reliance on the grid. Overnight of day 7 of our stay, to midday of day 8 we were sporadically without electric (& water once more). Housekeeping & maintenance: The surfaces, linens & towels of the property were pristine; however, many devices (lamps /TV /audio) were unplugged – plugging them in meant finding substantial cobwebs and dust build up. The front & patio door locks were difficult to operate, everything appeared very worn and had to have a particular technique to use. The decking is in dire need of repair – with loose or lifted boards throughout the whole space.