Casa do Cerquido

Away from the noise of the tourist crowds and the stress of city life, a holiday at Casa do Cerquido offers the perfect combination of peace, tranquility and radical outdoor adventures. Comprising three bedrooms and two bathrooms with free toiletries, flat-screen TV, kitchen with stove, fridge, microwave and coffee machine. Casa do Cerquido has a Serra d’Arga Interpretation Center, supported by information panels allowing tourists to discover the territory. Located in Cerquido, as its name implies, a small village in the middle of Serra d´Arga, which provides us with encounters with diverse fauna and flora, possibility of extreme sports, hiking, cycling or horse riding. Casa do Cerquido is just 5 minutes from Bike Park and 15 km from Ponte de Lima, the oldest village in Portugal. This project was born with the idea of increasing tourism in the mountain area and taking full advantage of the nature and surrounding landscape of Serra d’Arga, making available to those who visit us. We want you to enjoy a more direct and genuine contact with nature, agriculture and local traditions, through private hospitality in a rural and family environment.   ***** Serra D'Arga Located in the district of Viana do Castelo, close to the sea and the city, Serra d’Arga is a natural space of great ecological value, due to its high degree of nature conservation and biodiversity, thus included in the European Natura 2000 network. It is thus considered one of the most interesting natural spaces in Portugal, hosting a high range of fauna and flora species. Bordered by the Coura and Lima rivers, Serra d`Arga is a combination of interesting elements of natural, ethnographic, historical and cultural heritage, strongly related to man, with its inhabitants, in the present and in the past. With a total area of 4 493 ha and a maximum elevation of 825 meters, eight rural villages are located on the slope of Serra d`Arga. The villages of the Serra d’Arga cover three centers: Arga de Baixo, Arga de Cima and Arga de São João. They are typically rural villages, with traditional buildings that support the agricultural activities of the people of the land. The village has a built heritage very well recovered and preserved. The combination of nature with architecture, customs and local people, make the Serra a privileged place to visit. Legends, traditions, festivals and pilgrimages also occupy a prominent place for all those who seek places and unique experiences in communion with heritage, nature and a people with many years of history.