Autumn Newsletter 2011

Dear friends of Quinta da Geia.

With plenty of sunshine we finish August with significantly more guests, both in our hotel and restaurant João Brandão. Of course that also was caused because of the expansion of our capacity with 5 rooms. Especially our new family room with two connecting rooms, is popular. The new part of the library and the wellness / spa is now ready. The SPA has been used often, despite the high summer temperatures. Especially its private character, you have to make a reservation and the SPA is exclusively for your use is an attractive factor.

The GARDENS are enhanced with a pond and a terrace, while the lawns are fitted with an automatic sprinkler system. We can highly reccomend HUGO the gardener, who has achieved all this. That and the fact that after 14 years the gardens have their final shape and size, makes a visit to our gardens alone worth. The covered pergola on the terrace with its spectacular views, show a great success. All tables, especially on Sunday afternoons, are busy. And so we always continue with bigger and smaller renewals and extensions.

SPECIAL WELLNESS OFFER From October 15 to December 15, 2011 we have an attractive offer for you One night stay in a Superior Room with breakfast, staying in the spa and a 3-course dinner costs in this period only € 65 per person, of course, subject to availability and excluding drinks and other spending.

Our Hotel Rural and restaurant João Brandão receives constant attention from the media as you can see in the list below

1. VT WONEN -august 1999, a well known Dutch magazine spend seven pages on the hotel. Especially the photos of Jeroen van der Spek have impressed their readers
2. CASA DECORAÇÃO spend a lot of attention on the hotel in its issue of October 1999 with plenty of text and photo's
3. In the weekend special of the Portuguese regional newspaper DIÁRIO DAS BEIRAS of 18 February 2000 they wrote an three paged article about the beginning's of Quinta da Geia, under the heading Geia, a heavenly name
4. In the second weekend of January 2002, the also in Portugal very popular Big Brother filmed at Quinta da Geia, the films have been broadcast on television the following three days. Also the writing press paid lots of attention during this recordings
5. At the special edition of a national Portuguese newspaper the EXPRESSO at the beginning of 2001, Quinta da Geia is regarded as one of the dreams hotels of central Portugal
6. In a local newspaper, the FOLHA DO CENTRO, both owners are interviewed about their findings about Portugal
7. In the May -June edition of CASAS DE PORTUGAL, is an article of eight pages in which, with the help of text and photos, is given a complete picture of Quinta da Geia
8. On the nineteenth of May 2001 in several newspapers of northern Holland appears an article about Quinta da Geia under the heading; An adventure in Portugal
9. In the April 2002 edition of EVASÕES, is a fantastic ten-paged article about Quinta da Geia with marvellous photographs of Manuel Gomes da Costa under the title; A shelter in the mountains
10. In the business magazine IDEIAS & NEGÓCIOS both owners are interviewed about their reasons to move to Portugal and start a hotel
11. At the national Dutch newspaper ALGEMEEN DAGBLAD appears on the eighteenth of May 2002 a readers offer under the heading; As Dutchman among the Portuguese
12. At the eleventh of June 2002 the television program RADAR DE NEGÓCIOS films Quinta da Geia, which will be broadcast in July 2002
13. Also the National Portuguese Television, the RTP has filmed the hotel which has been broadcast on 3 different times in the first week of August included in an informative program.
14. On 24 th Jannuary 2003 the national weekly paper " Tal & Qual" placed an article in there extra Tourism 2003 about Quinta da Geia under the heading "mountain vacations are gaining adepts"
15. In the January 2004 number of the Portuguese mensal magazine " Blue Living " hotel rural Quinta da Geia appears with photo's, and is mentioned as being an excellent base from which you can enjoy snow walks.
16. On the 17 Th of January 2004 the journalist Cristina Bastos dedicates a very appraising in her column "em foco" in the newspaper "O Regional" covering the region of Aveiro, about Quinta da Geia and its restaurant João Brandão.
17. The Portugese monthly Magazine Máxima has published in her April 2004 issue a page dedicated to the Quinta da Geia and her surroundings, the Serra do Açor.
18. In the February number of the monthly Portuguese magazine Rotas & Destinos, you can find a six paged article about us under the heading "the silence of the mountain". With a very descriptive text and the fantastic photos, the article has created a lyrical impression of our hotel. "There are people who come from Viseu or Porto to Aldeia das Dez just to taste the food in the restaurant of the hotel rural Quinta da Geia, a welcoming XVII century manor house of the Beira region"
19. A happy costumer who happens to be also a journalist can be a good combination as we can see in an article written by reporter RosKoff from November 2004 in the Portuguese " Jornal dos Reformados" under the heading " travelling of grown ups"
20. In the issue dated 12/04/05 of the regional paper of Arganil "A Comarca de Arganil" a big article is dedicated to the hotel rural, its owners, the legendary João Brandão and the regional fame of the restaurant. Also this article focuses on the enlargement of the hotel, the importance of investments and local economy.
21. One of the most gorgeous reportage about Quinta da Geia has appeared in the July 2006 edition of the monthly Portuguese magazine Blue Living. The reportage of 15 pages under the header: days spent with two they gave a portrait of our hotel, illustrated with amazing pictures made by Susana Matos Hotel Rural Quinta da Geia; A YIN - YANG hotel. You take the national route 17 and where the rivers Alva and Alvoco embrace you climb to Aldeia das Dez, the place where this farm is located. Seven hectares of lingering green and only 1 reason to stay - the quality Also the restaurant João Brandão received special attention under the Header each as it is
22. n the summer edition of the magazine Travel & Living our rural hotel and restaurant is mentioned in the list of the best hotels & restaurants. Under the title: Two men, two dogs and one hotel is given a brief description why our hotel is part of this list: the magic of Quinta da Geia.
23. Also the monthly portugese travel magazine dedicated attention to Quinta da Geia under in their Agustus 2006 edition under the header : Bons ares da Serra e Petiscos.