Palacete Silva Monteiro opens to visitors on Saturdays

The Palacete Silva Monteiro, from the 17th century. XIX, also Casa do Vinho Verde, will have guided tours and tastings of vinho verde in the afternoon outside on Saturdays from March.

Is this the "most beautiful house in Porto"? That's at least what many people think - and wrote - and, as part of what is now the Casa do Vinho Verde, this is how Palacete Silva Monteiro, a monument of the 16th century, is advertised.

Now, on Saturdays, the Vinho Verde Region Viticulture Commission, which has had its headquarters here since 1944, proposes "a return to the 19th century" with guided tours and a fresh finale: tastings of vinho verde, "with two producers in the region, who go through the various wine profiles of the Denomination of Origin", clarifies the commission in a statement.

"The most beautiful house in Porto", refers in the note, "is stated on three floors that are made known during an hour-long guided tour" by a specialist, indicated by the team of the Restoration Course of the Catholic University do Porto – The Escola de Artes da Universidade Católica was a partner in the building’s restoration project, which started in 2019. The guide will “explain the architectural and decorative details that serve as a reference to the history of Porto in the 19th century”.

Visits (from 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm) have a maximum limit of 15 participants and take place every hour, subject to prior registration on the Vinho Verde website (5€).