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partners of Hotel Solar dos Marcos, located in Portugal, are interested in
finding an investing partner or selling the company and property in
totality. The hotel, which is in close proximity with Spain, has been
classified as excellent architectural value by the Portuguese General
Directorate of Tourism. Real Inn dos Marcos is a historic palace that has been reconstructed from an old Episcopal residence (18th century). Located in the Portuguese village of Bemposta, where D. Manuel Martins Manso, Bishop of Guarda, was born and lived. The Bishop Martins-Manso added the chapel to the original building, in honour of the Holy Mary, in the second half of 18th century. The 4-star property currently integrates eight double rooms with one room adapted for the physically challenged, one suite, rooms and suites all with room of bath, conditional air, TV satellite,an extensible restaurant for up to 140, a bar, one multi-functional hall for 40 places, private garage covered for 13 places, private chapel and a garden with swimming pool. The project still integrates a private park that provides access to the residence of the manager consisting of one dinning room, a kitchen and two bedrooms. Due to the localisation of the hotel and its topology of construction, it is possible to extend it by acquisition of adjacent old gardens and rural houses, however keeping the hotel's main entrance. The factors that could accelerate the success of the Solar are identified as investment by increasing the number of rooms, investment in equipment for tourist entertainment; mini-golf, own boat, 4x4 vehicles, marketing and publicity in Spain and Portugal; and the effective integration in international tourism circuits. Other opportune factors that contribute include the hotel's location in the Nature Park of International Douro (PNDI), therefore offering favourable conditions for the development of a local tourist market, with special emphasis on ecological tourism and adventures. The Hotel is one of the first of this kind in the area of the PNDI. Proximity to Spain; near the cities of Salamanca, Zamora and Formoselle, allows the attraction of Spanish tourists as customers. The benefit of existing roads and those still under construction offers good internal road links and links with Spain as well. The house "Dos Marcos" has an entertainment programme, based on the routes along the Arribes del Duero. It offers the opportunity of going on a boat trip along the River Duero, trips by car or excursions on foot around the most important areas of the International Duero Natural Park and the "Arribes del Duero" Park. The Solar is encircled with hunting zones; including the wild boar thus making hunters potential target customers. Other activities offered are; hiking along the banks of the International Duero, donkey rides, mountain bikes, 4x4, bird watching, hiking and mountain bike routes, participation in the traditional grape collecting in the Arribes del Duero or in the Oil Route of Tràs-os-Montes; an accredited oil from the Arribes del Duero region. In the past 12 months the partners have come to establish partnership agreements with travel agencies, which has allowed them to implement mixed packages including lodging, restoration and activities such as the boat rides on the Douro River as well as visits to Spain.
Rua de Santa Cruz - 5200 Bemposta (Mogadouro ) BY CAR The EN 221 runs all along the border area of the Northeast Transmontano territory from Miranda do Douro to Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo From here it joins with Guarda/IP5 The EN 216 which joins Mogadouro to Macedo de Cavaleiros The EN 219 which joins Mogadouro to Vimioso The town of pueblo Bemposta is reached by following the EN 221 which crosses it after 6 kms., along an alternative route (EN 221-7) which crosses the village and ends at the Spanish border, at the crossroads with the Bemposta dam, 2 km. away The Spanish village of Fermoselle is only 6 km. from the border Main communication links with Spain: 25 km. to Mogadouro Airport Pt 64.5 km. to Zamora Es 93.1 km. to Salamanca Airport Es 142 km. to Valladolid Airports Ryanair Es 330 km. to Madrid Airport Es 130 km. to Puebla de Sanabria Es (via Bragança Airport ) Pt
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Douro Heritage
The Douro lies to the North of Portugal, protected from the wet winds of the Atlantic Ocean by the mountain ridges of Marão and Montemuro, surrounded at the north by Trás-os-Montes, at the west by Minho and Douro Litoral, and at the east by the Spanish regions of Castela and Leão. The Douro region spreads over more than 610.000 acres, with almost 100.000 acres of vineyards in the deep basins nested on the River Douro and its tributaries, like Tâmega, Corgo, Torto, Pinhão, Tua, Côa, among others, each one with diversified mesoclimatic expressions, but always with cold winters and warm and dry summers. View of the Douro valley The Nature Park of the Douro Falaises et rochers sur les rives du DouroThe Nature Park of the Douro
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