Spectacular visit, not to miss. Super well-preserved house with a total decoration of the season. Very rich expo in sight: paintings, furniture and decoration and even a small but fantastic costume exhibition! It is so welcoming that it seems that the family there lives on a daily basis. It transports us to a stunning era, which has long not existed but that immerses us in “dreaming” with it. Congratulations to the family who so well keeps this house and beautiful gardens and allows us to “live” a bit of it. The guide, Joana is very friendly and communicative. Thank you for sharing this heritage with me! I loved it.

The impression that Nelson and my friend Arrelindo and Maria José were left with from the visit we made on June 17th to the Palácio dos Condes de Anadia in Mangualde, could not be better. We start by visiting the Palace with its splendid tile panels representing various facets of universal culture; from Greek culture with its mythology, which has survived as a symbol of culture for more than twenty-five centuries, through European representations of the Middle Ages and modern ages and complemented with panels representing hunting and agricultural activities practiced in the forest and farms of counts. Completing the decoration of the walls are countless richly framed portraits representing, the vast majority, illustrious people from the families of the Sá de Anadia (Counts of Anadia) and the Pais do Amaral de Mangualde. The only room that deviates from this decoration is the magnificent dining room whose walls are painted with still lifes matching the food. Some of the ceilings, which are not blank, such as the one in the dining room, are covered with beautiful paintings. We can also see a beautiful gilded table with a tile panel top, in the living room; beautiful pieces of furniture; beautiful tapestries; pieces of decorative crockery, dinnerware and other types of crockery pieces of great beauty and great utility, all with great taste. We then visited the gardens. The palace gardens are one of those places privileged by nature, a pleasant and delightful place, where the centuries-old trees, the plants, the various places of retreat, the air you breathe... everything is in gentle and perfect harmony. There is like a symmetry of colors, of disposition in everything that is seen and felt, that it seems nothing more than that peace, health, tranquility of the spirit and rest of the heart lived there... a reign of love and benevolence. There you can imagine the Eden that the first man inhabited with his innocence and the virginity of his heart. Certainly there will still be those who enjoy all that beauty... those who enjoy and know how to enjoy all the peaceful pleasure, all the holy joys of the soul that seem to be fluttering around them. We returned with a unique idea in mind, that we will return, perhaps accompanied by other friends who are not familiar with those wonders. Nelson Cerveira

The palace is spectacular from the moment you are greeted by the wonderful staircase decorated with impressive tiles. Ana has explained to us wonderfully in Spanish the history of the palace and its inhabitants. Her partner (I am very sorry not to know her name), although she does not speak Spanish, has been very interested in assisting us perfectly with everything we have required. A very nice visit.!!!

Great visit. We did the palace tour and the garden walk. Our tour guide, Ana, was wonderful. She was very informative, kept the visit at a good pace and encouraged questions. In this respect, it was much better than other palaces / castles we have seen. Make sure you are there 5 minutes prior to your visit’s start time. We also walked through the gardens and took nice pictures. And, they also have wine bottles for sale at reasonable prices. Overall, loved it. I would recommend for sure.

We really enjoyed our tour. Our guide spoke English and gave us a detailed history of the palace and its contents. The gardens were a little disappointing, and we felt the experience could have benefitted from a café or restaurant, but aside from this, it was wonderful. The views from the garden were stunning.

We went to the palace last July and the truth that we were with Ana who made the experience very good since in the guided tour we had planned it was done exclusively for us since the rest of the visitors were not in Spanish. The truth is that they adapted very well to our language and it is to be appreciated because the guided tour was very interesting, enjoyable and with the possibility of taking pictures outside and inside the palace. The price is 15€ for about 45 min indoor visit plus the gardens. It is a funny thing to see that I highly recommend.

It was an incredible experience. We were lucky to have a very special guide called Ana who was very talented and enthusiastic in explaining everything. I was delighted with the visit, I didn't expect anything to be as wonderful as it was. A heritage of great value and highly valued. An incredible tile with many themes. The gardens are very beautiful and well maintained. I loved! I strongly recommend you visit. Knowing Viseu and not knowing this palace is not knowing Viseu as a whole.

I'll start by explaining the title: €15 per person to visit the palace, including the gardens. I found it a little elevated, compared to other national palaces. Perhaps the fact that it is a family palace explains the value. The guide was very friendly, explaining in detail all the details of the rooms visited. I found it interesting, in a good state of conservation and I recommend the visit.

Very interesting and captivating guided tour. A very beautiful palace with very original 18th century tiles. It has extensive gardens with some fountains with nenuphares and centuries-old trees. Duration of the visit to the interior of the palace of +- 45min.