Quinta da Pacheca hosts weddings, corporate dinners, retreats and private celebrations for up to 260 guests, with seven indoor spaces, gardens and terraces, a hotel and a spa on the same estate. The wine estate lies in Cambres, in the municipality of Lamego, in the heart of the Douro Valley in northern Portugal.
Seminars and company events
The estate works with companies on corporate dinners, end-of-year and Christmas celebrations, retreats and client events. Its historic rooms, wine cellars and vineyard gardens take anything from a small team dinner to a large gathering, and event guests can book rooms set aside for them with a dedicated event code. Wine experiences give content to a program: guided cellar tours, tastings, a harvest day in season and painting workshops at the Atelier d'Or. A dedicated events team prepares a proposal for each project.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings range from small ceremonies to large celebrations, and the estate also hosts anniversaries, milestone birthdays, baptisms and family gatherings. Gardens, terraces and the vineyards give room for an outdoor ceremony or a cocktail, with indoor spaces for the dinner. Live music can be arranged for welcome dinners, sunset cocktails and late-night parties. Couples and their guests can stay on site and extend the weekend with treatments at the spa.
Rooms and capacities
The estate states a maximum of 260 guests for an event, spread across seven indoor spaces plus gardens and terraces. The individual rooms are not named or sized on the website, so layouts and capacities per room are confirmed by the events team for each event.
Accommodation
The Wine House Hotel opened on the estate in 2009. Rooms are split between a Classic Wing with traditional decor and a Modern Wing with brighter, contemporary design. The estate is also known for its Wine Barrels, barrel-shaped suites set among the vines. The hotel has a swimming pool, gardens and the Vineyard Spa, and it received one MICHELIN Key in 2026.
Catering
The Wine House Restaurant, led by chef Carlos Pires, serves contemporary Portuguese cooking with a view over the vineyards. For events, menus are personalized and served with the estate's own Douro DOC and Port wines.
History and setting
Vines grew here in the 16th century: a document from 1551 links them to the monasteries of Salzedas and São João de Tarouca. The name Pacheca appears in 1738, after Mariana Pacheco Pereira, who ran the property herself. Granite markers from the 1758 Pombaline demarcation of the Douro still stand at the entrance. The Serpa Pimentel family bought the estate in 1903, began selling DOC wines in 1977 and opened it to wine tourism in 1995. Since 2012 it has belonged to the families of Paulo Pereira and Maria do Céu Gonçalves. The estate farms about 75 hectares of vineyards in the Douro, a UNESCO World Heritage area since 2001.
Getting there
The estate is about 90 minutes by car from Porto. Régua railway station is a short drive away, so guests can arrive by train and finish by taxi. Parking on site is free.
