Chaves is a Roman spa town in the far north of Portugal, where a sixteen-arch bridge from the time of the Emperor Trajan still crosses the Tamega, and the thermal waters that built the town still flow.
The one Chaves wedding venue on our list is pure Belle Époque grandeur — a palatial thermal-spa hotel in its own park, in a Roman spa town a long way north in every sense.
Chaves holds 1 of Mary Me’s curated wedding venues in the far-northern Trás-os-Montes — the Vidago Palace, a grand Belle Époque thermal-spa hotel in parkland, the kind of grandeur this quiet corner does so well. About an hour and a quarter to an hour and a half from Porto airport, up to around 250 guests, best from late spring to early autumn.
Chaves is deep Tras-os-Montes, near the Spanish border — a historic spa town the Romans named Aquae Flaviae for its hot springs, with the great Trajan bridge, a medieval castle keep and cobbled lanes. Its distinctiveness is heritage and thermal calm, a long way from the coast in every sense.
Nearby, at Vidago, stands the palatial Vidago Palace — a grand early-twentieth-century thermal spa hotel set in parkland, the kind of belle-epoque grandeur this corner of Portugal does quietly. Chaves sits around an hour and a quarter to an hour and a half from Porto airport.
The setting here is the Vidago Palace, an early-twentieth-century thermal-spa palace-hotel set in gardens near Chaves — grand, theatrical and unlike anywhere else in the north. The historic spa town and its Roman Trajan bridge complete the day.
Being a Roman spa town — the Romans named it Aquae Flaviae for its hot springs — with a sixteen-arch Trajan bridge still in use, a castle keep and an old town built around thermal waters.
A grand early-twentieth-century thermal spa hotel in parkland near Chaves — belle-epoque grandeur and one of the north’s most distinctive settings.
About an hour and a quarter to an hour and a half, deep in the far-northern Tras-os-Montes.
One — the grand Vidago Palace spa hotel, up to around 250 guests, in the far-northern Trás-os-Montes. It’s a destination in itself; the nearest wider list is back toward Braga and Guimarães.
