It doesn’t have history, it has centuries. That is how the Casa do Ribeirinho describes itself, and it is no exaggeration: built across the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, it is one of the oldest spaces in Matosinhos, and was home to emblematic figures of Portuguese history. To marry here is to marry inside time.
The house offers period halls, all climate-controlled — the Sala Inglesa, the Sala Imperio, the dining room, and the main salon — an 18th-century chapel, and two gardens: one more French-style, of clipped box hedges, and one romantic, with exotic species and two century-old palm trees. In the garden there is also a glass pavilion. It hosts up to 260 seated guests, with a single event per day.
For couples who want a wedding with centuries of history, twelve minutes from the airport, this is a perfect spot. If you ask us, it is one of the most soulful spaces in Greater Porto.
The Casa do Ribeirinho has no on-site accommodation. Mary Me coordinates room blocks at curated hotels in Matosinhos and Porto (a few minutes away), handling the family-by-family allocation, the transfers — which here are very short, with the airport twelve minutes away — and the arrival sequencing, so the wedding morning runs without surprises and international guests never feel lost.
The Casa do Ribeirinho was built across three centuries — the 18th, 19th, and 20th — and is today one of the oldest spaces in Matosinhos. Through its halls passed notable figures of Portuguese history, among them Antonio Bernardo de Brito e Cunha, one of the martyrs of liberty immortalised in the D. Pedro IV statue in Porto.
The interiors hold that layering of eras: the Sala Inglesa, the Sala Imperio, the dining room, and the main salon, each with its own character. Outside, the two gardens sum up two aesthetics — the geometric rigour of a French-style box-hedge garden, and the romance of a garden of century-old palms and exotic species, with a glass pavilion bridging to the open air.
If you ask us, what sets the Casa do Ribeirinho apart is the historical density allied to comfort: fully climate-controlled period halls, hosting a single event per day. Privacy and history, without giving up contemporary comfort.
We are in Matosinhos, on the coastal strip north of Porto — a city of the sea, of wide beaches and the country’s finest grilled-fish tradition. The Casa do Ribeirinho is a historic corner amid that urban and maritime life, with the beach and Porto a few minutes away.
The great advantage is the proximity to the airport: Francisco Sa Carneiro is about eight kilometres, twelve minutes by car — one of the shortest distances of all our venues — which makes the Casa do Ribeirinho extremely convenient for an international group that lands and wants to start the celebration without delays.
Around it is Matosinhos, Porto, the Foz, and the coast for a day-after of sea and city. The Casa do Ribeirinho is a historic, central base, very close to the airport, for a destination wedding in Greater Porto.
The Casa do Ribeirinho’s great advantage is the combination of period halls and gardens, on an exclusive-use basis, with a single event per day. Civil and symbolic ceremonies take place in the gardens — the French box-hedge one or the romantic one of the century-old palms — and Catholic ceremonies have the house’s own 18th-century chapel. The cocktail flows in the gardens and in the glass pavilion.
Dinner and the party set up in the period halls, fully climate-controlled, with capacity for up to 260 seated guests, and all the technical sound and image equipment. The furniture is included, and the house serves its own catering through selected partners. As there is only one event per day, the rhythm is entirely yours — no rush, no sharing of space.
The house, the chapel, and the gardens are entirely yours. We know Greater Porto deeply. The couple’s session winds across the period halls and the two gardens. Pop the question. We handle the rest.
The value we add is to represent you, independently, and to orchestrate everything that links the house to the Greater Porto around it. We handle the transfers from the airport — which here are very short, twelve minutes — and the liaison with the hotels of Matosinhos and Porto for the room block, since there is no on-site accommodation. The arrival sequencing of an international group, in a city they will want to explore (and eat the best grilled fish), is part of the work. And there is the practical side: the 18th-century chapel serves the Catholic ceremony at the house itself, and we handle the council permit for fireworks, the sound curfew, the civil-ceremony paperwork in Portuguese, and the Matosinhos and Porto programme for guests who stay on. From the first call to the last dance.
The Casa do Ribeirinho has capacity for up to 260 seated guests, spread across the fully climate-controlled period halls, with the gardens and the glass pavilion for the ceremony and the cocktail.
In Matosinhos, on the coastal strip north of Porto. Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport is about eight kilometres, twelve minutes by car — one of the shortest distances of all our venues — and Porto a few minutes off.
Yes. The Casa do Ribeirinho hosts a single event per day, with exclusive use — the house, the chapel, and the gardens are entirely yours, with no rush and no sharing of space. Mary Me coordinates the logistics.
The gardens are at their peak between May and September, the most sought-after season. But as the period halls are fully climate-controlled, the Casa do Ribeirinho works comfortably all year, with a guaranteed plan B for rain. For premium dates, we recommend 12-18 months ahead.
Yes. The Casa do Ribeirinho has an 18th-century chapel for Catholic ceremonies at the house itself. Mary Me coordinates, and also handles the Matosinhos and Porto churches if you prefer.
It is a historic house built across the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, one of the oldest spaces in Matosinhos, with climate-controlled period halls — the Sala Inglesa, the Sala Imperio — an 18th-century chapel, two gardens (a French-style one and a romantic one of century-old palms), and a glass pavilion. And it is twelve minutes from the airport.
There is no on-site accommodation. Mary Me coordinates room blocks at hotels in Matosinhos and Porto, a few minutes away, with transfers handled.
Civil and symbolic ceremonies in the gardens, Catholic ones in the house’s 18th-century chapel, or spiritual ones in the garden. Mary Me coordinates all the variants.
