Amares sits on the edge of the Peneda-Geres national park, around a former monastery turned pousada: deep green, riverside, and quietly reverent.
The Amares wedding venues we work with put you against Portugal’s only national park, with monastery walls, mountain air and deep green, reverent without being solemn.
Amares sits on the edge of the Peneda-Gerês national park, in the greenest landscape in Portugal, and the venues Mary Me works with here include a converted monastery and a country estate. About 50 minutes from Porto airport, for up to around 200 guests, best from late spring to early autumn.
Amares is the Minho at its most natural. On the doorstep of Peneda-Geres, Portugal’s only national park, it centres on the Pousada Mosteiro de Amares, the converted monastery of Santa Maria do Bouro, with the mountains, rivers and forests of the Geres rising behind. It’s reverent without being solemn, and green without trying.
About fifty minutes from Porto airport, it suits couples who want monastery walls, mountain air and the greenest landscape in Portugal. Swan Lake brings a more theatrical, cinematic celebration to the same corner.
Among the venues here are the Pousada Mosteiro de Amares, the converted monastery of Santa Maria do Bouro with the Gerês rising behind, and Solar da Levada, a country estate by the river. For a more theatrical celebration in the same corner, Braga and the Swan Lake estate are close.
The Pousada Mosteiro de Amares is a converted monastery, so the setting carries that heritage: reverent without being heavy. We coordinate the ceremony within it.
The Peneda-Geres national park is on the doorstep (lakes, waterfalls and trails), making Amares a strong base for guests who want nature alongside the wedding.
It’s the greenest part of Portugal precisely because it’s also among the wettest. We build a covered alternative into every northern wedding and favour late spring to early autumn.
A converted monastery and a country estate, up to around 200 guests, on the doorstep of the Gerês park. We match you to the mood you want, reverent or relaxed.
