There are weddings where you rent a space, and weddings where you live in a house. The Fox House, in the green heart of Portugal, in Sao Pedro do Sul, is the second kind: a private stone villa, with six suites, in the middle of seven hectares of colourful gardens, forest, and a lake with an island of a century-old olive tree.
The concept is clear — unique weddings with a stay, in complete exclusivity. The villa welcomes up to 12 guests in its suites, has an infinity pool surrounded by nature and panoramic views over the hills; and the party, under a garden marquee with fairy lights, hosts up to 200 guests. It is family-run, by hosts Mafalda and Miguel, with a tailor-made approach from start to finish.
For couples who want an intimate wedding, immersed in nature, where the closest people sleep in the villa itself, this is a perfect spot. If you ask us, it is la dolce vita turned into a destination.
The Fox House is, in its concept, a villa-with-a-stay: it has six suites for up to 12 guests, with an infinity pool, and the wedding package includes several nights’ stay for the couple and the closest circle. It is intimate accommodation, not for the whole group — so, at a wedding of up to 200 guests, Mary Me coordinates the room block for the rest at hotels and thermal units in Sao Pedro do Sul and Viseu, with the family-by-family allocation, the transfers, and the arrival sequencing handled.
The Fox House was born from a moment: on a summer night, under the pergola, a young fox appeared, curious, drawn by the aromas and the joy of the table — and it was that image that gave the project its concept of exclusivity and nature. Today it is a stone rural-tourism villa, in the green heart of Portugal.
It is seven hectares of private grounds: colourful gardens with springwaters, a forest, a lake with an old olive tree on an island, and an infinity pool overlooking a green valley of gentle hills. The villa, of stone walls and striking identity, welcomes up to 12 guests in six suites, with every comfort.
If you ask us, what sets The Fox House apart is the concept of a wedding-with-a-stay in complete exclusivity: you do not rent a hall, you live in a house. The hosts handle everything with creativity and care, and the guests leave feeling they have been somewhere magical. Not bad, right?
We are in Beiros, in the municipality of Sao Pedro do Sul, district of Viseu — the green heart of Portugal, in the Dao wine region and next to the millenary thermal area of Sao Pedro do Sul, among hills, valleys, and schist villages. It is proper nature, in one of the most bucolic settings in the Centro.
The great advantage is the serene seclusion: the villa sits in a green valley, far from everything, but with Viseu, the Dao, and the thermal spas a short distance off. Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport, in Porto, is about an hour and fifteen away — the most practical international arrival point for a group coming from abroad.
Around it is Viseu, the Serra da Freita, the thermal spas, the schist villages, and the Dao wine route for a day-after. The Fox House is a base of nature and privacy for a destination wedding in central Portugal.
The Fox House’s great advantage is complete exclusivity allied to the stay. Access to the space is total: the villa, the gardens, the lake, and the forest are entirely yours. Civil and symbolic ceremonies take place outdoors, among the colourful gardens, by the lake, or under the trees, with the valley making the setting; and the cocktail flows across the grounds, at sunset, by the infinity pool.
Dinner and the party set up under a garden marquee with fairy lights, with capacity for up to 200 guests, and the catering is done with the house’s curated partners. The hosts, Mafalda and Miguel, follow every step of the preparation with a genuinely tailor-made approach.
And there is the concept: the couple and the 12 closest people sleep in the villa, over several days, and the wedding stretches into a nature retreat. We know central Portugal deeply. The couple’s session moves by the lake, the gardens, and the infinity pool at sunset. Pop the question. We handle the rest.
The Fox House is, in itself, a complete planning operation — the hosts organise and coordinate the weddings on-site, hands-on. The value we add does not replace the house’s team: it is to represent you, independently, and to orchestrate the whole part that links this remote villa to the world your guests come from. We handle the transfers from Porto airport (an hour and fifteen away) and, since the villa only sleeps 12, the liaison with the hotels and thermal units of Sao Pedro do Sul and Viseu for the room block of the remaining guests, and the arrival sequencing of an international group to a remote valley — which is precisely where an outside planner adds most. And there is the practical side: liaison with the region’s churches for the Catholic ceremony, the council permit for fireworks, the sound curfew, the civil-ceremony paperwork in Portuguese, and the Dao, thermal spas, and schist villages programme for guests who stay on. From the first call to the last dance.
