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This Solar, situated in the center of the village of Arcas, in the middle of the Protected Landscape Azibo Albufeira, near Bragança, is a magnificent example of a house built in Secs. XVII and XVIII. It belongs to the family Pessanha, descendant of the Genoese Pessanha that in the reign of King Dinis, came to Portugal to teach the art of navigation. Here visitors have the opportunity to perform some traditional agricultural activities and use the hunting area, thus providing good leisure to all who pass through here. Arcas is a very old town, situated about 20 km from Macedo de Knights. After ups and downs through the sparsely populated mountains and beautiful, comes to us this small village Montes, who preserved their way of life and quiet countryside. In the center of the village stands imposingly, Solar das Arcas, a magnificent example of solar noble of seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the sun belongs has always Pessanha family, whose surname is of Genoese origin, and descended from Manuel Pessanha, who came to Portugal, at the request of King Dinis, teach and assist the Portuguese in the art of navigation. Entering the sun is immediately surrounded by an environment that evokes memories of other times. The halls and rooms are decorated in rich and soberly, and several pieces of furniture show the existence of a house intimately linked with rural life. Beside the chapel is the guest room, also known as the choir room, stayed overnight because it is there that the bishop, when he came to say Mass for Bragança. But what fascinates is the old kitchen of the manor huge, high ceilings, which remains in ancient times. In front of the house is a beautiful garden where you can enjoy the view over the hills that stretch out of sight where there are four small houses shale, called cazarelhas, unique in Portugal, who served for children to play. Unfortunately lost the origin of these curious houses or they were built. The sun is the parent of a property of 700 hectares, planted with forest trees, eucalyptus and many cherry trees, one of the most important agricultural enterprises of Tras-os-Montes. The apartments are nice and comfortable with a rustic decor of the place very well, no doubt ideal for those seeking the tranquility of the countryside and for those who like big and vast horizon, dotted the green of the trees.

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