The ground floor of the mill is now the entrance hall with the staircase going to the bedrooms above.
A sofa bed is in the entrance hall provides an additional bed for an adult or two children.

Walking through the entrance hall brings you to the former mill store which has been converted into a large living room.

This room has a sitting area and a dining area and is separated by a partition from a fully equipped kitchen.

Leading off the sitting room is a bedroom with a double bed and a shower room adjacent.

Steps lead up from the garden to a raised sun terrace.

Outside is one of the small differences between these two mills. In one the outside table is in the shade of a small tree, while the other mill has a linen canopy to provide the shade.

It is of great benefit to the holiday maker since the cooling breeze prevents temperatures from reaching the high afternoon levels of the rest of Iberia.

The mills are 6 kilometres by car from the long sandy Atlantic beaches at Apulia - also well known for small beach side restaurants where the fresh fish caught by the fishermen is barbecued.

The UNESCO World Heritage City of Porto is about 30 minutes away by motorway.

The village is part of Barcelos district where the Thursday market is reputed to be the largest in Europe.

Also within easy reach by car are Braga, the religious capital of Portugal, Guimaraes the former capital of the country until Lisbon was conquered by the Moors. To the north is the old sailing city of Viana do Castelo.

To see the unspoilt way of agricultural life a journey should be made into the National Park of Peneda-Geres.

The oval swimming pool is 7 metres by 3.5 metres and the depth is a constant 1.2 metres.