Casa da Calçada, in Amarante, is not just a precious architectural legacy. It is a place of memories, freedom, a free spirit and a humanist vision, with its heart in the past and its spirit in the future, as has always been its prerogative. A noble, cultured, industrious, revolutionary and charitable house, where intellectuals, dreams of modernity and gatherings passed through. It was where the beginning and restoration of the Republic were conspired and wine was venerated. A truly separate world, where freedom, modernity and progress have always been breathed.

It is also a five-star hotel, the result of the vision of Manuel António da Mota and the total dedication of his daughter Paula Mota, to whom the businessman delegated the emotional task of realizing his father's dream. A relic palace as charming and enchanting as the city of Amarante, in whose historic part it lives, right next to the Tâmega.