Pousada da Serrinha website

Pousada da Serrinha is very attractive and deceivingly authentic reproduction colonial mansion tucked into 20,000 square meters of green in Passagem de Mariana at the foot of the Serrinha mountains.

The Pousada da Serrinha is a total surprise, as the main house and ample gardens only reveal themselves once the massive wooden gate in the hibiscus hedge rolls open. Across an area of huge paving stones the wide stone steps flanked by twin palms lead up to the front portico and into the foyer and reception area.

A large breakfast room/bar/social space stretches front to back on the left, while several downstairs guestrooms occupy the right side, where a door opens onto a back veranda overlooking the gardens and more guest apartments. An impressive wooden double return staircase, the banisters carved with the same motif repeated throughout the house, rises at the back of the foyer and leads to the upstairs living room and guestrooms.

Decoration is eclectic, with antique accents and lots of potted plants. The grounds are beautifully landscaped with flowering plants and shrubs, numerous fruit trees that attract a variety of birds and small animals, and an organic garden with herbs and vegetables.

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