Pousada de S.Gonçalo is located in a closed curve of the old national road that connected Amarante to Vila real, in a natural viewpoint of the Alvão-Marão Natural Park, and was designed by the architect Rogério de Azevedo (1898-1983), having been the second in a series of "Pousadas de Turismo" to open in August 1942.

The Pousada concept is part of the government's project to create a national network of regional inns. It was about creating in each inn, with its originality and the characteristics of each region, a homely atmosphere without luxuries, a calm environment, Portuguese family. In 1945 The government's Tourism Office initiates a tourism promotion campaign, with itineraries and tourist guides in different languages.