Description
Monte da Quinta
Private residence with 15 years of a rural tourism business.
The dwellings consist of one detached and two semi-detached traditional Alentejo country houses.
The property is a total of 4.5 hectares with fenced perimeter and electric main gates.
The main services include:
- 3 phase electric and main water supply and drainage.
- A walled artesian well and pump irrigating the farm.
- 4 separate fenced paddocks, plus two fenced kitchen garden and orange grove areas.
- Stream running through property.
- Olive, Orange, Lemon, Fig, Plum, Pomegranate, Pear, Apricot, Nespar, Cork, Almond and Eucalyptus trees.
- 3 open hay/cereal crop meadows.
- A further 3.5 hectares of neighbouring grazing land for annual rental.
- Mature landscaped gardens, electric main gates, gravel drive and car port for 4 cars.
Casa Quinta (House 1 - detached)
Two double bedrooms
Solar heated water with electric backup, air conditioning, window fly screens.
Main bathroom, with bath, walk-in shower, bidet, toilet and sink unit
Fitted kitchen, open living and dining area with large inglenook fireplace and wood burner.
Utility area with double door access to large covered living and dining terrace. Outside kitchen with stone chimney, worktops and storage.
(The following semi-detached houses can be easily modified into one large dwelling with five bedrooms)
Casa Oliveira (House 2 – semi-detached)
Two double bedrooms with ensuite facilities, and double doors
Solar heated water with electric backup, underfloor heating. Central fire alarm system.
Open living with stone fire place, double doors onto covered terrace, dining area and fully fitted kitchen with door access to rear terrace.
Access to the front has covered living and dining area and access to the pool and private garden.
Casa Laranjeira (House 3 – semi-detached)
Three double bedrooms with ensuite facilities, and double doors
Solar heated water with electric backup, underfloor heating. Central fire alarm system.
Open living with stone fire place, double doors onto covered terrace, dining area and fully fitted kitchen.
Access to the front has large covered living, dining and terrace area with private garden.
Swimming pool
Newly refurbished Pool 10 x 5, plus integrated 4mtr circular infants pool, surrounded by terrace and mature gardens. Access to the pool pump house and a walled lower terrace with cabana.
Building 1 (office, large store and laundry) divided into three rooms, office, laundry storeroom and laundry wash room.
Building 2 (Stables) divided into two loose boxes or rooms, currently a workshop and loose box stable with covered alpendre to the front.
Building 3 (Animal housing) divided into three, two sections as animal housing, currently goats and poultry and the third as a grain and machinery store room. A large sectioned hay barn to the rear.
The property has main drainage and electric. Telecommunications and FIBRE Internet. The property also has its own water source from a large circular 10 metre artesian well and pump system with extensive irrigation.
The Location
Just a five minute walk takes you into the town's central streets with shops supermarkets bars and restaurants. Castro Verde is located within the centre of the lower Alentejo region and hosts festivals and markets throughout the year. One hour from the west or south coast forty minutes from the Algarve. One hour from Faro airport and one and half hours from Lisbon airport.
Castro Verde
The town has a health centre with accident and emergency, plus a 24hr pharmacy. A large open air market is held on the 1st Wednesday of every month. The town has boutiques hardware and household shops. There is a post office several banks with cash points children's play park public library night club public swimming pools and tennis courts along with a spa offering various therapies and treatments. The town has a coach station several petrol stations a cinema-theatre several churches a cultural centre tourist office and a museum. With all these amenities Castro Verde still maintains all the Portuguese culture architecture and traditions of a beautiful historical town.
Agriculture, tin and copper mining have been the mainstay of this region. The plains became a vast area for grain production and cattle-sheep grazing. Mining dates back hundreds of years with an abundant source of minerals including gold, silver, lead and iron. The richness and abundance of these combined 'base economies' grew to such an extent that Castro Verde became a regional centre of commerce and thus a crossroad of cultures within the Mediterranean area.
Nearby Attractions
There are several excellent vineyards within a 20 minute drive.
Heritage sites like Evora and historical towns such a Mertola Marvao and Serpa are all within easy reach by car. With stunning landscape and nature there are many outdoor pursuits and a very popular area for birdwatching artists and photographers.
- North * 90 minutes north is Lisboa the capital city of Portugal
- East * 60 minutes east is the beautiful Spanish border
- South * 40 minutes south lies the popular Algarve Region
- West * 40 minutes west lies the unspoilt Atlantic coast line