Property Description

This beautiful property is located in the bottom of a mountain valley near the ancient village of Ratoeira, Guarda district, Central Portugal. In the foothills of the Serra de Estrela National Park, known to be the centre of the finest cheese making region in Portugal, making the famous Serra sheep’s cheese. The village has a good community, and a warm welcome to people who wish to mix and enjoy the traditions of the area. It has a lively cafe? and is two minutes from a million euro river beach, restaurant and play area, with shaded picnic benches next to the river Mondego. And ten minutes from Celorico da Beira which has all amenities, with good access by trains and buses to Porto and Lisbon, and the A25 motorway to Porto and Spain.

The farm itself sits on 2 hectares and has a newly built 300m sq building housing an automatic dairy with all equipment included and grazing for 80 sheep, plus 3/400 olive trees irrigated by a new pump from a covered well and a system of underground pipes. All irrigation pipes and sprayers are included to irrigate the grazing fields. It has barn space for the sheep and hay, plus the dairy itself, which includes stables and coops for chickens, dogs and small birds etc. It also has a large kitchen living room with a traditional corner fireplace and a modern shower room, and stairs up to a second floor with another shower room and hall which is intended to lead to bedrooms which can be built over the kitchen.

800m into the village is the main house made of granite block construction. It is 200m sq, has two floors with a small garden at the rear partly covered by a sloping tile roof, the walls are in good condition, but the wooden interior needs completely rebuilt, plus a new roof.

There are no land taxes to pay for foreigners the first ten years plus the owner is English speaking and is happy to help the buyers with all the paperwork necessary to begin business as soon as possible.

This is one of the last undiscovered parts of Portugal, and low prices are still possible. But this will not last as more and more people find the quiet, relaxed life of the Serra de Estrela Mountains.