Quasar Homes | Galician country homes & rural properties

Lovely fully stone-built house at 7 km (12 minutes by car) from the historical town of Monforte de Lemos, with all necessary amenities and services. The surroundings are rural and peaceful and the views are beautiful overlooking the rural scenery and valley of Monforte.

Distribution and state of repair:
The house on two floors has beautiful stone walls, a brand new roof still with the old chestnut beams and new concrete flooring. The entrance leads to a small courtyard. From here you can access to a barn with a stone oven on one side and to the house on the other side. The ground floor of the house comprises an open space. The first floor has also open space with potential for a new distribution. Furthermore, there are two bedrooms and a living room.

Garden:
The house is situated in 2.859 square meters of land with pasture, a well and vegetable gardens.

Measurements:
House: 97 + 97 = 194 m².

Services:

• A well and mains water connection
• Electricity needs to be connected
• Internet is easy to install.

Location:
The location is on the edge of a small hamlet at 7 Km from the historic town of Monforte de Lemos. The surroundings are rural and peaceful with woods, fields, hills and some interesting historic monuments. Besides that, Monforte de Lemos offers all necessary amenities and services such as a hospital, hypermarkets, all kind of local shops, bars and restaurants, etc.
During the middle Ages, Monforte de Lemos became an important town in Galicia. Here you can still find many interesting historical monuments. Worth to visit are for example the huge 17^th century building of Nuestra Señora de Antigua (well known as El Cardenal, with some paintings of El Greco in a museum), the monastery of San Vicente do Pino and the medieval castle and palace of the counts of Lemos (today a “Parador”, by the state owned Hotel), the old Jewish quarter, the convent of “Las Clarisas” with an important museum of sacred art and the lovely medieval bridge over the river Cabe.

Airports:
– Vigo (Peinador):                                          1 hour and 35 minutes by car (129 Km.)
– Santiago de Compostela (Lavacolla):         1 hour and 30 minutes by car (121 Km.)
– A Coruña (Alvedro)                                     1 hour and 40 minutes by car (155 Km.)
– Porto (Saa Carneiro, Portugal)                    2 hours and 45 minutes by car (252 Km.)