Quasar Homes | Galician country homes & rural properties

You can find this beautiful rustic home at just 8 km (13 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 is fully stone-built with a nice terrace and a new roof with a superb chestnut structure. Inside you will find an open space in need of renovations. The property has a new septic tank installed in its garden and a cabin for temporary housing with an open kitchen, a bathroom and a living/bedroom.

Garden
The house is situated in 858 square meters of fully enclosed land with a ruin, a vegetable garden, a new drilled well and a new septic tank. The ruin can be converted into more living space.

Services

• A well for the water supply

• Electricity

• Septic tank

• Internet is easy to install

Location
The location is on the edge of a small hamlet at 8 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 17th 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” 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 (Sá Carneiro, Portugal): 2 hours and 40 minutes by car (252 km)