House for sale, Esperança, in Esperança, Portugal

Ideal for secondary housing, tourism or for permanent housing. Existing buildings can be used or a new project can be made, as described below: "Monte dos Balões" is a property situated 1.5 km from the center of the village of Esperança, municipality of Arronches, in the Serra de S. Mamede Natural Park (PNSSM), with an area of 72,750.0 m2 (7,275 ha). The PNSSM is characterized by the mountainous massif "crowned, at times, by strange quartzite ridges that dominate a smooth and undulating surroundings" (in Natural.PT). In the "Monte dos Balões", the existing house is flanked by quartzite ridges, which have to be kept unchanged because they belong to the geological heritage. With a forestry project implemented in January 2023, with more than 1200 cork oaks, 200 ash trees, a spring and water line with a small riparian gallery in regeneration. Given the extent of the land, there are areas susceptible to planting of other species. The land is bounded with a fence, allowing accessibility by 2 gates and 1 main entrance. On the ground there are paths that allow easy circulation inside and perimeter. The property consists of 3 plots, which are the "Fonte do Lobo", the "Pernada da Aranha" and the "Regato da Aranha". At the top of the Mount, in the vicinity of quartzite ridges, there are a set of buildings in ruins, namely a house of habitation and dependencies, which with the possible expansion area, makes up 390 m². The buildings, because they are in ruins, have the advantage of allowing to carry out a construction from scratch, and not only a reconstruction. This land was chosen among several, because it was dedicated to a project of Tourism unit and tourist animation. The brand "Monte dos Balões" was created for the development of this project, as it also includes balloon flights. There is a complete architectural project, primitively dedicated to this tourism unit, and that can be made available, as well as the descriptive memory of the tourist project. The building, which can be used both for tourism and for private use, can be built in phases. From the "Monte dos Balões" it is possible to carry out a set of activities of Nature Tourism, which include a pedestrian route with a visit to the nucleus with cave paintings of the Shelter of Vale de Junco/ Lapa dos Gaivões (2 km), horse riding, car routes with varied themes (eg geology), canoeing at the Abrilongo dam (7 km), among other activities. It is 6 km from the Spanish border. The village of Esperança has all the structures that can offer support, from health center, supermarkets, café and restaurant.