House For Sale Cabecas Central Portugal

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Cabecas Central Portugal. This delightful traditional village house set in the centre of the village of Cabecas a charming hill top village near Figueiro Dos Vinhos well known in the area for it's wine making. The original building was built in the 18th century, the ground floor room that measures 11.5m x 5m at the front of the house was the village shop for many years, this room would make
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an amazing living room. As we walk around the side of the house towards the gardens we pass a side door to the house and also 4 large garages/ storage rooms, with outdoor staircase to 1st floor terrace Where we find the kitchen & 6 bedrooms & bathroom on the left and 2 large bedrooms on the right side of the south facing sun terrace with beautiful panoramic mountain views. The gardens are very large and would be perfect for a swimming pool, with 8 mature fruit trees Orange / Lemon, 16 olive trees & vines for producing wine. The house has electricity & natural water from an underground stream that is pumped to the house and town water if required Natural water from an underground stream pumped to the house and town water if required. Opposite the house is a long barn measuring 15m x 4.8m this building could be guest accommodation or an impressive artist studio. The house is a very sound structure and cleaned up and redecorated, kitchen & bathroom would need to be replaced as very old, this building could be lived in whilst renovations take place. Recreation When you are not renovating your new house, there are plenty of things to do in the area in all seasons. There are beautiful country walks from the house on lovely forest tracks, also great for cycling. A short 10 minute drive from Cabecas is the waterfall and swimming lagoons of Sao Simao, a very beautiful & picturesque part of Central Portugal with great riverside walks and superb for picnics. A 10 minute drive to the south of Cabecas you have the wonderful river lake of Foz de Alge where you can swim or go canoeing or just walk and explore the beautiful landscape. 1 hour 50 minutes from the ski resort of Covilha & 50 minutes from the stunning beaches near Leiria. Cabecas is 40 minutes from the city of Coimbra where you have all the shopping you would ever need, also cinema's theatre's and fine restaurants. Coimbra also has a world-renowned hospital and the finest children's hospital in Europe. There is also a new freeway being built at the moment between Coimbra & Lisbon and soon from Cabecas you will be 1 hours drive to the centre of Lisbon and just under the hour to Lisbon International Airport. Central Portugal is Europe's best kept secret, truly is a fantastic place to live with a wonderful climate, that is not to hot in the summer and not to cold in the winter. Central Portugal is the ideal place to live in Europe! History of the house. The original house was built in the 18 hundreds by the Rodrigues family and over many years has been extended to accommodate ever growing generations. The present owner Jose Rodrigues known as Ze Lerias who is 93 years old has lived in the house since he was born in 1919, in 1947 he married his young bride from Arega and they lived in the house raising 6 daughters and running the family business from the house. The business was a typical Portuguese Bar/Cafe and shop that sold everything from animal feed to skins for sausages. The cafe had the only telephone and radio in the village and for many years was the social hub of the village. Ze Lerias now at the age of 93 spends his time living with his many daughters and their families in different areas of Portugal. Less