Farm deluxe for sale in Castelo dos Mouros

This farm is located in the Municipality of Sintra, in the Serra de Sintra - Sintra UNESCO World Heritage Site, in its nuclear and protected area between the Castelo dos Mouros, the Palácio da Pena and the Monserrate Park.

The 1150 m2 house has 10 rooms, almost all of them en suite, an annex with two bedrooms and a bathroom and kitchen, and several complementary rooms. With a wide and privileged view to the Pena Palace, just 1,000 m away, this is a completely isolated farm in a paradisiacal natural park in one of the most beautiful mountains in the country.

With a dimension of 25 hectares, it is located in the upper part of the mountain where there are mines supplying water to Sintra, Colares and to the valley where agriculture was predominant. In this area, hunting and gathering of plants and wood were frequent. It has an A + Energy certificate and we can say that it is 100% self-sustainable at an energy level.

The Quinta is located right next to the Pena Palace in the north of the Serra de Sintra between the Estrada dos Capuchos and the Estrada de Monserrate having a stunning landscape where the view reaches the Berlengas Islands, being surrounded by forest typical of the Nuclear Zone the Serra de Sintra consisting of arbutus, eucalyptus, cedar, pine, acacia, chestnut, Holly, Sequoias, Cork trees, Oaks.

The current farms in this area of ​​the Serra de Sintra were a single property that dates back to Francis Cook.

The Reynolds Family English cork producers came to Portugal in the 1950s and plan to build a house at the top of the mountain for their family's home. So they built the house on a platform at the top of the mountain with a stunning landscape situation with the neighboring Pena Palace adding to the beauty of the place and its history. This manor house is of modern construction for the time (1968), with some interesting features. It has 3 balconies with different characteristics but that allow you to enjoy the landscape under the elements at any time of the year, with good sun exposure, panoramic views of the floodplain, sea and Castelo da Pena. Situated in an extremely quiet and reserved place, with 2 access by a dirt road.