Description
Farm in Cuba, ideal for developing a tourism business and events with the possibility of wine production. Unique property due to its historical importance, a 1340m2 building with 200 rooms, 131 doors and 109 windows, surrounded by period gardens, generous stone swimming pools, 2 watercourses and an aqueduct dating from 1728, which from the Valados of the Cuba Valley brought water for Quinta da Esperança. Farm with approximately 70,000 m2 of fertile land with plenty of water and a natural stream, 200 Centenary Olive Trees. Property has a Local Accommodation License in a hostel with 4 completely renovated and operational rooms and another 4 rooms undergoing renovation. The property also has several support buildings, and for one of them there is a project to expand the accommodation to a further 10 rooms with respective support areas. There are records of its existence as early as mid-1595. With four floors and more than 200 rooms, it was built by the Sebolinhos de Barahona family, an influential family in the region who transformed the entire area around them into one of the largest wheat-growing fields in Portugal. , creating Morgado da Esperança from 1750 onwards. As it was a residence for the nobility, it had the privilege of hosting three members of the Portuguese Royal Family: Queen D. Maria II, King D. PedroVeoKing D. Luís, during their travels to the city of Beja, in addition to having received other royalty from other lands on its premises. It has a beautiful Baroque-style chapel with gilded carvings dating from 1721.