This is one of the many executive properties marketed by Castle Gallois properties. If you are looking to invest in a property abroad then let us make the process safer and easier for you. Find out more on our website castlegalloisproperties.com or call us now on 00 44 (0) 29 2128 0112. Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/castlegalloispropertiescom/530346150431943. The 4 houses of the Quinta de São Jose have been fully restored respecting their surroundings and using typical material of the Douro region namely slate. The main house has 4 bedrooms and the other 3 houses have 2 bedrooms each, a full bathroom, living room/dining room and a kitchenette. It has air conditioning and central heating in all the houses, a swimming pool and private jetty. The property comprises a covered area of 1000sqm and land of 19500sqm. Quinta de S Jose has a privileged location and is within the classified World Humanity Heritage Valley of the Douro. The Upper Wine Douro region in the Northeast of Portugal is followed by the Douro River, a region that has been producing wines for more than 2000 years amongst them the famous Port wine. The Douro and its tributaries are covered by terraces supported by slate walls that carry vines full of white and red grapes. The Douro landscape is deeply altered with the production of wines. In the winter there is an atmosphere of extreme peace in the region but in the Summer and beginning of Autumn there is the intensive activity of the harvest. At the beginning of the XX century the demarcated region was extended up to the Higher Douro. In 2001 UNESCO classified it as a Humanity Heritage in the category of cultural landscape, part of the separated region of about 24 thousand hectares. With this recognition the Douro region benefitted even more from a tourist level: the river boat cruises intensified, the many estates opened their doors to tourists and the historic train re-started its rides. The region is in constant change from the new hotel unit to the restored and adapted old properties into rural hotel or guest houses in the rural space.
