House for sale in Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal

House with two bedrooms, for restoration. You can transform this semi-detached house as your main residence, as well as turn it into your ideal retreat for restful weekends between the tranquility of the Vez River and Lima, the unique nature of the surrounding mountains (Gerês and Soajo), the traditional gastronomy, the walkways to Sistelo (Tibet Portuguese) and the friendliness of the people of Arcos de Valdevez. This property has excellent access and is 400m from the A28 and A3, fast connections to Arcos de Valdevez, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Valença and Spain. Let yourself fall in love with the fascinating life of Father Himalaya (born in the nearby parish of Cendufe), a Catholic priest, scientist and inventor, pioneer in the use of solar energy and introducer in Portugal of the interest in renewable energies. He was a vegetarian and an advocate of naturopathy, in particular phytotherapy and hydrotherapy. Arcos de Valdevez is a Portuguese border village in the district of Viana do Castelo, North region and sub-region of Alto Minho, seat of a municipality with about 22,000 inhabitants. The so-called Tournament of Arcos de Valdevez, also known as "Recontro de Valdevez", was an important and decisive episode in the History of Portugal linked to the early days of nationality, being the antecedent of the celebration of the Treaty of Zamora in 1143. In 1662, during the War of Restoration, the town was burned down by the general governor of Castile D. Baltazar Rojas Pantoja, who established his headquarters in the Palace of Giela, in an energetic offensive on the Miño. Arcos de Valdevez is the seat of a municipality with an area of 447.60 km² and 22,847 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 36 parishes. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Monção, to the northeast by Melgaço, to the east by Galicia, to the south by Ponte da Barca, to the southwest and west by Ponte de Lima and to the west by Paredes de Coura. The highest point in the municipality is located in Pedrada, with an altitude of 1,416 meters, in the Serra de Soajo.