Bauernhof Tabuaço

QUINTA DE RIBATEDO, Discover the serenity of country life!

If you are looking for a peaceful retreat in a rural setting, this farm is the ideal place for you.

With a large area of land, 34 hectares, this property offers a range of possibilities for those who want to enjoy nature and privacy.

- Main house with 129 m² of gross construction area, with kitchen and five bedrooms.

- Attached to the main house is a 1920s cottage with a bathroom and four bedrooms, measuring approximately 70 m².

- Wine press and warehouse measuring 100 m².

- 50 metres away is the caretaker’s house and a storehouse where animals were kept, ideal for renovation, with 70 m2.

- Garden with granite columns and a granite tank and pond.

- It has four tanks for irrigation.

•⁠ ⁠Farm with approximately 34 hectares, located in the municipality of Tabuaço, parish of Longa

•⁠ ⁠⁠It has its own path to the municipal road, which connects to the localities.

•⁠ ⁠⁠It has excellent sun exposure, getting sun all day long.

•⁠ ⁠⁠Mediterranean-type microclimate.

•⁠ ⁠⁠Quiet location, far from the hustle and bustle of the city.

•⁠ ⁠⁠Ideal for those who want to develop a rural tourist centre, a retreat for those who want to be in nature.

. Feasibility of energy autonomy.

•⁠ ⁠⁠A complex private network of mines with underground tunnels, which transport water from springs by gravity and feed four granite tanks, where water is retained or made available for irrigation and ensure water all year round for a possible swimming pool.

. ⁠On this property, you can create walking trails through the mountains for hiking, tracking, and observing fauna and flora.

•⁠ ⁠⁠Go to the river beach in the nearest village, ‘Granja do Tedo’.

. Visit the hill fort complex in the nearby village of Longa ‘Citânia de Longa’.

•⁠ ⁠⁠Here, silence is golden and is only broken by the sounds of nature.

•⁠ ⁠⁠Within the property there are two connected houses, one is a 1920s chalet with one floor, a veranda and a panoramic terrace .

•⁠ ⁠⁠The other is a stone house with 70cm thick, double granite walls and two floors.

•⁠ ⁠⁠These two houses are surrounded by a garden, a stone tank and a small, romantic lake.

•⁠ ⁠⁠Within the property there is also a warehouse to be renovated with a granite wine press, which can be converted into a dwelling.

•⁠ ⁠⁠There is also the caretaker’s house, with views to infinity, facing west, which has two floors, a bread oven, and outbuildings (cattle shed).

•⁠ ⁠⁠Also to be refurbished, there are three more ruins to restore.

•⁠ ⁠⁠More than 400 olive trees in production.

. More than 300 cork oaks producing cork.

•⁠ ⁠⁠Approximately 1 hectare of eucalyptus forest.

•⁠ ⁠⁠Extensive area of pine forest, with several chestnut trees for timber or chestnuts.

•⁠ ⁠⁠Hundreds of native arbutus trees.

•⁠ ⁠⁠Possibility of restoring the old vineyard on schist soil.

VERY IMPORTANT
A highly useful report, dated May 2026, has been made available. It was requested from Tabuaço Municipal Council and concerns “Information regarding the feasibility of construction on a plot of land located at Quinta de Longa, Parish of Longa – QUINTA DE RIBATEDO”.

I would particularly highlight Article 17: Building Regulations

“4 – In rural tourism or rural accommodation developments, reconstruction and extension of up to 50% of the existing building’s floor area is permitted; the land coverage of new leisure facilities associated with the developments must not exceed 50% of the existing building, provided they are not located within the POARC area

5 - In tourist developments, the following apply:
a) The maximum building area, applied to the entire development, corresponds to a floor area ratio of 0.25 m²/m²:

b) A maximum of 3 storeys above ground level.”

Possibility of reconstruction and extension by 50% of the existing building’s floor area, provided that the property is not included in the POARC, for tourist developments, namely rural accommodation or rural tourism, hotel developments, holiday villages, and campsites and caravan parks.

3 — For the types of development comprising tourist developments, the following indices and parameters apply:

a) In holiday home or rural tourism developments, reconstruction and extension of up to 50% of the existing building’s floor area is permitted, provided they are not located within a POARC area; the land coverage of new leisure facilities associated with the developments must not exceed 50% of the existing building, and the façade height must be two storeys above ground level and one below, or 7 metres in height, or the existing roof line must be maintained if higher, provided they are not located within a POARC area.

b) In hotel establishments, including rural hotels, the provisions of paragraph 5 of Article 170 shall apply, depending on whether they concern extensions or new buildings respectively;

c) In tourist villages or tourist complexes, a floor area ratio of 0.1 m²/m² applies, calculated on the land area allocated for use, with a façade height of two storeys above ground level and one below, or 9 metres in height;

d) Camping and caravan sites – the floor area ratio is 0.2 m²/m² applied to the plot area; buildings must not exceed two storeys above ground level.
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