The Quinta is a charm tourism, a rural tourism in all aspects, located in the southwest of Alentejo. Next to the Santa Clara Dam, the Quinta is surrounded by an untouched landscape, which is home to a great biodiversity of wild animals and several rare birds. Located next to the magnificent lake of the Santa Clara-a-Velha dam, in Alentejo, the Quinta It is surrounded by unspoilt countryside which is home to a wide variety of wildlife and birds. With 16 bedroom, secluded, legal, fully furnished, with private bathrooms and a small terrace overlooking the lake, it is undoubtedly a charming tourist destination. The living rooms with fireplace, the porch with esplanade, the flowery gardens, the vast trees and a lawn that descends towards the water, are undoubtedly charming spaces for relaxation. At present it is in the Tripadvisor Hall of Fame, with Certificate of Excellence over 10 years running, Travellers' Choice Award etc. With 400+ genuine reviews since 2007, 370+ rated Excellent, it is a robust business with an excellent reputation and a faithful clientele. It sits on 5,7500 hectares in total with no through access and is secluded and very private. It has 2 hectares automatically irrigated, mature, totally biological, terraced garden, inc. a 70 sqm greenhouse, and has fruit trees, vegetable gardens, ornamental trees, shrubs and lawns, etc. It is totally Off-Grid and 90% solar-run, with robust back-up systems and has won the Platinum Green-Leader award. Electricity is provided by photovoltaic arrays which charge a large bank of batteries. It is then converted with a Sunny Boy Inverter to ordinary 240 volts. This ecological system is backed up by a 21.5 kw, 3-phase, fully serviced Deutz generator for when there's a cloudy spell. In general it has Zero light pollution, with the nearest neighbour being over 1km away. There is a 24 sqm Office, a Helipad, a fully equipped professional kitchen, a Pizza oven Barbequeue, a dovecot (unoccupied), a Laundry, Bar, Massage room, Wood-fired Sauna, Garden terraces seating areas, a Garage/Workshop (30 sqm), a 160 sqm shaded Yoga Shala, a Large Pontoon, two Drawing rooms with heat recuperators, (1 @ 34 sqm 1 @ 80 sqm), various store-rooms, a battery shed generator shed and shaded Car parks.
