4 Farms and Estates for Sale, in Distrito de Lisboa, Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Paço de Arcos e Caxias, with Balcony

Wonderful 19th century mansion, located in Paço de Arcos, facing the sea.

This historic palace was the residence of King Portuguese D. Fernando II and is protected heritage as it continues to belong to heirs of the royal family. The architecture of this palace is neoclassical and its gardens include a wide variety of trees and greenery.

The mansion implanted at the foot of the hillside, stands out for its large volume and its rectilinear lines of great beauty, in Neoclassical style.
Social life in this great house has known, in the past, days of great intensity and glamour. The Royal Family attended the great feasts that took place there during the bathing season, because King Ferdinand II (widower of D. Maria II) and his second wife, the Countess of Edla (Elise Friederike Hensler), both protectors of the arts and artists, were housed here in the 1970s.

Built for a holiday home by Tomás Maria Bessone (Viscount of Bessone), the architects chosen to design the Palace and the landscape were the Italians José Cinatti and Achilles Rambois, who at the time were the architects of fashion. Inside the property was also built a tower with a clock and that eventually gave the name to the farm. The works begun in 1856 lasted for 4 years and included a number of other support buildings, such as stables and various service areas.

With a total of 40 rooms, this palace includes several buildings. The interior of the property is classically decorated with quality materials, 2 floors with several living and dining rooms, with fantastic fireplaces and painted ceilings. This mansion also has an office room and library with a fantastic panoramic view of the sea.

The garden benefits from 5 589m2 with covered area, has several garages, stables, staff house, an independent apartment, patio and storage. This property also has a fantastic 40m2 terrace with sea views.

Overlooking the Tagus River and the Atlantic Ocean, with approximately 150 meters facing the sea, located at a distance of about 30 meters from the Ocean.

This property of 5399 m2 consists of a magnificent garden, a palace, an annex, a garage for 4 cars, a stable, with a total of about 40 rooms.

The main building is distributed over 2 floors where around the central space is distributed the porch, the entrance hall and an imposing staircase illuminated by a magnificent skylight with the family coat of arms..

The entire property is walled, is currently self-sufficient in water and has built an aqueduct for rainwater that passes under neath the Marginal Road to the Sea.

Fantastic gardens with centuries-old dragon trees and with a breathtaking view of the sea, giving the feeling of being on top of the sea.

Classified as heritage protected by the environmental safeguard plan.

Particularly important is that this property is exempt from any kind of taxes (IMI and IMT). Pre-existing buildings can be expanded and can be deployed by new buildings, provided that existing characteristics are respected.

The unique property in the Lisbon region, is ideal for business office, charming hotel being allowed to add 1,150 m2 to the current construction area.

You are exempt from any kind of taxes and any kind of charges, financial (banks, finance, etc.) or others.

According to the plans of the Municipality of Oeiras will be continued and built, in front of the property, a Promenade that will connect Paço de Arcos to Caxias and Oeiras. This Promenade is intended for the movement of people and a bicycle path.

According to the plans of the Municipality of Oeiras will be built a marina, in Paço de Arcos, to host yachts or other pleasure boats and promote the development of the luxury tourist segment in the area.

According to the Plan for The Protection of Built and Environmental Heritage of the Municipality of Oeiras, the property is classified as ’Grade B Farm’, which implies that pre-existing buildings can be expanded and new buildings can be implemented, provided that they respect the characteristics of existing buildings and surrounding areas.

This property will allow you to build a hotel, or a luxury 3rd age home, or a museum, or a company headquarters or a single dwelling.

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With a markedly neoclassical language and ambience present in the sumptuousness of the ornamentation of the buildings, this fantastic property is located on avenida Marginal Lisboa-Cascais, about 30 minutes from the center of the capital (Lisbon) and lisbon international airport.

It is surrounded by an important vegetation where several rare species stand out, for their size and antiquity, specimens with hundreds of years of life and which are directly facing the sea.

The entire property, and particularly the main façade of the Palace, is directly south-facing the Tagus River and the Atlantic Ocean.

The property is very close to the main motorways and road traffic routes in the country.

A few minutes away there are also frequent rail transport.

The property is located in the municipality of Oeiras which, in terms of economic development and new technologies, is considered one of the most evolved in the country.

It consists of a Palace, a Clock Tower and several accessory buildings, totaling about 40 divisions.

The property has several gardens, patios and terraces over the sea.

It has several garages, stables, a staff house, an independent apartment, other storage facilities and a large area for parking vehicles.

The property has a rectangular shape and an area of about 6,000 m2, with a covered/built area of about 1,600 m2.

The property is all walled, has three gates to Av. Marginal, being possible to open a fourth gate to another road.

In general, its state of conservation is considered good, although some areas require repair works.

The property is self-catering in water and is connected to the sea by an underground tunnel.

You are exempt from any kind of taxes and any kind of charges, financial (banks, finance, etc.) or others.

According to the plans of the Municipality of Oeiras will be continued and built, in front of the property, a Promenade that will connect Paço de Arcos to Caxias and Oeiras. This Promenade is intended for the movement of people and a bicycle path.

According to the plans of the Municipality of Oeiras will be built a marina, in Paço de Arcos, to host yachts or other pleasure boats and promote the development of the luxury tourist segment in the area.

According to the Plan for The Protection of Built and Environmental Heritage of the Municipality of Oeiras, the property is classified as ’Grade B Farm’, which implies that pre-existing buildings can be expanded and new buildings can be implemented, provided that they respect the characteristics of existing buildings and surrounding areas.

This property will allow you to build a hotel, or a luxury 3rd age home, or a museum, or a company headquarters or a single dwelling.

It has a unique character, its location, the situation facing south and facing the river and the sea, the size and architectural style, the possibility of new constructions, the self-sufficiency in water and the exemption from taxes.

At one end of the property, on the hill where the Clock Tower once stands out, the aristocrats, owners of the property, saw the caravels and the naus that were headed for Africa, the Indies and Brazil.

Briefly, the property, better called ’Quinta do Relógio’:

1. It is overlooking the Tagus River and the Atlantic Ocean and situated on the outskirts of Lisbon;
2. It consists of a Palace, a Clock Tower and several buildings with about 40 divisions;
3. It has 3 exits to the main road and another planned;
4. It has about 6,000 m2, including about 1,650 m2 of built area;
5. It has its own water and is connected to the sea by a tunnel;
6. It is exempt from any kind of taxes and charges;
7. It was completed in 1860 under the direction of the architect Cinatti de Siena and was the dwelling place of His Royal Highness D. Fernando II of Portugal.

We have in our possession other documentary elements (more detailed plans, feasibility studies, etc.) that we will be happy to share with you.

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’Quinta do Relógio is an extraordinary property located in Paço d’Arcos, halfway between Lisboa and Cascais, facing the Tagus River’s mouth.

This mansion is set in the famous ’Estrada Marginal’ in the steps of Paço d’ Arcos´s hill and it stands for its solid volume and Neoclassic beautiful design. Due to its fantastic location the property was once used as the portuguese royal family’s summer house.

The mansion was designed by famous italian architects Giuseppe Cinatti and Aquiles Rambois and it was built in 1860. The property is named after the famous clock-tower which gives it a lot of character. It also has other buildings like the horse stables and others to serve the main house.

The mansion has three storeys, connected by a large stairway in the centre of the building. It has great light exposure due to its large skylight.

’In total, the mansion and its adjacent buildings have 26 rooms

- 6 Living-rooms
- 20 Bedrooms
- 6 Bathrooms

The Built area complies 1600 sqm set in a 5600 sqm plot.

We can find different types of large trees, diversified vegetation and some ponds in the garden.’

Palace next to the Marginal with river front view

Possibility to make Boutique Hotel

Fantastic Palace on Avenida Marginal in Paço de Arcos, in front of the sea.
The unique property in the Lisbon region, is ideal for business headquarters, charming hotel being allowed to add 1,150 m2 to the current construction area, or for residence.
In the gardens of the Palace stands out the Clock Tower that gave its name to the property.

Quinta do Relógio dates from the nineteenth century, having been built by Tomás Maria Bessone, being completed in 1860, under the direction of the Architect Cinatti of Siena, who gave it a strong Italian influence.

Later, it was a summer residence of His Royal Highness King Ferdinand II of Portugal.
At this time, the property belongs to the heirs of D. António Luís Freitas de
Lancastre Basto and Baharem, descendants of His Royal Highness King John I and Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal and daughter of John of Gaunt, 2nd Duke of Lancaster, son of Edward III, King of England.

The property has a language and an ambience markedly Neoclassical, present in the sumptuousness of the ornamentation of the buildings, surrounded by an important vegetation where several rare species stand out, for their size and antiquity, namely the Araucaria (Araucaria bidwilli), the Plane Trees (Platanus sp. Orientalis) and especially the Dragoeiros (Dracaena draco), all of these specimens hundreds of years old and facing the sea.

The property is located on Avenida Marginal Lisboa-Cascais, about 30 minutes from the center of Lisbon and Lisbon International Airport.

The entire property, and particularly the main façade of the Palace, faces directly south, over the Tagus River and the Atlantic Ocean.