6-Bed Village House with Pool & 2,730m² Land in Central Portugal, 35 Min from Coimbra



Portugal, Arega (Portugal)
6 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 198m² Floor area
€299,000
House
No parking
6 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
198m²
Garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
Sunday morning in Arega moves at its own pace. The smell of bread from the village café drifts through the kitchen window, the mountains sit blue and unhurried in the middle distance, and the only real decision is whether to take coffee on the terrace or go straight to the pool. That's the rhythm this house puts you in — and it's hard to leave.
Set in the quiet village of Arega in the municipality of Figueiró dos Vinhos, this six-bedroom detached house sits on a generous 2,730 square metre plot with genuine mountain views, an above-ground pool, its own well, and nearly 200 square metres of living space spread over two well-proportioned floors. At €299,000 for what's here, the numbers are hard to argue with. But numbers aren't what sell this place. The feeling does.
The house has real bones. Traditional Portuguese construction — the kind that stays cool through August without air conditioning working overtime — updated thoughtfully by owners who actually lived here. The centrepiece is an open-plan kitchen, living, and dining space that feels genuinely generous rather than magazine-generous. The kitchen is fitted with dark cabinetry and brushed gold hardware, and it flows without interruption into the lounge and dining areas. On a long summer evening, with the doors open and the light coming in low from the west, it's exactly the kind of space where everyone ends up. You don't need to orchestrate it. It just happens.
Six bedrooms gives you options most comparable properties don't. Families with kids who've outgrown sharing rooms will know what that means. So will anyone who's tried to host extended family without losing their mind. There's also a straightforward case here for multi-generational living — something that makes particular sense for buyers looking at Portugal as a longer-term base. The two bathrooms are functional and in good condition, and the overall house is move-in ready; no project waiting to swallow your first two summers.
Out on the land, the 2,730m² plot is mostly flat — genuinely flat, not the kind of "usable" that means you'll need a digger and a dream. The mature trees provide real shade and privacy from the road, and the well means watering a kitchen garden or a fruit orchard through July and August doesn't send your water bills sideways. The above-ground pool is already in place for those long, hot Central Portugal summers when temperatures in this inland region regularly push past 35°C and the afternoons beg for cold water and a book.
Arega itself is the kind of village that doesn't perform for tourists. Two cafés, one attached to a small market for daily essentials. Locals who'll know your name by the second week. Very little traffic — the kind of quiet that people from Lisbon and Porto pay serious money to find on weekends. And yet Figueiró dos Vinhos, the nearest town, is only minutes away for banking, schools, and a proper weekly market.
The surrounding area is Central Portugal at its most underrated. Foz de Alge, about 12 minutes by car, has a river beach along the Zêzere that locals treat as their own — clean water, shaded banks, the particular relief of a cold inland river on a scorching afternoon. The Lousã mountains are close enough for hiking; trails around Serra da Lousã reward you with views over pine forests and schist villages that look like they've been there since before maps. Coimbra is 35 minutes — Portugal's great university city, home to one of the oldest universities in the world, the Fado de Coimbra tradition, the Museu Nacional Machado de Castro, and a restaurant scene that's serious without being showy. Try the chanfana at a taberna in the old quarter, slow-cooked goat in red wine the way they've done it here for centuries.
Historic Tomar is 27 minutes away. The Convento de Cristo, built by the Knights Templar and expanded by the Order of Christ, is one of Portugal's genuine architectural landmarks — not a reproduction of history but the actual thing, still intact, still startling. Worth the drive on a quiet weekday when the tour buses are thinner.
For access, Lisbon Airport is roughly 90 minutes. Porto is about the same distance north. The A13 and A1 motorways make both cities reachable on a Friday evening without the kind of traffic drama that plagues coastal properties. For international buyers keeping a European base, that airport connection matters.
Portugal's NHR tax regime — the Non-Habitual Resident programme — continues to make the country one of the more tax-efficient places in Europe to hold property as a foreign national, and recent adjustments to the scheme still offer meaningful benefits for qualifying buyers. EU citizens will find the buying process relatively straightforward; non-EU buyers should engage a local solicitor early to navigate the administrative steps cleanly. The property market in Central Portugal remains significantly more accessible than the Algarve or Lisbon coastline, and villages like Arega — close to infrastructure but genuinely rural in feel — represent a category of buy that's gaining attention from buyers who've been priced out of trendier postcodes.
Rental income potential here is real. The combination of a large house, private land, a pool, and proximity to Coimbra and the Lousã mountain trails makes this a strong candidate for weekly holiday lets during the long Portuguese season, which runs reliably from May through October. A property under good management could generate meaningful income in months when you're not using it — something worth factoring into the overall ownership calculation.
Key features at a glance:
- Six bedrooms across two floors, approximately 198m² of interior space
- Two bathrooms, property in good, move-in ready condition
- Open-plan kitchen, living and dining area with contemporary kitchen fitout
- Above-ground swimming pool
- Private well for year-round garden irrigation
- Flat, usable 2,730m² plot with mature trees and mountain views
- Quiet village of Arega, within Figueiró dos Vinhos municipality
- Two village cafés, one with attached mini-market
- Foz de Alge river beach 12 minutes by car
- Coimbra 35 minutes, Tomar 27 minutes
- Lisbon Airport approximately 90 minutes
- Strong holiday rental potential across a long seasonal window
- NHR tax regime benefits available for qualifying international buyers
- Authentic Central Portugal village setting without tourist infrastructure
If you've been looking for a proper family-sized house in Central Portugal — enough space to actually use, land you can do something real with, and a location that gives you both quiet village life and access to two of Portugal's most compelling cities — this is one worth taking seriously. Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or get more information. Properties at this size and price point in this part of Portugal move when the right buyer finds them.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 6
- Size
- 198m²
- Price per m²
- €1,510
- Garden size
- 2730m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 2
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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