The property is located in the village of Matela - Antas & Matela Freguesia (civil parish). This is Beira Alta region in the east-centre of Portugal's mainland. This is not far from Serra da Estrela (Estrela mountain) natural park, the highest pick in Portugal's mainland.
Matela is 15km far (about 15min drive) from its district capital town, Penalva do Castelo, and about 11km far (about 15min drive) from another neighbouring town, Fornos de Algodres. In these two closest towns you find all sorts facilities like: cafés, restaurants, shops, bank, cash machine, post office, petrol station, nursery, secondary school, care house, NHS health centre (where you're entitled to register with a local GP), justice court, local community association, and weekly local market.
Matela is 40km far (about 45min drive) from its regional capital city, Viseu - an historical small city where all urban amenities and facilities above can be found, also central hospital, university, polytechnic, 17th century cathedral, cinema, theatre, shopping centre, skiing race, etc. (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Viseu,+Portugal/Matela,+Penalva+do+Castelo,+Portugal/@40.6556298,-7.7359193,12z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m10!1m1!1s0xd23363eebc35ccd:0xf6bfc08821e7449a!2m2!1d-7.9124712!2d40.6565861!3m4!1m2!1d-7.7050768!2d40.63344!3s0xd3ccbe428c9d027:0xa2181a6fb2b896e!1m5!1m1!1s0xd3cc712285c90fd:0x2cc211e45cb40c68!2m2!1d-7.555089!2d40.686453!3e0 )
Finally, Matela is well served by several municipal and regional roads. Closest A25 (motorway) junction is about 15km away. Closest railway station is Fornos de Algodres on Beira Alta Line, served by regional service trains to Coimbra and intercity service trains to Lisbon.
