Luogosanto is a beautiful village with rich Medieval past. Located in the North east of Sardinia among the  rolling hills of the Gallura region.
This village boast distinctive buildings clad with wonderful granite facades and also for its narrow winding streets which are paved the characteristic local stone in the traditional fish-tail pattern.
Of great interest to visitors are the Monks’ hermitages of San Trano and San Nicolo, as well as the Balaiana (1050 A.D.) and Baldu castles which can be found just outside the village.
Luogosanto is perfectly positioned with its close proximity to Olbia international  airport (42 km)and its busy harbour which links with all the major Italian ports. Alghero is less than 2 hour away.
From this area you’ll have easy access to the famous resort of Arzachena and Esmeralda coast (20 km), nearby  Palau (27 km) provides a gateway to the La Maddalena Archipelago by boat.
The resort of Santa Teresa di Gallura on the northern tip of the Island offers daily sailing services to the stunning French Island of Corse via its harbour.
The extraordinary  mountainous Gallura’s hinterland can be  reached in a few minutes drive through enchanting  roads.
Worth mentioning is the   route that brings you to the famous crystal-clear  Filletta  (6 km from Luogosanto)and ten  to  the artificial dam of the Liscia Lake and its enchanting surroundings where you can experience the rustic charm unchanged through the centuries. That is the place where  the local entrepreneurs  have set up   their restaurants and B&B facilities, as  numerous tourists flock here to admire the  Europe’s oldest  olive trees believed to be aged between 3800-4000 years.
Take a stroll  into  the lovely l landscaped vineyards scattered through the area that have been  cultivate with juicy Vementino and Nebiolo vines ; the pride of Sardinia. There you can sip a selection of Sardinian wines that are highly recognised all over the world.
Finally, visit  the lovely Tempio Pausania town at the bottom of the 1362 m high Limbara Mount. The village is renowned for its diuretic waters and imposing granite façade in the historic city centre and curative quality. Just within few kilometres away can be found the industrious village of Calangianus  famous for its thriving cork industry, and the picturesque Aggius and  its intriguing  Valley of the Moon.
Noted for its logistic value, this is one of the best area to buy a property in Sardinia.

This golden investment opportunity refers to a fascinating old farmhouse dating from the end of 19^th century, located in the rural region of Austena, a few kilometres from Luogosanto.
The architecture reflects the locally called  Palazzeddu’s stile (Palace style),  a clear  sign of wealth and prosperity of the original owners;  in fact only a few families  in the Gallura region could afford to develop a 2-level house, an economic effort that was unsustainable to many at that time.
The mansion, although in an obvious state of negligence, has still retained all its  charm. It can be stated rather paradoxically that its poor conditions have kept alive the ancient opulence of the time, preserving  all its original features free - as it often happens-  from  architectural contamination of the poor quality  renovation project.
The building, taking up   170 sq m, holds a dominant position on a green hill surrounded by thick woodland of cork trees and olive groves. The house used to be a silent witness of a continuous pilgrimage to the local church of Santa Reparata, in honour of which a moving procession is still organised, with costumes and colourful floats carried by oxen.
The property was designed to be as functional as possible to  help its inhabitants cope with  the harsh  life of being a farmer in that period. For this reason, for example, adjacent to the main house there was a depository to store and age the wine produced in the property’s vineyard , where is still visible a beautiful  Laccu, a granite tank inside which was preserved the must and the pomace after crushing the grapes before being transferred to be fermented and aged in the Cupi, as local call it, which means  wooden casks.
The house yet had all the comforts of the time. It was composed of an airy kitchen and a cum-dining room, complemented with large bedrooms on the first floor. There was not any bathroom even though the property was lived by well-off owners.
The estate spread extensively over an area of 17 hectares, developing from a gentle hill that stretched up to a rugged mountain located at the back of the house, continuing through a valley. It was there where a majestic garden and an orchard nestled, watered ingeniously by the farmers exploiting the force of gravity to pump the water from a spring located up hill.
Particularly beautiful is the characteristic Rotu, a circular area paved with granite stones where the wheat was separated from the chaff by involving 2 oxen to drag a big stone  over the wheat to make the vital milling process  possible.
Electricity is already in place and water can be sourced by digging an artesian well, although the public main is within a close distance.
This property is heaven for the prospective buyers, it has the potential for development and could also be used as a holiday retreat   in paradise-like  Sardinia.
This would be a labour of love for an investor who has the foresight to see the potential of this place   which is perfect for creating  a B&B  or a country hotel ( the local council encourages such enterprise)  which seem to be  flourishing business in this region. Whether a family home or a business opportunity this is a property that deserves consideration. 

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