A PERFECTLY-PRESERVED Mediaeval castle close to the Costa Brava is up for sale, and could be yours for a mere €11 million.
Foixà (Girona province) is home to the 1,696-square-metre (18,256-square-foot) sandstone-coloured, four-square, turreted building, which has been renovated for living in, even with glass windows.
Foixà Castle, complete with swimming pool, jacuzzi and over an acre of ornamental gardens, could be yours for just under €11m (photo: Josep Renallas/Wikimedia Commons)
It sits on a small hill, on a 1.2-acre gated and walled-in site, complete with beautiful ornamental gardens and terraces, a swimming pool with showers and changing rooms, a jacuzzi, and an 'outdoor kitchen' with a barbecue area.
Unsurprisingly, it holds 'heritage interest asset' status, or BIC, which has guaranteed its ongoing protection and conservation.
Foixà Castle includes parts originally built in the 13th and 17th centuries, but has been fully restored and refurbished to make it very comfortable and habitable.
One of its many lounges joins directly onto the original castle chapel, and you can get to the tower from the main sitting room – a bonus for buyers with children of their own or in the family, who will love the adventure of getting up off the sofa to head upstairs to a lookout point built for protecting the fortress from enemy invasions centuries ago.
And for a large family or new occupants with lots of potential visitors, space is unlikely to be an issue, as the castle has six bedrooms of its own, and what used to be the separate, self-contained servants' quarters has another six.
Privacy is guaranteed, as the original castle wall – again, fully restored – keeps the complex closed off from prying eyes.
