A village in Spain, Salto de Castro is put on sale for €260,000

Salto de Castro, in a north-western Spanish village, is up for sale and the asking price is €260,000

Salto de Castro is in the Zamora province, it is located on the border with Portugal and a three-hour drive from Madrid. This village has many of the buildings expected to be found in a small Spanish town. It has 44 houses, a church, a municipal swimming pool, a school, a hotel, and a barracks building to house the civil guard.

But the village does not have habitats as it has been abandoned for more than three decades. Intending to convert Salto do Castro into a tourist spot, the owner bought it at the beginning of the 2000s. But the plan could not flourish due to the Eurozone crisis.

The property is listed on the Idealista website where the owner, who is in his 80s, states that he is selling the property because he is an urban dweller and cannot maintain the upkeep of the village. Since it was listed a week ago it has attracted the interest of the buyer with more than 50,000 visits. 300 people have expressed an interest in buying, with inquiries from France, Russia, Belgium, and the UK and one potential buyer has already put money to reserve it.