. Salto de Castro, in north-western Spain, has 44 homes, a bar, a hostel, a church, a school with several classrooms and a municipal swimming pool. There is also a barracks building that once housed the Civil Guard, according to the property announcement on Spanish real estate website Idealista. The village, located on the border with Portugal in the province of Zamora, is just a three-hour drive from the Spanish capital of Madrid. It has most of the things you would expect from a little town, except for inhabitants who abandoned it over 30 years ago. Spooky footage shows 'ghost' opening doors in 'haunted' city library The town has been uninhabited for over three decades since the hydroelectric plant that was built in the 50s was shut down ( MARIAM A MONTESINOS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) People left the town after a hydroelectric plant that was built in the 50s was shut down, according to reports. The current owner of Salto de Castro bought it at the beginning of the 2000s as he wanted to convert it into a tourist spot. However, the project could not flourish due to the Eurozone crisis and the settlement could not be repopulated. The owner, who is now in his 80s, wrote on Idealista that he wants to sell the town as he is an urban dweller and can no longer take care of it. Ronnie Rodríguez, holding a 'for sale' sign, says the owner wanted to set up a hotel in the village Ronnie Rodríguez, of Royal Invest, the company representing the owner, told BBC News : "The owner had the dream of having a hotel here but it was all put on hold. "He would still like the project to come true." After the){kind=link}
The current owner of Salto de Castro, located on the border with Portugal in the province of Zamora, wanted to transform the village into a tourist spot but could not succeed due to the Eurozone crisis
A Spanish village that has been abandoned for more than three decades is now up for sale with an asking price of £227,000 (â¬260,000).
Salto de Castro, in north-western Spain, has 44 homes, a bar, a hostel, a church, a school with several classrooms and a municipal swimming pool.
There is also a barracks building that once housed the Civil Guard, according to the property announcement on Spanish real estate website Idealista.
The village, located on the border with Portugal in the province of Zamora, is just a three-hour drive from the Spanish capital of Madrid.