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Currently looking for a couple (or single) for the month of March to help us with our regular spring chores, especially gardening, mowing, spring maintenance of our ecological pool and preparing of our campsite for reopening in April.
We are Marga and Jurrie, a Dutch couple who moved to Portugal fourteen years ago to start a living over here in order to increase our quality of life. We are active host for volunteers during most months of the year. In a beautiful part of central Portugal we own and run a small scale holiday resort set in 8 hectares of it's own grounds with four holiday homes and a smallscale campsite.
All construction work, cleaning of the villa's when change overs, land management with potentially dangerous machineries like tractors, chain saws etc are exclusively done by local professionals we have contracted. Workaway volunteers are welcome to give an extra hand with some additional chores.
We consider ourselves as very down to earth and open minded people, we love to work hard (if necessary) and we love to end the day with a good meal and a good glass of wine as well. We consider Workaway as a social, intercultural exchange program and people of all ages from all over the word are welcome to spend some quality time in this nice area of Portugal.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We love to share our extended knowledge of land management, growing our own vegetables and fruits, preserving all kind of foods.
We also love to share our 14-years experiences and the do's and don'ts of starting a living/business in Portugal as an immigrant.
Help
In good consultation we will define a combination of tasks that will fit with your preferences, capabilities and experiences. Good developed social skills are necessary to make this workaway exchange a success.
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Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Portuguese: Intermediate
Accommodation
We offer you one of our spacious,comfortable and fully equipped holiday homes that isn't booked
What else ...
You have to be aware of the fact that we live in a quiet and relatively remote area. Therefore we prefer to host a couple or two friends for a minimal period of 3/4 weeks.
We will keep in mind that you also will be here to discover Portugal and therefore we will fully respect the agreement to work 5 days a week/25 effective hours a week. We are open to approach this on a very flexible way, so that you also will have sufficient time to plan some more day trips/long weekends to explore the country.
Nearest cities are Oliveira do Hospital and Tábua, both on a 8 kilometers distance. Covas is centrally situated in the Dão-region, a big area that is enclosed bij the Serra Estrela in the East (25 km), the Serra Açor in the South (20 km) and the Serra de Caramulo in the West (30 km). The area is also dominated by two rivers, the Rio Mondego and the Rio Alva.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Decent WiFi available
Space for parking camper vans
Workawayers travelling in campervans will have a nice spacious pitch on our campsite with electricity hook-up and water tap nearby.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 effective hours a day, 5 days a week/Flexible planning.
Feedback (19)
It were great inspiring weeks; we could use our own skills & experience in a new setting, we learned a lot and gained new experiences. O.a. we loved working at the pool (making the pool and terras summer proof), learned a lot from Jurries and Marga’s knowledge & experience w.r.t. the quinta and… read more
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It were great inspiring weeks; we could use our own skills & experience in a new setting, we learned a lot and gained new experiences. O.a. we loved working at the pool (making the pool and terras summer proof), learned a lot from Jurries and Marga’s knowledge & experience w.r.t. the quinta and… read more
Jurrie spent all our chores in the morning and was always very fair with work schedules and days off.
We stayed two weeks of work and a lot of cultural exchange, including with the guests, always very friendly… read more
There was much to do but it was also a good feeling to help out and see the result of the hard work.
We really aprreciated Jurrie and… read more
To see how hard you were working for yourselves and the… read more
The campsite is idyllic and the work was both enjoyable and educational (we picked up lots… read more
They are very nice and caring people, i felt confortable and welcome from the beginning. Their main goal i think is to make people enjoy life as much as they do !
They are also amazing cookers, funny and i really enjoyed the conversations we had, and i feel like i learned a lot with them.
The place is… read more
Also on a personal level there was a click. We enjoyed the conversations we had… read more
Also on a personal level there was a click. We enjoyed the conversations we had… read more
Ronald is indeed a bit introvert and silent, but with some investment in time and… read more
Marga & Jurrie didn't refuse to chat at the evenings (animals neither) or being kind and describeful all the other time.
The camping is beautiful and if you are a water person, like me, you'll spend hours in the bio-ecological pool.
The… read more
