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Description
We own a beautiful private Quinta on the side of a mountain with amazing views of the Rio Alva and Serra da Estrella mountains.
I am a retired scientist, who did Diabetes research for 25 years. I also am a musician and play and record music. My band tours internationally as well. My wife is also retired. We are native English speakers but I (Ricardo) also speak Danish and some Portuguese. We love music, good food (we are both excellent cooks- Indian, New Mexican, Thai, etc.), and nice people. We are non-smokers and have two small dogs. We are not on the internet constantly and do not have smartphones so it might be a day or two for replies..
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They can learn skills related to gardening and building, increase your knowledge about music and science, play music (I have guitars, mandolin, keyboards, etc..). We can teach them how to make Indian food. Improve your English skills.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
There is always a lot of work to do on the 11,000m2 of land with alots of olive and madrunho trees!
Trim trees, burn small branches, fight the brambles
Make the ampitheatre area flat, make benches, etc..
Build wall to support terrace below pool are
Lower garden area- Remove all invading plants, put in new plastic and stone on the paths.
Weed and Plant new plants in lower garden area (below patio terrace)
Put the garden to sleep
Lots of gardening and land management projects.
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Intermediate
Accommodation
We have a private guest accommodation under out main house with two rooms, living room-kitchen and bathroom. One room has a double bed and the other has a single bed and bunk bead. We have internet. There is no TV downstairs but there is a stereo with CD player and cassette deck. Possibility to do laundry once a week. We have two dogs but they are not allowed downstairs, in the guest accommodation.
We will provide breakfast (juice, tea or coffee, cereal), lunch (bread, cold cuts, veggies, cheese), and dinner (usually some sort of ethnic food (indian, thai, New Mexican, cajan, Italian).
If you are into music, you will be in heaven here. We also have a professional music studio you can record some of your songs if you are a musician.
No smoking allowed inside.
What else ...
We are only 10mins by car from the main town. There is a lot of great hiking paths here and nature in the area. There is a main bus station in town (Oliveira do Hospital) that can take you to the other local towns (Seia, Tábua) or even Lisboa, Coimbra, and Porto.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We can accommodate a campervan, no problem.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Feedback (3)
The work was rewarding and it was fun doing it alongside Ricardo, which whom I chatted lots and listened to music with.
They have a beautiful property with stunning views and two very friendly dogs, who followed us… read more
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The work was rewarding and it was fun doing it alongside Ricardo, which whom I chatted lots and listened to music with.
They have a beautiful property with stunning views and two very friendly dogs, who followed us… read more
Ricardo and Sue are incredibly generous, caring and open-minded people. We spent a month in their beautiful quinta (true, it's even better in real life than pictures). It's located on the hillside, so each time you wake up, you see this amazing view of the valley. Our part of the house had all the facilities we could… read more
Ricardo cooked amazing meals for us every night using fresh ingredients from their garden and they even took us to a swimming hole and other cool places.
We would… read more
