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Hello everyone!
My name is Mariana and I’m a visual artist from Lisbon. I relocated from Copenhagen five years ago. Now I live with my daughter and boyfriend at our family farm 5 Km from Setúbal, an hour drive away from Lisbon. We have a few houses rented out to family and friends close by.
Our place is located on a larger land that used to be a big production farm up to the 60s with its buildings and roads still in use.
The farm is at the beautiful Arrábida Natural Park surrounded by olive orchard, vineyards and pine tree forests. Many trails have their starting point at the farm leading to stunning views over the sea and mountains.
This area also offers mountain-biking trails.
Setúbal is also a very nice town with museums, restaurants and a great food market.
There are also beautiful beaches nearby - ten minutes drive or an hour walk.
There is a public bus to Setúbal, Lisbon and other locations 5 minutes away.
We have an olive orchard from which we produce our own olive oil, an agroforest, fruit orchard and a small vegetable garden. We also have four lovely chicken and two cats, named Violeta and Kitty.
We are looking forward to welcome you at our farm.
We want to extend our agroforest up to the end of this year.
We will also plant more trees at our olive orchard.
Our aim is to regenerate the farm soil as much as we can.
We would love your help with this projects.
Of course we also have other tasks, helping with daily life in the house, general cleaning, maintenance. On a farm there’s always something to do ;)
We love food and if you’re a foodie too, you’ll fit in perfectly!
Other upcoming projects are:
- building a compost toilet
- mending and painting walls
- chopping fire wood
This should give you an idea about the life here and if you have any question, please feel free to contact us. We would love to hear from you.
Kindly
Mariana
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Besides learning about agroforesty, gardening and maintenance, you will benefit from being integrated in a lovely network of friends and family.
We will show you around this beautiful area and you will get to learn about the future and the ways of life in Portugal.
Also the farm is beautiful and very calming.
Projects involving children
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Help
We want to extend our agroforest up to the end of this year.
We will also plant more trees at our olive orchard.
Our aim is to regenerate the farm soil as much as we can.
We would love your help with this projects.
Of course we also have other tasks, helping with daily life in the house, general cleaning, maintenance. On a farm there’s always something to do ;)
We love food and if you’re a foodie too, you’ll fit in perfectly!
Other upcoming projects are:
- building a compost toilet
- mending and painting walls
- chopping fire wood
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Accommodation
We offer a room for your stay with a shared bathroom or if you’re two people, we can put up a tent outside )
We have fast internet service.
We will eat together once or twice a day and there will be food available for your other meals.
What else ...
There is public transportation to Lisbon or Setúbal. We are in Arrábida Nature Park where you will find lovely beaches and hiking trails.
We need you to have your own health insurance, either a EU blue card or similar.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have fiber connection.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Feedback (4)
Rui is a very special person and truly engaged in the work and learning. We got a lot done!
We can only recommend him and rate him a 5* workawayer!
After many laughs we also found a true sensible and responsible person whose engagement is total and with excellent… read more
She is great person, flexible, responsible, both sweet and outgoing.
Our communication has always been smooth and she has helped us a lot with all different tasks.
We strongly recommend her and wish her all the best, and also to see her again sometime soon!
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Rui is a very special person and truly engaged in the work and learning. We got a lot done!
We can only recommend him and rate him a 5* workawayer!
After many laughs we also found a true sensible and responsible person whose engagement is total and with excellent… read more
She is great person, flexible, responsible, both sweet and outgoing.
Our communication has always been smooth and she has helped us a lot with all different tasks.
We strongly recommend her and wish her all the best, and also to see her again sometime soon!
They stayed with us for two months and we had a great time together. Always working hard and consistently.
They helped us so much!
We are happy everyday when we look at the stuff they did!
Thank you!
