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Welcome to our off-grid project nestled among cork trees and spring water, on the slope of a peaceful mountain.
Since 2015, this place has grown from a simple caravan in the forest into a living, evolving space where we combine family life, community, and regenerative practices.
Today, we are entering an exciting phase: rebuilding the main house using natural building techniques — and this is where you come in.
🛠️ A Hands-On Natural Building Experience
We are looking for motivated builders, makers, and learners who want real, practical experience.
Here, you can discover and practice:
Light straw construction
Cob (earth building)
Timber frame structures
Stone foundations and dry stone work
Natural plasters (clay, lime, straw mixes)
This is not a workshop — it’s a real project. You will be fully involved in the building process from foundation to finishing details.
🌱 The Spirit of the Place
This land is more than a building site. It’s a place where we explore:
autonomy and simple living
connection to nature
sharing skills and knowledge
building with care for the Earth
We live here with my two children (12 & 10), other residents, volunteers, and animals (chickens, sheep, dog, cats).
🌾 What We Are Looking For
People who are:
Motivated and reliable
Curious about natural building
Happy to work physically and learn by doing
Open-minded and easy to live with
Experience is welcome, but motivation and attitude matter more than skills.
🍕 Daily Life & Exchange
Around 5 hours per day (25h/week)
Flexible rhythm — we work seriously but without pressure
We enjoy the process as much as the result
We also share good moments together: cooking, pizza & pottery gatherings, making juice, and enjoying the land.
🏡 Accommodation & Food
Vegetarian meals
Stay in a clay bus, gypsy caravan, or camping
Access to kitchen and hot shower
Simple, comfortable, and immersed in nature 🌿
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Farming
Van life
Photography
Performing arts
Plant care
Art & design
DIY & crafts
Music
Languages
Gardening
Cooking & food
Architecture
Animals
Astronomy
Drawing & painting
Carpentry
Team sports
Beach
Outdoor activities
Cycling
Dancing
Mountain
Sailing / Boating
Winter sports
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Camping
Water sports
Hiking
Adventure sports
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will benefit from multi-language-kids speaking, living on top of a beautiful mountain, near to a castle and to medieval city. You can stay in an old english caravan, with a permaculture landscaping design outside. You can also learn about water management, gardening, recycling, upcycling, wood working and about new cultures and languages - because you will stay in touch with people from many places, so you can try new foodies too. You can swim in a natural lac or river, but the mainly thing is that you will be close to wild nature in a small paradise.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We usually work 5 hours/days 5 days /weeks in the day and it can be in the Village, in an atelier, or in the farm.
The tasks are kind of simple, cleaning and tidying, you can take care of the kids, make some cleaning on the land, help us with the workshops and also with cooking and construction. Autonomie
Sometimes, if you want to, maybe you can play some music for the people or take some pictures.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Portuguese: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I like to learn Russian
Accommodation
The clay bus is use as common acomodation, with kitchen, bath and bedroom. also camping - tente, tipi, or an old english gipsy caravan. You can use the compost toilet, gasboiler shower and drink mountain fresh drinking water from spring.
What else ...
35 mins walking over a med-evil path to Castelo de Vide, 25 minutes from the mountaintop with 360 degree view, Sabado Vivo (free market) every last saturday of the month.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
Small camper are welcome.
Can possibly accept pets
Only dog who don't chase chicken, cats and sheep.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
marley
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At this place warm-hearted and everlasting-energies Fred, welcomed me in to his place in Castelo da Vide, where was a community with Barbara and Harry. There was also Alice, Paula and Delfina volunteering. And Libra the dog. And the brilliant kids, Olmo, Alice, Kali and Olwen living also with us all in intermitent… read more
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At this place warm-hearted and everlasting-energies Fred, welcomed me in to his place in Castelo da Vide, where was a community with Barbara and Harry. There was also Alice, Paula and Delfina volunteering. And Libra the dog. And the brilliant kids, Olmo, Alice, Kali and Olwen living also with us all in intermitent… read more
We had opportunity to sleep in a tree house up the hill. Then visit the most gorgeous village Castelo De Vide, by guidance of the most happy french guy we ever met, Julien :) And in the end drink as pure water as Fred´s hospitality.
We are happy that… read more
