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A bit of luxury, a bit of rural life - help building our dream near Tomar, Central Portugal

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    We fell in love with a house in Central Portugal (between Fátima and Tomar) and are working on our dream of converting this space into a retreat center. We love our location up on a hill in a little village that provides you with the basics (train station, little super market, restaurant, nice neighbors :-) ) with a view over the woods, surrounded by the sounds and smells of nature.

    We are a family of four, we have our own chickens and two lovely dogs.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    With us you can enjoy luxury and life in the countryside at the same time. Come and experience Portuguese country life in a sweet rural village between Fátima and Tomar while not missing out on some luxury provided by our own house & land. Often there is the opportunity to spend some time with our BnB guests and listen to their interesting stories.
    We are a multi-cultural family that speaks three languages at home and has travelled and lived in various countries before settling down here. You are more than welcome to join our regular yoga practice as well.
    We are foodies and love sharing & learning new recipes and food creations.
    We are quite hands-on and like to share our skills in working with wood as well as getting together for conserving food in different ways.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    UPDATE 18.11.2024: Right now we mainly need help with taking care of our almost 3 year old daughter as well as some cooking and tasks around the house. This will help free our capacities for some upcoming events... Please consider before applying if you want to stay with us now or at an other point in winter 2024/2025. Thank you!

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    We have a lot of tasks in different areas :-) What will be your main focus depends on your skills and preferences and might also change throughout your stay.

    Gardening (& animals):
    We have a big garden that needs maintenance (watering, cutting grass, trimming bushes etc). We also have a little vegetable garden that we would like to make bigger once we have a few more helping hands. Depending on the season, you may be invited to join the harvesting and conserving of the fruit from our trees.
    Our animals don't need much, but you may be asked to feed the chickens and the dogs; also, the dogs are always happy to get some extra attention cuddling or playing :-)

    Household:
    When we have guests, we like to take turns in cooking.
    You are responsible for keeping your own bathroom clean and help keeping the common areas clean and tidy.

    Babysitting / activites with the kids:
    We have a 2 year and an 8 year old that both are very social. The youngest is not in preschool yet, so babysitting along with some help in the house can be a "full-time" activity for you as a workawayer, depending on your preferences as well. We would love for the kids to be exposed to other languages as well, so you are very much invited to speak your mother tongue with them!

    Projects:
    We constantly have little projects coming up, so depending on your skills, we will love your help with building some shelves for storage, building an outside (compost) toilet or even helping to renovate our kids' tree house. Other projects may come along.

    You will not be working on tasks relating to our BnB business.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    Danish: Fluent
    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    Portuguese: Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    We speak German and Portuguese with our kids and we speak English in community with others. We also bring Danish and Spanish in our backpack, so we are happy language learners and teachers :-)

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    If you travel alone, we can provide a room (with private bathroom) inside the main house.

    If you are a couple or family, preferably you bring your own camper that you can park on our land. We can provide 2 tents as well as bedding for up to 4 persons. You will have access to an indoor bathroom.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    In your free time, you are welcome to enjoy some relaxing time by the pool, walk or bike through nature around us (you can borrow a mountainbike from us if you wish), take a bath at the fluvial beaches such as the famous Agroal (15 min. away from us) or you can visit some of the nice towns /spots of interest of the area (e.g. Tomar, Fátima, Coimbra). You might even choose to travel a bit further - we do have the benefit of having a train station in the village.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

Host ref number: 532946236341

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