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We are a Portuguese -Belgian couple who live on a nice 9 ha horsefarm in south Portugal. We have a quiet place with several horses, dogs, cats and chickens. Since it is a recent farm, we are still making a lot of improvements and could use a helping hand of one (or two) volunteers.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We can help you to explore all your interests. The region is very rich in nature (countryside and coast) and outdoor activities. In the immediate surroundings you can go walking or use a bike or horse to explore nature. A little further there are beautiful beaches to discover. We speak several languages (portuguese, english, french, dutch) which can be convenient for people trying to learn or improve language skills.
Help
We are looking for one (or two) person(s) to help us around with the farm. We need you to help with feeding of the horses, grooming and general care, and farmwork. Riding and training of the horses is a big plus, but not essential. Daily walking and taking care of the dogs, the cats, taking care of the chickens and keeping their sleeping place clean (and collecting their eggs) are other farm tasks. Also it would be nice to get some help with the maintainance of the swimmingpool (which you can of course use) and terrace. Further a bit of help in and around the house is appreciated and if you have green fingers for gardening even better. But you also will have time enough for relaxing and getting to know the area, because we are flexible about helping hours. Since we both have full-time jobs, we are not always on the farm, so we need people who we can trust and who can work independently. We are a bit out of town, so it is very quiet here, be sure you can handle the silence and be able to spent quite some hours a day alone (although our friendly animals are great company ).
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Portuguese: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.Accommodation
You will get your own room in our house, with access to the whole house. Besides the accommodation we offer you food at home. You can use any food for your breakfast and lunch. For the dinner we try to eat together. We usually try to keep a healthy diet with lots of fruit and veggies, some fish and occasionally some meat. So vegetarians (and even vegans) will adapt well, but we are willing to make an effort to adapt to any kind of diet. Of course you are also more than welcome to cook some typical food from your country...
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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Molly took very good care of all our animals, helped with many other farm tasks and made a huge progress in our garden with getting rid of… read more
The farm is beautiful and the horses are very friendly, the work tasks and… read more
The other volunteers and I were shown a lot of trust and treated fairly, never micromanaged or overworked. We managed our daily schedules and work quite independently, however, communication was always clear and open.
Gudrun is totally down to earth and very nice to talk to,… read more
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Molly took very good care of all our animals, helped with many other farm tasks and made a huge progress in our garden with getting rid of… read more
The farm is beautiful and the horses are very friendly, the work tasks and… read more
The other volunteers and I were shown a lot of trust and treated fairly, never micromanaged or overworked. We managed our daily schedules and work quite independently, however, communication was always clear and open.
Gudrun is totally down to earth and very nice to talk to,… read more
It's a little paradise in the Portuguese countryside with lots of beautiful horses to feed - Zita to ride - young Uvaia who loves to steal your socks/anything she can get her teeth on and Litchi and Rafi to keep you busy on the walks. Gudrun… read more
Unfortunately Joyce… read more
She is a friendly and caring person, always ready to help, open for a nice conversation, but also leaving space for privacy. Anina took… read more
Time flew by in a flash.
There's Uvaya, the adorable puppy who quickly takes you out of your daydreams and has a penchant for charging cables and toilet… read more
This was my longest Workaway experience but the time went by incredibly fast.
The farm is an idyllic and peaceful place with the best landscape around. Here you will meet beautiful, kind horses, hilarious dogs, smart chickens and the sweetest,… read more
It's a very relaxed and slowed down place, where you can focus on yourself.
If you love animals, this ist the place for you. We enjoyed the walks with the dogs and their different personalitys. Also, we have never met such cuddly cats and we already miss Pixel and Lila.
Gudrun gave us… read more
The work was very easy to do and I had a lot of time throughout the day to work or do something for myself. I… read more
Gudrun&Paulo's place is gorgeous, peaceful, idyllic and full of love. The animals are the warmest companions: elegant mares, handsome stallions, adorable pony,… read more
Their place is a peaceful and lovely one. If you are a nature and animal lover, it is the place to be, especially if you love horses or if you are a rider. The announce is really honest and realistic. The work… read more
I really enjoyed it to walk the dogs every day, to feed and cuddle the animals, to help in the garden and especially to ride Zita in the arena almost every day or to go out… read more
The place perfectly fits the description and is a great place if you like animals and nature. The house is great and all the animals are well behaved and a pleasure to take care of.
We have… read more
Gudrun and Paulo are so very lovely and hard working people, but probably the most relaxed hosts I had so far, I felt at home the moment I arrived. Both have a full time job, so you will have to help selfsuficied most of the time. My daily routine usually… read more
She took very good care of our animals and exercised some of our horses. Also our garden became much cleaner. Allison helps out with whatever you ask her and has an eye for all necessary tasks. A great experience!
Gudrun and Paulo are excellent hosts. They were friendly, generous, kind and they really did care about us.
We think it is hard to find such a great hosts. We mean it.
We actually did learn something about portuguese culture thanks to them! So this is really a cultural exchange which is… read more