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MINIMUM STAY 3 WEEKS
please do not contact us if you can't stay the minimum
Hi! My name is Ines, I am portuguese and my partner Ariel is Israeli and we have 2 dogs and 2 cats.
We moved to this beautiful land in the Serra da gardunha last year, and since then we are slowly bringing up the basic infrastructures.
The land is 2,7h and half is an oak forest that we are keeping untouched for magical walks. The other part is made of many terraces, with 2 streams crossing by and full of fruit trees. We have mainly cherries and also apples, figs, lemon, orange, plums, chestnuts, olives, walnuts… so we can enjoy an abundance of fruits throughout the year!
We would love to transform this land in a self sustainable organic farm, with the most respect and care for all the beings around us.
The land is near alcaide, a small village known for the mushrooms festival happening in November. The locals are open minded and love to connect to new people! It’s a lush abundant area full of water running around and some beautiful forests, perfect for walks.
The land is surrounded by farms and forest so its quite calm. There are some events going on around us but all driving distance, so its not a busy area where you'll meet a lot of people. Sometimes we have more volunteers or friends staying with us but many times is just the two of us. So please be aware that coming here is mainly to enjoy a special time in nature.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
Interests
Sustainability
Pets
Van life
Self development
Farming
DIY & crafts
Books
Drawing & painting
Cooking & food
Gardening
Plant care
Animals
Mountain
Dancing
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Camping
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
LOCAL CULTURE
the land is 10min walking to a little village which its great to get more involved with the local people. There are a few local festivities that everyone gets together in the village to celebrate!
LAND WORKS 🧑🌾
In the land you would be able to learn many different things, from taking care of a veggie garden and trees, how to create good compost, learn about wild plants, how to build more natural structures…
MUSHROOMS 🍄
This area is known for the mushrooms so you’ll also have the opportunity to learn more about them, given the season! There is a mushroom collection center in the village and a lot of people with good knowledge that you can connect to! And of course the amazing mushroom festival happening in November (MISCAROS festival) where they do super interesting forest walks to collect and teach about wild mushrooms!
Help
Some projects where we need help:
- clearing old garbage from a ruin
- helping to build an a-frame wooden house
- helping with the water connections
- small projects around the land like building stairs, clearing brambles, planting more trees
- pruning trees
- gathering wood
- helping with cooking common meals
- harvesting and processing fruit
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hebrew: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Russian: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Beginner
Accommodation
ACCOMMODATION 🛌
Tents with proper mattress
TOILET 🚽
outside compost dry toilet
SHOWER 🛀
outdoor shower with hot water
‼️ DO NOT USE conventional chemical products (shampoo, soap, toothpaste) on the land.
We only use NATURAL products if you don’t have we can supply! ‼️
KITCHEN 🧑🍳
We have a big tent that is the main kitchen/living room with wood burner
FOOD 🥗
We will provide vegetarian food for 3 main meals - breakfast, lunch and light dinner.
‼️ please do not expect already made meals, the cooking will be shared between everyone on the land‼️
Lunch - we eat lunch all together in the common kitchen
Dinner - we normally do a lighter meal like soup, bread, salad, eggs etc and it’s a bit more everyone on their own cooking and time of eating.
EXCHANGE ⚒️
As a start we expect 4-5hours 5 days a week but we are very flexible to find a different way to collaborate if this doesn’t suit you.
What else ...
REACHING THE LAND
We are located 15min from Fundao city.There’s many trains and bus coming from Lisbon, Porto or other big cities to Fundao. ‼️ Please arrive during the day‼️
Although our land is in the middle of a quiet valley, it is only 10min walking to the small village Alcaide.
There you have a BUS station, TRAIN station, post office, atm, local coffees and small supermarket.
SERRA DA GARDUNHA ⛰️
We are located in the heart of Serra da gardunha, with many beautiful trekking paths inside the forest and on top of the mountain, all walking distance.
SIGHTSEEING by car 🚘
- several river beaches in 20min distance
- cortes do meio, a valley known for its many natural pools, 30min
- the top of Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain in Portugal with a ski station, also nice for rock climbing, 50min
- Monsanto, a beautiful little village on top of a hill, 50min
- idanha a velha, 50min (Boom festival)
MAIN CITIES by car 🚘
Fundao - 15min - there you can find everything needed in walking distance from the train/bus station (restaurants, big supermarkets, government offices, etc)
Covilhã - 25min north - it’s from where you go up to the top of Serra da Estrela
Castelo Branco - 40min south
Guarda - 40min north
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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
Only for small / medium camper vans
Can possibly accept pets
Yes but depends on the pets.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
luna
fela
fofa
Serra da Estrela
yuma
German Shepard
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