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Last replied
27 Jul 2023
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Description
We live in a family farm in the process of becoming a Eco-resort. We are a mixed German/Portuguese family with two children (10 and 7 years old), two dogs and two cats. We are currently building a series of small buildings to host ecotourists and helpers in the project, as well as a bigger family house.
The farm has one main house (that hosts 2 families) and the Eco-resort area with an outdoor kitchen, a swimming pool, a badminton court, a tipi tent with fireplace, 2 bungalows, a geodesic dome and other small buildings currently under construction.
The location is perfect for somebody that is looking for a place in the nature but close to the city (25Km from Porto) and to the beach (river and sea).
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Besides enjoying this beautiful place, travellers can expect to learn about varied construction, live in a multilingual environment (Portuguese, German and English) and learn some useful things, like cooking in solar oven, bread making in cob oven, etc.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Our project is getting ready to receive tourists. The farm has 3 hectares and demands lots of maintaining. So maintenance work is one of the main job.
Help in construction is needed, that includes hard and dirty work!
Sometimes we are away, so help is also needed taking care of the pets and maintaining the crops, etc.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Accommodation
There are two bungalows, a geodesic dome and a tipi. Where you will sleep depends on what is free at that moment.
We cook one meal a day and offer basic ingredients for breakfast. Sometimes you might need to take care of yourself, because we are out, or to cook for us because we are busy.
What else ...
Because the farm is located in a very small village, there are only two buses a day from and to Porto. It's quite an adventure to move around with public transport. Around 7 km to the village there is a bigger one that has supermarket and more transport possibilities. There are some nice paths for taking walks. The beach (sea) is reachable from Porto. Closer to here there is also a river beach (by bike). Several sightseeing spots are also around, with tracking paths and lots of nature. Possibilities include hiking, surfing, bicycle riding, swimming, etc.
We have got two older bikes that can be used.
We are looking for independent people who aren't afraid of hard work, who work with their hands and head!
If you are looking for a peaceful place you are right here.
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
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?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (13)
You are amazing hosts. You allowed us to do what we thought. We all had a goal, and thanks to the abundance you gave us, we were able to meet the task.
You are light and flowing.
Souls of artisans.
We had an amazing experience being together with so many talented artists and young people.
Thank you for choosing us to… read more
We just wish that he'd stay longer! :)
Best of luck with your travels, mate!
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You are amazing hosts. You allowed us to do what we thought. We all had a goal, and thanks to the abundance you gave us, we were able to meet the task.
You are light and flowing.
Souls of artisans.
We had an amazing experience being together with so many talented artists and young people.
Thank you for choosing us to… read more
We just wish that he'd stay longer! :)
Best of luck with your travels, mate!
After some days of porto, arriving in the calm countryside felt like coming home. The family is very welcoming and I'm gonna miss the consistent 12/10 food.
The work was hard but it's motivating to see the results every day and I took some good experience from it.
All in all it was a… read more
We loved to have you here at our place!
Wishing you all the best for your travels,
warm greetings from all of us!
Tasks were very different, many of them I did for the first time, and that was interesting for me. Vacuum cleaning of swimming pool, participating in picking of grapes and producing sweet vine from it by… read more
It has been a pleasure, we wish you all the best with your projects!!
Very versatile, great mood and amazing with the kids!
Good proactive worker that helped in all kinds of tasks.
We would love to host her again.
Best wishes!
Her humor and positive energy was enriching our place - Come back soon!!!
He was super friendly and helpful - a master of skills ;)
We hope to see you again, good luck with everything in the future!
And we will never forget the pancake cake!
The work is so varied: painting, cleaning the forest, cutting grass, participating in wheat recollection, taking water from a natural spring, attaching colourful… read more
Gunnar is extremely versatile and a hard worker.
Ben is an independent volunteer that truly understood our needs and wishes.
