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Hi there!
We are a family of 3, my husband (53), me (47) and our 14 year old daughter. We are living close to Odeceixe on a farm running a small yoga retreat lodge at the beautiful southwest coast of Portugal.
In 2000 we moved from our home country Germany to Portugal attracted by the warmer climate, so many sunny days, the beautiful region and nature, to live so close to the ocean the pleasant and warm hearted people and calmer pace of life and living a more simple life. We came here to look for a more meaningful and quality life, away from the strict structure we were used to.
We live close to nature with our dog and cat, 3 horses and some chicken, do organic gardening. We provide ourselves with own water and electricity so are basically self sustainable.
We like the ideia of sharing the work with other people and to have a cultural exchange from people all over the world.
There is always work to be done on our farm, depending on the season and the project we are working on. At the moment we are looking for help for a natural building project with clay, doing stamp walls of clay.
You should be physically fit, willing to do some physical work and not being bothered by getting dirty.
We are also looking for people who want to join and participate on our project on the long run.
If this offer catches your attraction we would love to hear from you.
Chris and Tanja
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Volunteers get to know how to work with clay and how to live on a self sustainable farm.
Help
We are working at the moment on an ecological building work with stamp clay.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Accommodation
You stay in a campervan.
What else ...
The next town is about 1, 5km away and easily can be reached by foot. There you have a small supermarket and a pub. The village Odeceixe is about 5km away where you have more facilities like a bank, farmacy, bigger supermarkets, post, restaurants, bars. The beach is about 7 km away from our farm. There is a beautiful hiking trail that leads you to town or to the beach or you can use our bicycle.
The beaches on our coasts are highly recommended for surfing and body boarding, the region is beautiful for some walks along the hiking trail "Rota Vicentina" .
Volunteers should be phyisically fit.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a stable internet connection at our main house and generally at the other houses as well.
Space for parking camper vans
Small campervans are wellcome, bigger ones with Alkoven are not possible here.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours per day 5 days a week
Feedback (11)
It was planned to start a building project with clay, but it turned out into mainly finishing painting of our house, and some reparation work of floor tiles. She did a great job and I am happy we could finish these projects.
I can highly… read more
I spent most of the time helping painting the house from the inside and some other parts around the house and helped with breakfast and cleaning dishes in the first week of my stay, since there was a yoga retreat happening.
Since I was alone with Tanja at that time, I spend… read more
Thanks again for being here and… read more
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It was planned to start a building project with clay, but it turned out into mainly finishing painting of our house, and some reparation work of floor tiles. She did a great job and I am happy we could finish these projects.
I can highly… read more
I spent most of the time helping painting the house from the inside and some other parts around the house and helped with breakfast and cleaning dishes in the first week of my stay, since there was a yoga retreat happening.
Since I was alone with Tanja at that time, I spend… read more
Thanks again for being here and… read more
The work was painting houses which was fun!
This is a peaceful place with good energy, thank you for sharing it with me. I will be back! 🙏☺️❤️
She is always welcome back on our farm.
Good luck for your upcoming projects!
See you.
All the best,
Lars and Anne
Our horse got an injury a bit over the the hoof short before we went and they both managed to treat it, so it… read more
A very nice couple with a beautiful dream turned into reality each day with patience and work.
I feel very… read more
