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We are a farm located in Douro Valley with a magnificent view over the Douro river. The place offers wine grapes, olives and fruits, so we produce olive oil and our organic red wine. We also have a vegetable garden where we grow our own nutrition. The animals: sheeps , chickens, ducks, donkey, cats and dogs are our family too. It’s our main care. Our forest it’s an inspiration. We are an organic farm following sustainable and ecological principales. It’s our ethic and our vision. We have some beautiful housing structures that we intend to rebuild step by step mixing traditional and eco methods. We are engaged with a simple way of living respecting all the beings in the system. We have a great compromise with art, we give preference to artists that intend to have an inspiring retreat in which they will develop their own artistic projects.
We consider that the stay should be in minimum one month. We feel with the experience we had that is really important engage with this system and the project. Time to arrive. Time to get involved. Time to give and receive the best from/to this place.
Our mission - to achieve an eco-system where we honour, respect and embrace all beings.
🙏
Maria
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Self development
Pets
Farming
Gardening
Cooking & food
Art & design
Animals
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Mountain
Beach
Dancing
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will benefit from:
- A quiet and peaceful place. with a strong sustainable and environmental mission;
- Experiment farm life;
- accommodation;
- Practice Portuguese language;
- Systemic constellations ( Bert Hellinger )
- Be around animals
- inspirational place to artists
- life in family
- possibility of do a retreat
- learn about organic production
- be in contact with wild life
- learn about viticulture, wine, olives, beekeeping and …
- Experience the culture, gastronomy, wine and Portuguese way of leaving ;
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Help
We started the experience in March 2018, with any expectation, and you could believe, was an amazing period. We feel so grateful to everybody that cooperate with us.
We need to say: Our place takes us a lot of resilience, work and energy to the transition we did, and we are still doing. We really need people that loves and respect nature that want to be in service to a system that wants to do a shift in itself and in the collective.
Some tasks all year around:
Feed the animals, keep them clean, healthy and happy, be with the donkey in the vineyards.
Maintenance: rebuilding, painting, carpentry mostly in spring and summer;
Gardening between March and November;
Farmkeeping in general it is a need during all year;
Creating social media contents about daily farm life and events;
Welcoming our guests and help with programs that we do, like tours and wine tastings;
Support and create gatherings such as art, music sessions, open air cinema ….
Very important issue: we need some people with skills related with carpentry. One of our big goals at the moment is to build a new structure to the animals and for the kids to play with our own wood and materials.
Languages
Languages spoken
Portuguese: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
French: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I want to learn more French and Spanish
Accommodation
The Workawayers House - 2 rooms with two single beds, and one room with double bed. This is a house that has also a kitchen you can use, bathroom with hot water. The housekeeping is to be organised amongst all the workawayers.
We are not vegetarian but we DO NOT eat MEAT and we don't provide it either.
We will arrange to pick you up from the train station in REGUA.
The farm is located about 8km from Regua and 3 km from the nearest village.
On free days we are available to drive you to Regua so you can travel to other locations if you wish to do so.
During Spring and Summer there are many festivals around that you can explore
What else ...
Time off opportunities:
100 km from Porto (airport, trains and buses with connections everywhere)
8 km from Peso da Régua (closest city) with train and bus station. Here you can visit Museu do Douro or enjoy a river cruise. (If you travel by train from Porto it's an extremely beautiful journey)
15 km from Pinhão with one of the most visited train stations in Portugal.
20 km from Lamego one of the oldest cities of Portugal.
30 km from Vila Real one of the most populated cities of this region.
70 km from Viseu the city in Portugal that is considered to have the most life quality.
70 km from Vila Nova de Foz Coa - Parque Arqueologico do Vale do Coa - you can't miss it.
All these cities have a great urban, artistic and architectonical heritage. In summer you can find of many festivals around.
Around our farm there are many farms you can visit and get involved with the region's lifestyle.
There also many trails nearby along rivers and following abandoned train lines. The Portuguese Santiago Camino.
Hiking through the vineyards and hills around.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
The internet in the farm usually works easy but sometimes, not very often, it goes slowly. We had before digital nomads and any complain.
Space for parking camper vans
Campervans are welcome but not larger motor homes.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Bowie
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A young girl who is enthusiastic and curious about learning and living on a farm. Something new for her. She worked hard and managed to be the animal caretaker, always with a vibrant joy and immense curiosity.
Thank you Nicky
She was with us for 3 months. She looked after the animals with dedication and love. She helped with the housework and also labeled our limited edition author's wines. There was never a no whenever her presence was important. She loves being on… read more
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A young girl who is enthusiastic and curious about learning and living on a farm. Something new for her. She worked hard and managed to be the animal caretaker, always with a vibrant joy and immense curiosity.
Thank you Nicky
She was with us for 3 months. She looked after the animals with dedication and love. She helped with the housework and also labeled our limited edition author's wines. There was never a no whenever her presence was important. She loves being on… read more
The house where we stayed was basic yet comfortable and charming, everything we needed was there. The quinta itself and the surrounding area is so beautifull, it's like you are inside… read more
My main task was to look after the animals.… read more
We would love to have him again with us. Thank you very much.
Thank you for a great experience
Jack
For the tasks I got to spend some days in the… read more
For most of the time Lisa was taking care of the animals (2 donkeys very cute, sheeps, chickens, cats & dogs) and Julien was harvesting the olives trees. The cultural exchange was amazing, we meet many people and improve our Portuguese a lot during this month. The food was excellent, everyone… read more
My main task was to take care of the animals. The animals and especially the donkeys were very kind and friendly but also a bit… read more
Quería escribirte para agradecerte que me acogieras en tu casa "Quinta Vilar"
Durante los dos meses que permaneci ahí, me sentí muy agusto y en armonía. La energía tan positiva que transmite este lugar, tu carácter tan vital, el cuidado de los animales (5 gallinas, un gallo y 2 ovejas), el trabajo con las plantas, el limpiar y… read more
The views are breathtaking, the place is taken care of with a lot of love, the food was amazing and Maria is a wonderful woman. She has a great sense of humor, is very kind, but also very honest and direct - which I like a lot. She has lots of talents and is not shy of… read more
Thank you very much to the truthful communication you gave to us as an experience. I remembered the first week was not so easy for an urban man, but after and with your skills and quality’s, we had a very wonderful days. Good cooker, wine expert, and very friendly person. You gave us so much! We hope that you are living a… read more
Recordamos com saudade a sua passagem. Duas semanas que correram sem darmos conta.
A sua organização e dom natural para a cozinha ( gourmet ) trouxeram nos momentos super agradáveis e inesquecíveis. Esperamos voltar a ter a sua visita. Sempre que quiser. Grande abraço.
We are very very grateful.
We can see your lovely print in this sistem and we are waiting for you to return soon.
Thank you, thank you, thank you :blush:
We loved all of it but especially picking fresh oranges and lemons everyday.
Thank you for taking us on we enjoyed our time with you and the other… read more
Rainy days brought work inside the living areas / farm buildings and sunny days were mostly on the hillsides clearing around the vines. All the tasks… read more
The work was not too tough and often varied which… read more
for your kindness and dedication.
It was a very nice experience, with all the care and all the willingness you put into everything you did. 5 weeks went by in which Vernon’s collaboration was extremely devoted.
We were even graced with a tasty Asian lunch. Thank you so much Vernon. Our door is always open for you.
Your good mood, your kindness, and your great humility to learn and cooperate are the best skills you have.
We hope life brings you all.
With gratitude
Maria
He is focused, sensible and hard worker. I hope he visit us in summer. Our heart growth with his presence. Gratitude :pray:
