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Help me with my open-air hotel in Penela, Portugal

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    ***UPDATE JANUARY 2025***
    Loooking for someone who knows about permaculture/gardening/land maintenance to help us preparing the vegetable garden, pruning, shredding woods etc
    Between now on and March 2025.


    Hello, I'm Julien, I'm French, I was born in 1979. I studied and used to work in Paris until I decided it wasn’t fun enough.

    On November 2010 I took the road to Portugal, driving my old German ambulance with my dream project of guests rooms in the nature.

    The land is 5Ha and it's just 2,5km from the charm full village of Penela with a nice old fort seating on top, 25km South of Coimbra.

    The touristic season starts slowly in April and ends in October. Meaning the work is very guests focused for that time of the year.

    And then from October until May, I work on new projects like the vegetable garden, renovation of the old houses, or construction of new tiny houses for the next touristic season.

    You'll have your own space, most likely a caravan with electricity.
    Otherwise I have 2 campers I use to host you my dear helpers.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    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
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    I'll be happy to tell you all about my experience, my biggest mistakes included!

  • Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage

    Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage

    This host offers accommodation and payment.

  • Help

    Help

    I'm setting more accommodations on land. There's plenty to do with clearing and making the land look nice. It goes from taking care of my chickens to put a fence up, chopping wood, digging steps to give better accesses, and paths to reach the tents and caravans. We are fixing the dirt track that got damaged by the heavy rains in the winter. I want to build another two decks to set two more tents, and a plateforme to be able host yoga or meditation retreats.

    And now I want to build more tiny houses but with no wheels, I call them cabins. The first one is ready, the seconde is coming along nicely.

    In the summer, I'm hiring a couple of people to help me running the activity. I'll be looking for people in charge of cleaning and preparing the accommodations, keeping the bar nice and tidy, same goes for the outdoor kitchen and bathroom facilities. These are all full-time and paid positions.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Portuguese: Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    The most used language here is English, then a lot of the guests are from Netherland, Germany, France and Portugal.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    You'll be hosted in a vintage caravan or in my van, I'll provide you warm duvets if you don't have a sleeping bag in your backpack.
    For the bathroom, you'll have access to the brand new bathroom building with permanent hot water. It's the bathroom the guests use in the summer.
    The bar has been running for 6 seasons now, so that we have a place to hang out all together at the end of the day. There is a kitchen and a wood stove to keep us warm and cosy in the evening. It’s where internet is as well.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    I'm asking for a maximum of 25 hours of help in the wild per week, and you'll have two days off to go explore the surroundings. The bus can take you to Coimbra for a day and I'm always happy to go to the river in the mountains, there are a few natural swimming pools within 20km distance.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    Yes you can work online as a digital nomade from my place.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    I have plenty Space for you to Park And live in your own Campervan at my place.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    Yes

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 918416734122

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