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Hello ☺
➡ Come and join us in 2025. If you are interested in living in harmony with nature, being outside and learning new skills then you will enjoy your time with us.
➡ Below some more information.
We are a Dutch- English Family of 5. Four years ago we bought a small farm 1ha with a ruin to rebuild with our intention to regenerate the farm into a harmanious eco- concious place for growing, living, (un)schooling and life in general.
What we mostly have realised that raising a young family, farming and building our tiny home is a lot of tasks and we can't do it alone. We really appreciate everyone that likes to help out. We love sharing our skills and meeting new people so please pm if you are interested.
We love food and our pizza oven! We really want to make your stay fun and not only a chance to learn skills and help, but to have meals together and share stories and ideas.
We live near a lovely river and the mountains with plenty of wild swimming options even in the winter if your brave.
We live off-grid and have all facilities but maybe a bit different then you are used to. You can charge devices during the day and our solar shower is at the perfect temperature when the sun shines.
If you are interested to be with us please understand we expect you to help a minumum of 4-5 hours a day for 5 days a week and we require a positive energy and motivation to help. We are not a cheap holiday destination and if that is your intention than please do not apply.
There are usually 1-2 other volunteers where you will share cooking & communal living with.
Please get in touch to help us in the coming months. We would love to hear from you.
Manon, Rich and family.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in a beautiful place, in nature with stunning sunsets. Next to this we also have swimming, beautiful walks as well as the local villages (walking distance) right on our doorstep it's a beautiful place to dive into Portuguese life.
We love community and learning from others. We love to share our permaculture/ gardening, natural building & general knowledge of living in harmony with nature. We are also an un (home) schooling family, so are very open to share any insights on that.
As an active family you are always welcome to join with our Yoga, Running or Walking activities.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We need help with anything outdoors, gardening, planting, looking after the land. If that's for you then please be in touch.
We need some help with all things quinta (farm) and if you love being outdoors. This is the place for you. We need help with fencing for animals, land maintenance, gardening and natural building.
The workweek is flexible but will be maximum 5 days a week 5 hours a day.
It can also be less.
We do want that whoever works with us is willing to learn and motivated.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We love love love to get better in Portuguese!
Accommodation
We offer:
Caravan or
Tent
And if you come with your own:
Flat Spaces for Vans
What else ...
There are two small villages within walking distance, one with cafe's and a beautiful swimming spot.
Amazing walks are right on our doorstep and if you have transport there are so many great activities you can do. Especially if you love nature.
We also will go to markets, and try and do regular activities.
We do have good signal and WIFI.
We usually have space and time being together and time and space for our family to keep the right balance.
We usually find a good balance with whoever is sharing their time with us.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have good wifi and you can charge up during the day.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (10)
Their land is incredible : open in the big air, not too far from the nearest villages, full of potential. We had great times with the three girls too, going to the river, sharing songs and riddles !
I would highly… read more
It was my first time volunteering with Workaway and living off-grid, but they were very kind and I really enjoyed living here.
The special oven pizza was amazing!
Thank you!
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Their land is incredible : open in the big air, not too far from the nearest villages, full of potential. We had great times with the three girls too, going to the river, sharing songs and riddles !
I would highly… read more
It was my first time volunteering with Workaway and living off-grid, but they were very kind and I really enjoyed living here.
The special oven pizza was amazing!
Thank you!
It was a short stay but we really appreciated your help. I'm so happy with my gardening fence! And your time spend with the girls. It really helped me to do some other jobs too and they loved it. I would recommend Mikael as a volunteer he's easy going, hard working and has a general positive attitude
In the past few days, I completely fell in love with this family, their way of living and the amazing view.
Manon and Richard were very welcoming and it was a pleasure, helping with the great project of the dome, where I was mainly… read more
I both took care of the children and helped with some tasks on the land. The work was varied and they always… read more
And most importantly I took a great life lesson like finding happiness in the simple things in… read more
Thank you.
Kind of what we where expecting workaway to be like. They are both easy going, take on any job and are independent.
The amount of times the animals where fed and out of the shed without asking was such a great help!
Also they both where really engaging with our kids, which in turn… read more
Their quinta is in between the green mountains with a veeery wide view and every night we can see a stunning sunset.
Everything here is still very basic, but I love that - imagining what it will… read more
