Help us revive a beautiful piece of land in Guarda, Central Portugal

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  Descripción

  This past autumn, we have bought an old farm in Central Portugal with about 3,5 hectares of land, boulders, several smaller and bigger ponds, meandering streams of water coming from the nearby Estrela mountains and lots and lots of fruit trees. The land has not been attended to for years, so it needs care on quite a few levels.
  
  So much so, that we really could do with some help. We are currently busy restoring our old farm, but also hope to revitalize the surrounding land, clear waterways, build more natural pools and ponds (aside from reviving the ones already sitting on the land), prune trees, harvest and plant new ones. There's lots of them here: from a vineyard to orange, lemon, mandarin, pomegranate, apple, fig, cherry, pear and almond trees and hundreds of olive trees.
  
  Our aim is to turn it into a thriving place where we have, in addition to the accommodations we have now, small (cob style) eco-builds on the land where people can stay.
  
  Oh and perhaps also good to mention: as there will be plenty of time to relax, you'll have a sauna, trampoline and ping pong table at your disposal! Plus, our pool will soon be turned into a lush natural pool including waterfall (and we have an old granite water tank we have dubbed the "Roman bath" you can dip in any time). :)

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Trabajo de caridad

  Proyectos artísticos

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Ayuda en una granja

  Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general
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  Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

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  ¿Que es esto?
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  We can offer you -what we believe to be- a peaceful, beautiful -and piece of land with quite dramatic backdrop, with terraces, boulders and varying vegetation, at the foot of the Portuguese Estrela mountains. Depending on what stage we are at with renovating our farm, you can either stay in our large sized, seventies campervan, our gypsy trailer or in our guesthouse. In addition, we hope to offer you lots of opportunities to learn about permaculture, organic farming, natural builds, pond & water management and natural pool creations!

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  Proyectos con niños

  En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

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  Ayuda

  It's by no means a must, enthusiasm for us is key, but we'd love to have people with knowledge of gardening, farming, permaculture, eco-building, natural building and building at large, off grid living as well as water management or natural pool building.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Inglés: Fluido
  Holandés: Fluido
  Francés: Principiante
  Portugués: Principiante

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  Alojamiento

  Depending on where we are with renovating our farm, we can offer you either our guesthouse (an independent house with a bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom), our gypsy trailer (which is sitting secluded on the land and only contains 1 space with a bedroom & heater), our large seventies Hymer van (with several double beds, shower, toilet and kitchen) and the possibility of a daily meal(s).
  
  But you could also help create small cob and/or strawbale houses, or refurbish one of the 3 sheds on the land into tiny houses, in which you can then stay as well.
  
  Or if you have your own camper van you wish to stay in on our land, then by all means be our guest.

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  Algo más...

  We live close to the Serra da Estrela mountains and its national park, but there are also lots of ancient and not so ancient historic sites nearby that are worth visiting. Guarda and Covilha are the cities closest to us, but if you want serious haute culture, Porto is the place to be (but 2 hours driving from here).

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  Este anfitrión ha indicado que le encanta acoger a nómadas digitales.

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.

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  Podría aceptar mascotas

  Female dogs, cats & other pets are welcome, but we do want to be informed about it in advance

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

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  Horas esperadas

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week