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We are a Dutch retired couple .
And we been living 20 years in Portugal
We live in the middle of Portugal, near the Serra da Esterela.
just outside the village Midoes municipality Tabua.
Together with our dog and cat
We have a quinta of 2 hectares
We love living here.We enjoy the good food and fine wine.
The peace and quiet
and especially the friendly and hospitable people here
We search every year again people who want to help us
from mid-October until end of March
For one or two weeks max
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide dans une ferme
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
You can learn how to pick olives and how we make olive oil.
Mostly in november.
Cleaning the forest for fire prevention.
Cutting trees and make firewood.
Learn the language.
Get used to peace,quiet,
And experience the simple village life
Aide
The volunteer help is highly variable.
from picking olives to clean up forest and land.
plowing and sowing of the terraces.
Cutting trees and planting new ones.
sometimes it can be a little heavy work
Maintenance of house and garden.
such as painting and cleaning.
we almost always work together with our workawayers.
We prefer two people
Langues
Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Hollandais: Courant
Portugais: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
Hébergement
We offer a wooden chalet in which to live.
It has a living room, kitchen where everything is available.
There is a sofa-bed in the house.
There is a bathroom with shower and toilet and sink.
We provide food during the working week the weekend you are free of duty and you have too buy en make your own food
and how everything else is classified, we can discuss further
Autres infos...
We live on a small farm about 2 kms from the nearest village.
There is a restaurant a post office, bank office, butcher, bakery, pharmacy, a beautiful church,
and everything you need to live.
We have three friendly dogs. The main town in the area - Oliveira do Hospital - is 12 kms away. Our immediate neighbours are Portuguese speaking but there are some English and Dutch speaking ex-pats in the area. There are nice walks and views in the area.
there are a lot of cultural places.
And in the winter there is the opportunity to go skiing in the Serra da Esterela.
We also find it fun to eat together and in the evening to have a drink.
or when we're done with work
It may be beneficial to have your own transportation if choosing us, as we are situated in a beautiful part of the country with many amazing attractions, but are not serviced by public transport systems.
We do require volunteers to have health or travel insurance.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
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again thank you for the amazing stay at your Quinta da Portela!
It was our first WorkAway experience and we couldn't wish to have a better one. We spent wonderful two weeks together and made memories that will last a lifetime, for example playing Rumikub together or dancing to old music after dinner. One memory that will… read more
As Jos always says "When you have a quinta, there's always something to do", but the work is enjoyable, and having all the necessary tools makes it doable.
Hanni prepares wonderful evening meals,… read more
José's humor was contagious, and his funny anecdotes never failed to make us laugh. Meanwhile, Hannie's stories about their life adventures added a… read more
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again thank you for the amazing stay at your Quinta da Portela!
It was our first WorkAway experience and we couldn't wish to have a better one. We spent wonderful two weeks together and made memories that will last a lifetime, for example playing Rumikub together or dancing to old music after dinner. One memory that will… read more
As Jos always says "When you have a quinta, there's always something to do", but the work is enjoyable, and having all the necessary tools makes it doable.
Hanni prepares wonderful evening meals,… read more
José's humor was contagious, and his funny anecdotes never failed to make us laugh. Meanwhile, Hannie's stories about their life adventures added a… read more
For almost two weeks we were able to enjoy the peace and quiet and the chirping of the birds.
Unfortunately the weather didn't quite cooperate, so much rain!
But despite that, we did a lot of raking and cleaning up in the forest.
And in the evening… read more
Jos en Hanne were very hospitable and we felt welcome. We enjoyed the good cooking of Hannie, the stories of Jos and the… read more
from splitting wood to scraping off paint cleaning the roof etc etc ...
it is wonderful to work with them and they bring cheerfulness and positivity.
they are serious and you can count on them always correct.
we hope to welcome them here often, together with their Dog Pablo.
we… read more
We zijn twee weken geweest en hebben ze geholpen met varierend werk rondom hun Quinta. Ze hebben een prachtige plek in een mooie omgeving. Het houten huis waar wij mochten verblijven was van… read more
In the two weeks we got to know them as open and honest and very involved with nature
we wish them all the best for the future and thank you very much for being here
José and Fraziska are the best workawayers we have ever had.
José can work with any machine, from chainsaw to tractor, assisted by Fraziska, they form a supper team that can work completely independently.
We had 3 fantastic pleasant weeks together. We did a lot of work.
Thank you supper team. Sempre bem vindo
We helped with several tasks at their quinta, cutting trees and preparing the place for the olive harvest, of course… read more
We could help them around the property and in their house as well, where we could learn interesting things. We stayed in a nice guest house and our dinner time with them was always enjoyable.
It was a wonderful experience for us, once we could visit beautiful places, such as… read more
but it was a good meeting.
we have had together a couple of nice days despite the rain.
it was a pity there was not more time.
Thank you for helping
and maybe goodbye
Very sympathetic and no job was too much for her.
We enjoyed the time with her
and therefore goodbye was very heavy.
It felt like a daughter to us, we miss you !!
Thank you Anni and we hope to see you back again !!
I was very sad when I left.
I hope we will see each other again!:)
They want to work and it does not matter what job.
Even if it rained they found a job that they can do.
We were happy that they were here it was nice experience.
They were crazy about our dogs and those dogs and loved them that you noticed right away
We can recommend them to anyone and they are… read more
We just finished up a 2 week period working with Jose and Hannie on their lovely property. A truly lovely experience! A kind, fun and interesting couple, we couldn't have done much better! The work was most unusual to us as " Raking the Forest " was something we'd never heard of. Turns out, it's vital in Portugal due… read more
They were always on time and wanted to learn everything.
We have together done a lot of work.
Always with a song and a smile.
we can recommend them to anyone, and they are always welcome here again
