Regenerating an abandonned farm and establishing a permaculture and natural healing space in Tripeiro, Portugal

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  Our Quinta is an old schist-stone farmhouse in the foothills of the Gardunha mountains, central Portugal — abandoned for 30 years before we started renovating in 2021. We also restored the former winemaking ruin into "the tiny wine house." That’s where we live now. The property includes 0.5 ha of terraced land with ancient olive trees, cork oaks, figs and fruit trees. In 2022 we added a 1-acre horta with 4 ancient stone water wells, where we launched our permaculture food forest project.
  
  The farm sits on a hilltop overlooking a village of 38 inhabitants. A municipal river beach is 5 minutes by car; the main town 35 minutes. Several secluded river beaches are within walking distance of our farm.
  
  We are Jeroen (54) and Paul (55), a Dutch male couple together 25 years, living between Amsterdam and Portugal. Jeroen worked before as an artist, video editor and massage/bodywork therapist, before founding a natural healing centre in Amsterdam in 2011 that is still going strong with currently over 10 therapists working there. Paul worked as a documentary photographer, a mechanical special effects maker and currently works at the VU Amsterdam in movement studies dept. We live with our dogs MaryLou & HeyHey.
  
  Our farm's name comes from the Tzolkin calendar: we were both born on a Blue Hand day, a symbol for everything understood, made and healed through the hands.
  
  In 2026 we begin artisanal essential oil and hydrosol production using a copper alambic. Jeroen plans to host a nature coaching retreat and an olive harvest retreat in autumn 2026.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral

  Ajuda com computadores/internet

  Cuidar de casas e pets
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  Interesses

  

  Criação de vídeos

  

  Eventos e social

  

  LGBTQ

  

  Sustentabilidade

  

  Mascotes

  

  Autodesenvolvimento

  

  Fazenda

  

  Cuidar de plantas

  

  Música

  

  História

  

  Faça você mesmo

  

  Livros

  

  Arte e design

  

  Fotografia

  

  Jardinagem

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Arquitetura

  

  Desenho e pintura

  

  Carpintaria

  

  Animais

  

  Yoga/bem-estar

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Camping

  

  Montanhas

  

  Dança

  

  Praia

  

  Esportes aquáticos

  

  Atividades ao ar livre

  

  Caminhada

  

  Ciclismo
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  Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

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  O que é isso?
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  - Permaculture combined with traditional Portuguese (and Moorish) small-scale agriculture
  - Life in a centuries-old traditional European village culture
  - Harvesting plant material and making essential oils
  -Olive oil production as a living tradition
  -Working with natural stone / clay and lime but also cement/concrete mixing

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  Ajuda

  We ask for 4 hours of help per day, Monday–Friday, 09:00–13:00. Breakfast at 08:00–08:30, daily work meeting at 08:30–08:45. Lunch is the main meal at 13:00; siesta 13:30–15:00. We cook and do dishes in turns.
  
  During the hot months we shift to early morning hours (07:00–09:00) and the late afternoon shade (17:00-19:00) to avoid the heat, with a cooling swim at a nearby river beach or mountain lake
  
  **Minimum stay:** 10 working days (within 2 weeks). **Maximum:** 8 weeks.
  We offer car transfer from Castelo Branco or Fundão station (±40 min) — let us know your arrival in advance as we prefer one trip to town per week.
  
  **Possible tasks in 2026:** making garden paths, chainsaw/axe work, firewood stacking, producing biochar, - bringing sand, clay, pebbles and cement downhill with the wheelbarrow, making essential oil/hydrosol, pouring a cement floor in the traditional bread oven space , re-installing outdoor kitchen outdoor hot shower for 2026 volunteers season, painting wood, soil improvement, weeding, mulching, planting, watering, harvesting, pruning (vegetables, grapes, olives), cooking, dishes, building herbal steam sauna /camper platform during autumn.
  
  **Paid work in 2026** (experienced carpenter/furniture maker with detailed visual portfolio of finished projects): making wooden kitchen and veranda balustrade for the tiny wine house.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente
  Francês: Intermediário
  Alemão: Iniciante
  Português: Iniciante

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  We are practicing portugese, can exchange in dutch, english and french
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  Acomodação

  - **Camper:** spot on the hilltop with drinking water tap and great views over the valley and green hills.
  - **Tent:** terraces in the olive grove (March–September)- Bring your own warm sleeping bag
  - In 2026 we'll set up a large 10×5m army tent as communal space — allowing up to 6–10 guests (previously max. 2) Here we will install this years outdoor kitchen. (since bread oven is under construction)
  - Sleeping inside the farmhouse is currently not possible(may change after summer 2026)
  - Cold running water, electricity.
  - Cold outdoor shower in summer; hot shower in tiny wine house bathroom in winter
  - Starlink wifi around farmhouse + 4G/5G at camper spot
  - Billions of stars at night; very hot in July–August; mild and sunny in march-may and sept-oct, with occasional very heavy rain
  
  **House rules:** non-smoking preferred (smoke only at your camper, away from buildings, garden and dogs). Phones/tablets off during meals, work meetings and working hours. Natural medicinal herbs welcome; hard drugs not tolerated. A glass of wine with bread, olive oil and goat cheese in the evening is very much part of our lifestyle here.

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  Algo mais...

  We're open to shared yoga, meditation, bodywork, music, singing and dancing. Board games welcome.
  
  We go to town roughly once a week (supermarket, farmers market, building supplies, restaurants). Daily swims at river beaches on hot days. Hiking in the hills and the Gardunha mountain range is on the doorstep.
  
  
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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  Tarmac road + 200m dirt track (no 4×4 needed). Hilltop spot with panoramic views over valley and green hills, drinking water tap, outdoor shower, compost toilet access. solar panel with big battery available for charging phone/tablet/laptop.

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  Pode aceitar animais

  a dog that enjoys to play with other dogs. cats only if they are used to be carefull when village dogs are around

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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  Meus animais / animais de estimação

  MaryLou (3 anos)

  HeyHey

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