Povoa do Minau

About the experience in: Sobral, Oleiros, Portugal

United Kingdom

Me and my friend volunteered with Monique and Marco last week and we had a great time. Monique made us delicious food and they were great conversation. We would work in the morning and had the rest of the day to do whatever we wanted where we took their lovely dog on hikes and they would kindly drop us places with some lunch. We had a lot of fun staying with them.

2 months ago

About the experience in: Sobral, Oleiros, Portugal

United Kingdom

Staying with Marco and Monique was an amazing experience, they were warm and welcoming and were excellent company. They have two gorgeous dogs that are lovely to spend time with and will come on hikes over their beautiful property. It is hard but rewarding work that is compressed into 4 hours in the morning so your afternoon could be spent enjoying the area. They were happy to drive us to local towns and experiences so we were never bored. Monique is an amazing cook and we were never without good food and wine. 100% would stay here again

2 months ago

About the experience in: Sobral, Oleiros, Portugal

Trully great and over the moon. The terrain is an absolute bliss. The food is amazing and in abudance.

12 months ago

About the experience in: Sobral, Oleiros, Portugal

Germany

I felt very welcome at first.the tasks and working hours were also fair. I got along well with the other volunteers and had a lot of fun. The landscape is very beautiful. We were also driven to swim or to sertã. However, I felt more and more uncomfortable, as I always got the feeling that I had said something wrong when I asked. It was also not communicated when we would get the warm meal, so we often waited a long time. Via whats app they told me 1 week bevor arriving to leave 11 before the confirmed departure date . Maybe this place is better for more extroverted people.

about 1 year ago

Marco replied

You forget about the sing along in the car, firepit sessions with guitar and you on the mouth harmonica or trully relaxing on the yoga platform or playing hitster 2 days prior to leavin and having a lot of fun. Meals are written in the document I sent before arrival. We always had to pull the communication out of you. You used other volunteers to communicate on your behalf. Understand that you share the feelings of the group but that is 1 side and you never connected to find out about the other.

About the experience in: Sobral, Oleiros, Portugal

Italy

The place and the idea were really nice, but honestly, I can't even speak to the volunteering experience.
After just one night, I was told l'd have to leave that evening for unfair reasons, such as that they didn't feel a good connection with me and that the dog didn't feel comfortable around me. So, after just one day there as the only volunteer present, I found myself in the middle of Portugal without a place to sleep or anything, so I had to sort things out for myself for the rest of the week.

about 1 year ago

Marco replied

So you and I sit down after your first day work and evaluate. You said: it is really not that motivating to move rocks from one to the other place. And the fact that you are shy did not make a good connection. We did not kick you out but offered that you spend the remainder of your vacation doing other things and you admitted that it was too lonely for you at our place. Understand that we are disappointed as well. Our kids did the utmost to connect but you said nothing to them......