Quinta do sol

You will benefit from living on top of a beautiful mountain, near to a medieval castle and city, near to the Spain border, so you can enjoy your free time and explore another places and countries. You can live the experience of staying in an old-english-gipsy-caravan, with a permaculture landscaping design outside.
Quinta do Sol is a place to share, teach and learn. Here you can learn about water management, eco-building, gardening, recycling, upcycling, survival, wood working and about new cultures and languages .
You can climb, walk through a medieval-stone-path, swim in a natural lac or river, enjoy yoga or meditation time - you will be close to wild nature.

In a lovely place with old cork trees and spring water, we are a small community trying to building an Oasis for the next generation. I live with my 2 kids, Alice and Olmo; in a forest, wild animals , a dog and some cats. Coming from childhood dream to live in a treehouse, we start this project 8 years ago, in a small caravan in the forest, on the slope off a mountain. Now with much more conforme but still with conscience of where come from things. We are restoring a farm to create a refuge in a very privileged place to care for people and earth. From now 2023, we are looking for permanent gardener and eco-builder to creat nice garden, clean land and rebuild the ruine. Also play music and playing with the kids ;). The food is vegetarian and accommodation is camping: you can stay in a gipsy caravan, tente. You can use the shower and kitchen. It is simple, but lovely, specially in summer or spring time. The week end are free, the food are include and we tack turn for cooking.. We are waiting for you! :)


Reviews

4.5
(31 reviews)31

Staff & Host

4.5

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Hostel

4.5

Learning & Fun

4.5

Italy

5

I loved staying here, all the people are really nice and made me feel welcome. The work was tiring but after lunch there was all the time to relax or making my plans.

about 1 month ago

Brazil

5

Foi incrível !!
Pude conhecer pessoas de muitas nacionalidades, praticar inglês, me conectar com locais, e saber um pouco sobre a cultura de cada um deles. O Fred foi super tranquilo e flexível, explicava sobre as tarefas que deveriam ser feitas no dia, as vezes nos levava para passeios, festas pela zona de Castelo de Vide. Foi mesmo tudo incrível:)!!
O trabalho foi duro algumas vezes, mas a dificuldade nos fortalece.
Minha experiência foi incrível!

about 1 month ago

Spain

2

If you’re lucky and worthy of staying you’ll have a great time! Unfortunately it wasn’t my case and me and the host didn’t connect at all. Was supposed to stay 3 weeks, ended up being there 5 days because he kicked me out. He also cancelled 2 other people the day before they were coming all because he hadn’t organized the stay of the volunteers.
The food and the place itself is great but I felt uncomfortable and not wanted from the first minute. He will maybe respond saying i wasn’t equiped for the tasks which is just a lie, i gave my everything, he just disliked me and wasn’t organized.

2 months ago

Brazil

5

Tive uma ótima primeira experiência como voluntariado com o Fred. Atencioso, paciente em explicar as atividades, gentil com toda a equipe. Ele lidera uma pequena comunidade, seu senso de liderança é impressionante conseguindo dar atenção para todos igualmente em diferentes línguas. Ele provém ótima comida!A Quinta do Sol é linda, bem natural, com uma paisagem e um por do sol incríveis. Castelo de Vide é próxima à Quinta para quem quiser explorar fora. Infelizmente por conta da fuso horário do Brasil não pude ficar porque impossibilitou meu trabalho remoto por questões de instalação e internet.

6 months ago

Brazil

5

Minha experiência na Quinta do Sol foi ótima!! Fred foi muito acolhedor e sempre disposto a compartilhar seu conhecimento e suas experiências. Lidera a equipe de forma organizada e é muito paciente para explicar as tarefas, o que nos deixa confortáveis em realizá-las. A Quinta do Sol é um lugar lindo, que proporciona grande conexão com a natureza. Infelizmente, precisei sair antes do combinado pela dificuldade de acesso à internet, já que precisava conciliar o trabalho na Quinta com os trabalhos do Brasil. Recomendo muito a experiência! Apesar de só por uma semana, valeu muito a pena!!!

6 months ago


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Contact with nature

Vegetarian / Vegan

Yoga / Meditation

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