Quinta da Bazágueda

If you want to have a good experience of day to day life in a traditional farm and learn how to take care of tasks that are almost not in use anymore in "industrial" farms!

We are a young Portuguese family who is very interested in maintaining ancestral knowledge: we enjoy preserving these farming techniques and we are happy to pass them on to the next generations. We maintain a minimum stay of 23 days so that you can get a full scope of how things go. Throughout your time you will work in different areas of farm life: There is the taking care of the animals — we have indigenous cows (that you almost don’t find anywhere!), a herd of sheep, chickens, a few geese and other farm animals. Then there is looking after the vegetable/fruit garden, which is different every season. Finally we are working on the reconstruction of barns and houses, using very old techniques. This means you can learn a lot: building with clay, stones and wood! But, stones can be heavy (and usually they are heavier than they seem!).

Quinta da Bazágueda is a very ancient farm. It's a farm in its true meaning, not a house with a garden or a little field with crops. Which also means that the farm is very ISOLATED and it has NO INTERNET access nor any cell phone connection — if necessary you can walk 30 minutes up the mountain to get signal. Being an ancient farm, we offer basic accommodation and you share a room together with the other volunteers. The houses are from the 16th century or older — which means that in winter it will be cold! If you arrive on a rainy day, the farm will still need to go on as most tasks cannot be delayed. In summer it gets really warm so we start the working days very early. As mentioned, the farm is isolated, and it is 12 km from the nearest village! You can walk in or out of the farm as you want (it is two hours walking through an abandoned area), the farm only provides car rides to volunteers in the previously agreed days of arrival and departure. Also, please note that it's not possible to prepare specific food for you in case you have a very different diet from "most" people. We always have vegetable soup, so if you're vegetarian you're welcome to come, but if the rest of the team is having meat with plain rice, you can have soup with rice but there will not be a specific dish just for you, unless you provide it.

Having all of this in mind, please read everything carefully, including the REVIEWS. If you have any questions or doubts, we are happy to answer them. And if you decide to come we will look forward to welcoming you! We can assure you, this will be a true experience that you cannot find in many places!

Please make sure to bring a sleeping bag and working gloves.

The work is sometimes hard, but somehow adaptable to your best skills. You'll be explained about the reasons and importance of your tasks and you're alway welcome to ask if in doubt.


Avaliações

4.5
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Anfitrião & Equipe

4.5

Horas & Atividades

4.0

Hostel

4.5

Aprendizado & Diversão

4.5

Áustria

4

I learned about connecting with myself again, and in general I had fun and liked the experience, I only wasnt staying for longer than 2 weeks, because it was hard for me mentally to stay when I dont had anything to distract me, because there was no internet, and you were really long away from the next village, no people around, but it was like a detox, so thank you for the experience🙏

3 meses atrás

Argentina

4

If you go up the river, starting from the resting spot wich is a great outdoor space where you can dinner, read and chat while admiring the wonderful views of the river and the far away mountains, you will be pleased to come across a great swimming spot that won't disappoint. But if you keep going up you'll be able to encounter some old ruins in wich you'll surprised by the magical atmosphere that the wind whistling through the tree branches mixed with the bird singing creates, to make you feel on a fantasy world. Anyways, overall a great experience! Martha and fernando are great hosts! 😄

4 meses atrás

Áustria

5

I really enjoyed my stay! The work is simple, can get quite hard in the sun though. Working hours where managed & respected really well. The food, sleeping & washing situation is basic, but you have everything you need! And the surroundings are beautiful, i loved it!! Martha & Fernando where great hosts, thank you!

4 meses atrás

Estados Unidos

5

The environment is truly stunning and there's nothing like it. There's a beautiful river, ruins, and lush mountains surrounding the farm. There was a lot of downtime where you could explore by yourself and take a swim in the river. Martha and Fernando were great hosts and complement each other very well. I love Fernando's sense of humor and Martha's the sweetest. The work, although quite different from what a city kid like me is used to, was always very fair and the hours were very respected. I really learned a lot during my three weeks here and I highly recommend this experience!

5 meses atrás

Colômbia

5

La experiencia en la quinta es unica e inolvidable! Quizas por sus hermosos paisajes, quizas por los animales y las flores, quizas por la buena compañia de otros voluntarios, quizas por las conversaciones agradables con la familia, quizas fue por las mañanas de trabajo arduo, quizas fue la lectura de libros que se mezclaban con los atardeceres, quizas fue por su cielo estrellado... Quizas fue todo eso junto!! Agradezco la oportunidad me voy mas fuerte de mente, cuerpo y espiritu!!

6 meses atrás


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