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Quinta das Abelhas

Selfcatering, Camping/Caravans, Equestrian Holiday, Volunteers, Retreat, Eco Yurt
Póvoa de Midões (Tabua). Sleeps up to: 4

Quinta das Abelhas - Click on photo for more photographs from Quinta das Abelhas.

2 hectare south-facing organic smallholding offering camping in a tent or our traditional mongolian yurt.

Quinta das Abelhas offers you a warm family welcome on a beautiful but basic smallholding in the green heart of Portugal, with breath-taking views of two mountain ranges, the Serra da Estrela (highest in Portugal) and the Serra de Acor.

Enjoy lovely walks through the valley and forests: the River Mondego for swimming and fishing, and the village with shops, bars and a restaurant, are within walking distance.

You can visit the local markets at Tabua (Sunday morning) and Arganil (Thursday morning); one of the many places of interest in the area such as Coimbra, a historic university city; Piodao, a traditional mountain village; one of the nearby river beaches; go to the beach at Figueira da Foz; skiing in the Serra da Estrela; or simply stay on the quinta and relax, listening to the gentle sound of the sheep bells as the shepherd passes through to graze his herd.

Water for drinking, cooking and washing comes from the well, and we have a brick-built twin chamber compost toilet, with wood-fired or solar heated shower.

We also have an outdoor bath, heated by starting a wood fire under it. Unfortunately due to fire risk this is not usable from May 1st to September.

Our traditional mongolian hand-painted yurt (ger) is a magic space in which to stay. It has a double bed, 2 single bed seats (kids seem to love them), and its own electricity supply.

The compost toilet building also has a solar shower, heated by a woodfired boiler for the cloudy days.

One person at a time is able to go for a guided ride on Daan, who is suitable for all ages and abilities, along country tracks with an optional picnic lunch.

Alternatively, you can pitch your tent under the shade of an olive tree on one of our secluded terraces, sheltered by grape vines.

The Yurt and camping area is seperate from the rest of the farm. A peaceful secluded corner, with its own campers kitchen (in a small caravan).

When the weather is fine, and circumstances permit, you are welcome to join the family at our large outdoor dining table, for evening meals, produced as much as possible from organic food fresh from the gardens. Special diets are no problem and vegetarian/vegan cooking is a speciality.

Quinta das Abelhas are members of WWOOF international and offer volunteer placements on the smallholding.

We recommend that visitors have a hire car to get around.

For full details please see our website www.portugalyurt.co.uk.

Meals (If Available):
Breakfast: 5 euros per person
Lunch: 7 per person
Evening meal: Join our family meal for 10 per person (2 courses plus wine).
During the summer almost all veg is organically home grown in our raised bed permaculture gardens.

Extras (if any):
Tent hire: 5 per night
Wireless / WI-FI adsl access point available free to guests.
We have a huge selection of english-language fiction and environmental/gardening non-fiction books available for you to read.
Quinta das Abelhas is involved with the Eco-Living Portugal Project.
Our blog is at: www.portugalsmallholding.org
Monty Roberts Natural Horsemanship Courses: please email for more information. You can see pictures of the last event at Monty Roberts course photos on Flickr.

Number of bedrooms: 1

Prices in euros:
Camping: 5 per person per night
Mongolian yurt: 35 per night for 2 people.
Extra people 7.50 per night for each extra bed.
Guests are asked to vacate the yurt by 11am on day of departure, and to arrive after 2pm.
Stays of less than 7 nights incur a 20 euro cleaning charge.

Have you stayed here? Read & post on our guestbook.

Quinta das Abelhas is registered as a host with WWOOF and HELPX
A combination of volunteering and paying is possible. Please contact us.

GEOCACHING:
Quinta das Abelhas is an ideal base for geocachers and there are many caches in the area (search www.geocaching.com for caches in Coimbra and also Viseu state/province to find those closest to Quinta das Abelhas or email us for advice on locations).
One of the caches is close enough to ride to.

Availability & Booking:
Please visit our calendars, to check available dates.
You can book your required dates from this calendar.
bullet Contact the owner of Quinta das Abelhas direct.

Pure Portugal advertises on behalf of hosts / owners, who supply their details, and are responsible for accuracy and booking arrangements.
Pure Portugal Ltd is a workers co-operative company, registered in England no: 5123198
Registered Office: 93 North Street, Burwell, Cambridge, CB5 0BB, United Kingdom.