I personally live on site so will be welcoming you and giving you additional information that you may need (except for late arrivals where you will be given directions to go straight to the caravan). Since the animals are quite time consuming and demanding, I might not always available in a flash but will do my utmost to be there for you when needed and help you find your way around.

Monte dos Vagabundos is an association which helps animal in needs and offer them refuge when the situation requests it. We do focus on the older dogs, or too traumatised or too handicapped to be adopted. We love all animals without distinction and aim at welcoming more farm animals, like our 5 pot-belly pigs and 1 horse (now in pension so he can be with friends). You will share the property with 2 humans, 22 rescued dogs and 5 rescued pot-belly pigs. The main house is 170 meters away from the caravan and all the doggies are inside a 4-hectare fenced area. We are now offering part of the remaining land to animal lovers wanting to spend a unique experience in a gorgeous setting surrounded by nature and open views to the ocean and amazing sunsets/sunrises. We would be more than happy to share interaction with our animals should you want to come and join us for our daily dog walks (between 13-16 dogs at the time), feeding and hugging our pigs, or helping feed the dogs at night (they all patiently wait for their individual plate: all absolute unique experiences for dog lovers). It goes without saying that despite the distance between you and us and the fact that they are really cool dogs (mostly old, with a few crazy young ones), they all live as part of a clan and run free during the day so you can expect to hear barkings/singings sessions when they get excited for x,y,z reason (you arriving, you leaving, your dog(s) moving around, the neighbour walking by, the cows saying hello, us arriving/us leaving, when they get out of the house in the morning, and evening before dinner). But it normally does not last very long and they are locked inside at night, which normally guarantees you a sound quite night from dusk to dawn. Your dogs (up to 2) are very welcome to stay with you provided they sleep inside the caravan at night, so that our dogs stay calm. 100% of the money we receive from that rental will go back to the running costs of the association.

This part of Portugal has two seasons, winter (rainy) and summer (dry). We are lucky to live close to the coast so have a much more tempered climate than a few kilometers inland. We are also very lucky to have a land full of water, with a very special biotop (including a marsh, extremely lush in winter with a misture of ferns, reeds, lilies and a large variety of wild flowers) . And the 8 hectares are home to old and young cork and pine trees. Lots of birds and birds of pray (we even have a nest of stokes on the property with stokes sitting from December to April) ROTA VICENTINA We are located 7km from Zambujeira-do-Mar and would be happy to welcome trekkers and your dog(s). We are happy to pick-you up anywhere between Almograve and Odexeice where car access is allowed, for a fee between 10-25 euros depending on the distance. Our check-in time is twelve, allowing you to stop your walk earlier should you be tired walking or should you want to spend time relaxing at your caravan or walking with our doggies or cuddling our pigs. SURFERS We are located in the middle of beautiful beaches which are also high spots for surfers and or body-board (all year, with highlight in automn and spring). Our location allows you to change spots daily :-) - Zambujeira-do-Mar (7km), Carvalhal (15km) and Odeceixe (18km) & Vila nova de Milfontes (28km), Malhao (34km). There are a lot of school options in summer time. Living in our caravan would allow you to let all your equipment dry in the garden and get rinsed with garden water connection OTHER ACTIVITIES Various sports / accompanied outings offered by local shops (bike, surf, skate, slack-line, kayak, etc..) in Zambujeira-do-Mar but that needs to be checked in advance as they are not open all-year. Our animal rescue sanctuary is just 2 kilometers away from the little town of Sao-Teotonio, district of Odemira, part of the 'Alentejo Litoral' as it lays directly north of Algarve, on the south west Atlantic coast.