Discover Moinhos do Dão, an off-grid farm in Portugal's Dão Valley. Experience farm life, seasonal food, gardens, wildlife and the River Dão.

An off-grid homestead in Portugal, by the River Dão.

Surrounded by gardens and woodland, Moinhos do Dão is our family project & home.

Come for a day or stay a little longer. Get your hands in the soil, harvest something from the garden, learn a new skill, discover how things work off-grid — or simply slow down and enjoy being here.

You don't need any experience. We quite like first times.

  • A day at Moinhos
    Come for a day, explore the place and get a little taste of everyday life at Moinhos.

  • Stay for 3 or 5 days, get your hands dirty and become part of the Moinhos rhythm.

  • Come with your favourite people, up to 8 guests, and shape your time at Moinhos around your interests, the season and the kind of days you would like to have.

An invitation to slow down. A little slower. A little simpler.

Listen to birdsongs.

Collect the eggs.

Plant a seed.

Harvest what you’ll eat.

Get your hands in the soil.

Learn how things work off-grid.

Pick up a new skill.

Sit around the table.

Swim in the river.

Pick up a new skill.

Help with whatever is happening that day.

Do something for the first time.

Or do absolutely nothing for a while.

Maybe take a little something home with you.

harvest
Frau in einem weißen Kleid beim Kochen in einer Küche mit weißen Fliesen und offenen Regalen.
Ein Erdbeer-Dessert in einer roten, dekorierten Schale, auf einem dunklen Holztisch mit bunten Servietten und Gläsern, umgeben von Gartenblättern im Hintergrund. 
The Place

Moinhos do Dão is a small off-grid homestead in the Dão Valley, near Mangualde in central Portugal. The gardens, woodland and river are all part of everyday life here. We grow and preserve seasonal food, care for the land and share the place with the wildlife around us.