A farmhouse. A garden. A boat to Lisbon
A family farmhouse from 1897 in the middle of Montijo: rooms for a month or longer, a few nights, or a parking spot. Lisbon is a 25-minute boat crossing away.
Rooms restored by hand in the old farmhouse, keeping the original floors and doors, and a gated yard where guests can park.
A private room for one month or more, for remote workers and people working in Lisbon. Share the kitchen, the table and the fire nights.
The studio or a room in the 1897 farmhouse: Lisbon by boat during the day, the garden in the evening.
Talk to us directly for the full, up-to-date offer.
Six parking spots in a gated yard, a short walk from cafés and the river. Pets welcome. Subject to availability.
Services for guests while parked
Scores updated on Oct 2026.
How a farmhouse from 1897 became a place where people from everywhere come to live slowly.
A single-storey Portuguese farmhouse with whitewashed walls, a tiled roof and a yard under old trees. It stayed in the family for generations, and Montijo slowly grew around it, until the fields became streets and the farmhouse ended up in the middle of town.
It began five years ago. The property had stood empty since the host's great-grandparents passed away. Wondering, alone, how to make it possible, the host opened the gate, and volunteers and friends started coming to help.
Volunteers from all over the world, through Workaway, worked side by side with the host: room by room, floor by floor, keeping the old floors and doors. Every room has someone's hands in it.
Mateus, who was raised here until he was five, runs it with the people who live and stay here. Shared dinners, fire nights, music and ping-pong; hens, Pato the duck, pigs, a rabbit and two cats; eggs, lemons, oranges and vegetables from the garden.
More rooms built through the winter, restored the same way, while Solarpunk Labs starts making the place run itself: solar power, water and the garden on small, repairable machines. An old farmhouse learning new tricks.
The garden comes with neighbours. Most are friendly; all of them are fed before we are.
The cat who chooses which guest is hers. You don't get a say.
The other cat. Professional nap tester, found in the plants.
Responsible for breakfast. Eggs most mornings.
The pig family. Head of compost, fans of melon rinds.
The rabbit. Small, white and very interested in carrots.
The duck. Walks the yard like he owns it, and first at the feeder.
Rua Joaquim de Almeida 191A, 2870-341 Montijo. Parking guests get directions to their entrance when we confirm the stay.
Coffee first. A café 50 m from the gate: a coffee and a pastel de nata for about €2. Groceries and a supermarket are a short walk away; ask us for our favourites.
A flat 12-minute walk. Restaurants, the municipal market in the morning, and the riverside walk at sunset.
Uber + boat is the easiest.
1. Search “TTSL – Cais do Seixalinho” on your maps (about 4 km from here).
2. A 10-minute Uber, about €5.
3. A 25-minute boat to Cais do Sodré, Lisbon centre: about €3 a person.
Free parking at the pier. Boat times ↗
About 25 minutes by car. An Uber or taxi over the Vasco da Gama bridge usually costs around €20–30. On a budget: the boat to Cais do Sodré, then the metro.
About 35 minutes by car. In summer, cars are restricted on the Arrábida beach roads during the day: free shuttle buses leave from the car parks, and Uber or Bolt can drop you off.
Nothing strict: just what keeps the animals calm, the neighbours friendly and everyone rested.
They live here. Dogs on a lead near the hens, Pato, Tori and the cats, and please don't feed them: ask us and you can help at feeding time. Bringing a pet to a room? Ask us first.
Music goes down at night, so everyone sleeps: people here work in the morning. Quiet hours 23:00 to 07:00.
We light the fire pit and we put it out. Pull up a chair.
Very welcome, with an adult close by around the pigs and the fire.
No smoking indoors. The garden is big; there's a spot for it.
Check-out by 11:00, so the next guest finds the room ready. Need longer? Ask us.
We confirm every stay ourselves, on a call or a visit, and never ask for payment before that. Our only website is montijogarden.pt; if a listing asks you to pay somewhere else, write to us first.
We reply ourselves, usually on WhatsApp, and set up a video call or a visit. Long stays start from one month; many people stay three to six.
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The 1897 farmhouse: private rooms restored by hand, kept with their old floors and doors. Monthly stays and a few nights.
Our private studio with its own lounge, for one to three people.
Where the long dinners start. Shared by everyone staying in the rooms.
Pool table, ping-pong, sofas, drums and a big screen. Open to every guest.
Tables under the string lights, the fire pit and the heart of the place in the evening.
Vegetable beds, orange and lemon trees, and the paths where the hens walk.
The hens, Joaquim and his kids, Tori the rabbit, Maria and Simon the cats.
Six parking spots in the gated yard, with water, power, showers, toilets and Wi-Fi.
Fire nights with guests and volunteers. We light it and we put it out.
Hello! Tell us your name and what you're looking for: a month, a few nights or a parking spot.