The experience
The Youth Hostel of Alvados is located in the Serra d’Aire e Candeeiros Nature Park. For a sustainable tourism development, we intend to develop an ecological project, which allows visitors to become aware of the Park’s natural resources and their sustainable use.
The volunteers who participate in this project aim to assist in the Community Garden of the Alvados-Alcaria Civil Parish, as well as to beautify, with aromatic plants, other spaces of the civil parish, namely the former Jardim da Pousada Primary School (currently ‘Escola Viva’). The introduction of these aromatic herbs allows visitors to get to know some of the Nature Park's resources, in this case aromatic herbs. The aromatic herbs will be identified with a name tag and possible use (teas, natural incense, culinary use, among others).
Therefore, this project has several dimensions: ecological, sustainable tourism and community exchange.
Hours per day: 5 h per day, Monday to Friday
Hours per week: 25
Schedule: 9 a.m to 12 p.m and 2 p.m to 4 p.m
Minimum time: 7 days
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