Quintinha de Monserrate

"With an area of around two hectares, native trees and a water line, Quintinha de Monserrate recreates a small agricultural farm, with areas dedicated to different types of crops and animals, as well as a renewable energy system that makes it completely autonomous. from an energy point of view. It was, at one time, a small rural farm that served the Park and Palace of Monserrate, the property to which it is adjacent. The caretaker's old 19th-century house provides suitable spaces for educational activities, such as a work room with a stove and a kitchen with a bread oven that allows the atmosphere of traditional cuisine to be reproduced in workshops in which the farm's products are used. Plantations include areas of orchards, vegetables, wild and berry plants, cereals and aromatic plants. In the surrounding area, there is a pen for horses, donkeys and sheep, a rabbit hutch and a shelter for poultry. The space also has a picnic area, an outdoor amphitheater and a barn. The water line that runs through Quintinha is fed by the natural springs and water mines of Tapada de Monserrate, constituting a privileged habitat for amphibians and aquatic animals. On the other hand, it feeds a traditional levada irrigation system, which has a high pedagogical value as it allows for numerous thematic approaches."