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☀️ Summer Job – Paid Position (Minimum 2 Months)
We are offering a paid summer position at our small animal sanctuary and rural guesthouse in the countryside of Palmela, Portugal.
📅 Minimum commitment: 2 months
💶 This is a paid position (details will be shared privately)
🏡 Accommodation may be provided on site and meals
We’re looking for someone who:
Loves animals and nature
Is kind, reliable and grounded
Has initiative and enjoys working independently
Is comfortable with both quiet tasks and physical activity
Values a simple, meaningful lifestyle
🌿 Main responsibilities may include:
Feeding and caring for animals (horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, chickens)
Cleaning shelters and outdoor spaces~
Hospitality tasks like helping with guest arrivals, preparing breakfast and housekeeping
Optional: assistance with events or creative tasks
This is more than a job – it's an opportunity to be part of a space of healing, simplicity and connection. 💫
If you're looking for a purposeful summer surrounded by animals and nature, we’d love to hear from you.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Sustainability
Vegetarian or vegan
Pets
Self development
Photography
Plant care
Music
DIY & crafts
Books
Art & design
Languages
Cooking & food
Drawing & painting
Astronomy
Animals
Water sports
Dancing
Camping
Adventure sports
Cycling
Team sports
Nature
Yoga / Wellness
Fitness
Mountain
Beach
Hiking
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
By staying with us, you'll experience rural Portuguese life with a conscious, grounded rhythm.
✨ You’ll learn about:
How to care for rescued animals with compassion
Sustainable, low-impact living
Seasonal vegetarian/vegan cooking
Moving and living with intention
You’ll also have time and space to:
Rest, reconnect, reflect
Explore the nature of Palmela and Setubal
Share your own skills and stories
Practise yoga, meditation or creativity (if you wish)
This is a place of gentle transformation — a sanctuary where humans also heal.Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Help
hospitality tasks
general maintenance
Feeding and caring for the animals (horses, sheep, goats, donkeys, chickens,dogs, ducks,turtles)
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
We have tents with double bed or you can bring your own campervan.
What else ...
We are close to one of the most beautiful beaches in Europe, Praia dos Galapinhos, only 12km away. The Natural Park of Serra da Arrábida is only 16km away. There is loads of vynierads around. You have the train station only 850m away. From there we are only 40min away from Lisbon, or 5 min from Setubal.
We DO not accept smokers. Its a very dry area and fires its a very common and serious thing around here.
Please travel with travel health insurance.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
We have space for caravans.
Can possibly accept pets
a friendly one
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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The entire family loved him. And he helped us a lot in all types of work needed:carpentry, farming, building a duck's lake, taking care of the animals. Even in the most pressure activities he remain his calm all the time.… read more
