If you are from outside of the EU and planning to visit Portugal to work, volunteer or study, YOU WILL NEED THE CORRECT VISA. To find out more information you need to contact the embassy in your home country BEFORE travelling.
Meaning of the colours:
Workawayers needed
Possibility that workawayers are needed
No availability
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Meaning of this:
By default (toggle switch to the left) will show hosts who have ANY of the months you have chosen
marked as available. This means that some of the months might be marked red (no availability.) If
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Hi, we are Carine (the Netherlands) and Ricardo (Portugal) and we are aiming to live an off-grid life at the coast in the north of Portugal. Our land lies between the Aveiro lagoon and the Atlantic ocean in a forest that ends at the beach. We live ......
Hi, From our Animal Sanctuary we are looking for motivated by their love of animals, volunteers to help with Fencing, cleaning animal areas, cleaning and painting the volunteers house. It's physical work, so if you are injured or unfit, it probably ......
LAST MINUTE help is needed for the community cooking breakfast team :) We are also looking for help on maintenance with interest in cob and earth building.
To start as soon as possible :)
*** From November 2025 until April 2026: general help in the ......
Hi, me and Sebastião live in a one-story house in the city of Olhão and we are mooving to Spain. We have 2 dogs and 1 bird. We need to take care of and make some improvements inside and outside the house, such as painting walls and taking care of ......
Hi there!
I live with my two daughters in a small wooden house I built myself, off-grid, in the middle of a 6-hectare cork oak forest near the village of Sonega, just 10 minutes from Porto Covo, on the Alentejo coast.
We live simply, close to ......
Hello, I'm Marije, I live with my 17 year old son in Portugal in our new wooden house! we love surfing, gardening and living close to the surfing capital of Europe, Peniche! we lead an outdoor life and are going to work on our garden as well as ......
Our quinta is a 5.5 hectare farm within secluded nature, yet a gentle 20 min walk through the vineyards to the nearby village of Carvalhal Redondo. Nelas with its large supermarkets and cafes is just 4 km away. We are Nicole (Dutch) and John ......
We are Catherine and Simon, our project involves the renovation of large farmhouse and 5 acres of surrounding land. Our aim is to create a retreat space for holistic practices like yoga and Qi Gong and creative workshops. We have been here for ......
We are an 11ha. Off-grid quinta nestled high in the Serra de São mamede Mountains. Our project has roots in salvage & recycling, art, sustainable forest management, permaculture, and so much more
We live in the Castelo Branco region/ Central Portugal since 2020. Covid brought us here and we fell in love with the area. We bought a piece of land (4 ha) and want to live a simple self-sufficient lifestyle. It is a long way to get there but with ......
Hi,
I'm Margarida,a mom full of big dreams to transform the education in my town. I have a project of nature activities for children, where a small family community meet together every month to play free in the woods.
Now i'm starting a journey to ......
We are a couple from Denmark that bought a farm in the beautiful Alentejo. The long term goal for the farm is to become a self-sufficient camping site, and also a community with room for everybody!
It has changed a lot in how many people we have ......
We are looking for a Farm Sitter in November 2025
Olá a todos ! My partner and I are looking for someone to take care of our little farm, including six cats, a dog and three goats, while we are visiting Brazil from 31/10/25 to 28/11/25 (4 weeks). ......
Our orchard is a farm located in the beautiful village of Furnas - São Miguel (Azores) - at 50 km distance from Ponta Delgada. It is located inside a volcanic crater, here you can enjoy nature, thermal baths, trails and lagoons.
Our main goal is to ......
We are a German and English couple in our mid 60's. My mother who has Alzheimer and is 86 years old lives with us.
We spend 20 years sailing on our own small boat around the world and for the last 20 years we settled down 5 years in England and 15 ......
Update:
Our beautiful retreat was damaged by the recent wildfires in central Portugal. We are looking for a person or couple to help us clear the damaged trees on the land and clear space in the barn for winter. We will be cleaning and cutting the ......
Hello dears,
Right now we are looking for help starting early October. Physical tasks involve using a hoe, shovel, wheel barrows etc, to improve paths, build the base of a chicken house, plant some trees, enlarge the vegetable beds etc.
This can be ......
We are living on our homestead at the very edge of a small hamlet, in the middle of an Olive Grove.
30 years permaculture experience. Medicine herb garden. Self sufficiency for delicious meals, Solar cooker . Visit Farmers Markets and our famous ......
Hi, thank you for reading about our farm! If you are around and looking for a calm peaceful place in Nature with animals, be welcome! We need help for the animals, but also now with the outdoor jobs after the heatwaves. The guesthouse has a new roof ......
hello:) We are Shootzi, Liron and our 4.5 year old daughter soli , a family of 3 that just recently moved into this beautiful land.
We are located in south Alentejo, an alternative area with a lot of small growing Communities , gatherings, and many ......
If you are from outside of the EU and planning to visit Portugal to work, volunteer or study, YOU WILL NEED THE CORRECT VISA. To find out more information you need to contact the embassy in your home country BEFORE travelling.
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