Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Join a family and live close to Sagres, in the beautiful and warm Algarve, Portugal
Hey there! we live next to a tiny village close to Sagres, in the beautiful and warm Algarve. I am a musician, and mother of a 8 year old girl and a boy of 2 years. We share our home with my partner and 1 volunteer or a couple of such. It lyes very ......
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Help with home projects and gardening while learning about off-grid life in Sao Christavao de Lafoes, Portugal
We fell in love with this land in 2023 mostly because of the epic waterfall. There are two rivers running through the 12 acres with multiple private swimming spots to choose from. We are in a beautiful valley with amazing views, and you can always ......

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Beautiful new permaculture food forest and healing community near Viseu, Portugal
Heya :) I'm Andrew, a 37 year old English guy, and have very recently bought a small quinta (just under 1 hectare) near to Sao Pedro do Sul in the Viseu area of central Portugal. This is the very start of an exciting long term project where the ......

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Life on a vineyard in Seia, central Portugal
*Help with the horses and grape harvest? We are looking for a couple of strong volunteers to assist with the upcoming grape harvest. Mid to end September probably. Also is there anyone out there who is an experienced horse rider who would like to ......
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Join us while living off-grid on a small quinta in the Serra do Açor region of central Portugal
**We need extra help after our land and infrastructure were damaged by recent wildfires - get in touch if you'd like to come and lend a hand.** We are a family of six, originally from the UK. Since 2014, we have been living off-grid on a small ......

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Join our tribe and at an ecological off-grid oasis in Aljezur, Portugal
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 ......

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Join our family and enjoy the Algarve, Portugal
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 ......

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Join us on a small cork oak forest in Alentejo (Sonega, near Porto Covo), Portugal
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 ......

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Join me and surf around Peniche, Portugal
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 ......

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Help us to create our space near Aveiro in Portugal
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 ......

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Off-grid quinta project near São Julião, Portugal
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
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Join our journey creating a self-sufficient and sustainable home in Monsanto, Portugal
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 ......
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Help us create a self sufficient farm in the beautiful Alentejo, Portugal
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 ......
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Enjoy life in our quintana in Tramagal, Portugal
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 ......

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Nature loving people needed for off-grid paradise, near Monsanto, Portugalj
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 ......
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Stay on a stunning land in Arrabida Nature Park, just south of Lisbon, Portugal
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 ......

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Learn about permaculture by experiencing it on our land in Aradas-Podentes, Portugal
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 ......
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Share your skills and passions with our creative family in south Alentejo, Portugal
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 ......
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Olive harvest in Montes da Senhora, Portugal
Looking for two volunteers for our olive harvest --- We are a small homestead in central Portugal, trying as much as possible to be self sufficient and learning as we go. We have 70 olive trees, 4 prolific cherry trees, some citrus trees and about ......

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Learn about syntropic farming in NE Alentejo, Portugal
Hi! We are currently a small group of people, who are living on land in inland southern Portugal, by Estremoz (which is due east of Lisbon not far from the Spanish border). The land is large and diverse, with traditional Alentejo "montado" - cork ......