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Learn about responsible (off-grid) living and growing a food and flower forest in Mafra, Portugal
We are actually doing it! We went from talking about it, to making it happen. In 2023, we swapped city life for life closer to nature! 🌿 These days, we live in our off-grid wooden house (made by us!) under a forest of oak trees. Before we found ......
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Growing community project in awesome property surrounded by forest in São João das Lampas, Portugal
I have a piece of land, half a hectare in size (5,000 square metres), located just a 15-minute walk from the beach in Magoito. It's 20 minutes from the centre of Ericeira and 18 minutes from Sintra. I’m currently renovating the land (and property) ......
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Home sitting in the middle of nature in Abrunhosa-a-Velha, Portugal
Hey hello, My name is Margon, I am Dutch and I live in Central Portugal. In 2024 I purchased a plot of land of 1 hectare near a small village, called Abrunhosa-a-Velha, in between Gouveia and Mangualde. I fell in love with this piece of land, ......
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Help us rebuild our community project after fire in Coimbra, Portugal
We need a lot of help to rebuild our project after the fire of October 2017. We need help and we appreciate a lot if you chose us. However,.. we must give you correct information and our project is not any more the same as like presented on the ......
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Gardening, construction and alternative living in a community near Porto, Portugal
This is a living collective, a community where we tend to create an alternative from the capitalist system. We live in a small farm, close to the city, the sea and the forest. We define this space as “Rurban” [rural+urban]. We are around 7 ......
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Join our multi-generational family near Serra da Estrela, Portugal
***Seeking company for me and Oscar for the Easter holidays! Rachel is away and we would love to have someone to play, eat, explore and work with during this time*** ***Currently the main project is the extension of the wood cabin, I am working ......
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Stay on a stunning land in Arrabida Nature Park, just south of Lisbon, Portugal
Hi and welcome! 🙏🏻 Right now we are looking for help to maintain our forest and some landscaping in our cliff area, jungle canyon, oasis etc. Physical tasks involve using a hoe, shovel, wheel barrows etc, to improve paths, build wooden steps, plant ......
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Come be part of our family in the paradise of Figueira, Portugal
We are a small family. Philip (5), Benno (6), Leonie (8) and Steffen (41). Mama is going 3 month away to Germany to work, Steffen needs help mostly Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday to get the kids ready for school and drop them off at 9 o'clock. ......
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Converting an abandoned vyniard into a food forest in Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Hello traveler! We are a young family of four looking for help turning 5420 square meters of abandoned land into a beautiful food forest. The land is located in Capelas, the north shore of the island, with an ocean bathing spot 10 minutes walking ......
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Help on a sustainable family homestead in Figueiredo das Donas, Portugal
We are looking for helpers who would like to support us in the following tasks: Gardening/vegetable cultivation. Support with harvesting and preserving fruit and vegetables. Taking our dogs for a walk and play with them. Sometimes support for ......
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Help welcome in our garden near Sintra, Portugal
We welcome you to help us work in our garden near Sintra, Portugal! We are a family of 3 living since one year in Portugal. Fernando is from here and his whole family is around. Carole is French/American, we speak English together. Our son is 3, ......
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Help out on our beautiful family land and enjoy peaceful life in São Teotónio, Portugal
We are a Portuguese / English family who have been living on our beautiful piece of land in southern Alentejo's Parque Natural da Costa Vicentina with our two children (2 and 5 years old) for the past two years. Our land is 2.7 hectares of nature ......
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Petsitting close to the beach in Algarve, Portugal
We're a couple both working in creative fields (sound designer and photographer). Sometimes we're looking for petsitters and sometimes for help around the house (painting, cleaning, light repairs, etc.). We're not always around as we travel ......
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Join our family and help with eco-friendly project close to Odeceixe, Portugal
Join Us in the Algarve-Alentejo Region of Portugal! About Our Project: Hello! We are Ruan, Tina, and our little boy, Ray Lua. We have a beautiful four-hectare piece of land in a lush valley with a river, located just 10 minutes from the sea and ......
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Join my rustic home, have barbecues and discover the nature in Santo André das Tojeiras, Portugal
My rustic farm is a non-commercial farm. It has been a long-wished-for dream, when I was able to sell my house in the Netherlands and bought this farm. I always had nice gardens with lots of fruits, including grapes. Having a vineyard has been ......
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Be welcome at our piece of Paradise located in the peaceful mountains of Monchique, Portugal
Are you on a journey of discovery? Do you yearn for meaningful experiences with like-minded, sovereign individuals? Perhaps our little chunk of paradise will put a smile on your face. Hi... we're James and Nadine. We are a couple of Canadian ......
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Experience the lovely culture in Guimaraes, Portugal
Hello folks (: We are a English/Portuguese speaking family of 4 that live in the North of Portugal in the beautiful town of Guimarães , the city where Portugal was born. We live in a fairly big house with lots of room and space for the hosts to feel ......
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Help out at our glamping site nestled in the mountains of Central Portugal
***UPDATE 2025*** Please do not apply unless you match one of the three positions listed below. 1) Skilled Woodworker. Asap/March and April 2025. You are skilled, efficient and autonomous. We mainly need help with repairing the wooden platforms ......
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Help around our horses and homestead tasks while experiencing the magic of Monsanto, Portugal
We are a family of three (46, 12, 10). In 2022 we bought a beautiful piece of land here near Monsanto. We are working on becoming self-sufficient, making our own compost for our garden, keeping various animals ( horses, donkeys, sheep, ducks, ......
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Long term opportunity to stay on a environmentally friendly farm in Colares, Portugal
Hi, I’m Denise, a Portuguese/American retired orchestra musician. My place is 35 minutes from Lisbon, near the Sintra mountains and the small town of Colares, just a few km from several beaches. We host yoga classes regularly, our teacher is Georgia ......
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