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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HELLO!! We, Cami and Iain, moved to Portugal 6 years ago on a whim, spending all our long-saved travelling money to buy this piece of land with 200 dead blackened trees, a burned out Toyota, and a ruin with four walls and not much else. Today the ......
I'm a Swisswoman and I live on a little farm near Monchique. I have a dog, two cats, an organic garden and many fruit trees and a lot of work on my land. I need sombody, who is helping me in the garden and on the land.
I have a lovely guesthouse, ......
Pet & Home sitting
My name is Rita (48), and I live since a little less than one year in the Magic Mountains of Portugal together with my son Leo (9) and our dog Lufa (5).
If you have never had the chance to deeply connect to the land, you will ......
Hey Workawayers, thank you for your volunteering spirit!
I live in Bombarral, Portugal with 4 cats in a quiet and very pleasant neighborhood.
Bombarral is the heart of Oeste region with regular train and bus to nearby towns such as Cadaval, ......
Hey! Welcome!
UPDATE: From last week's of August on. I have a cabin you can stay in.
My place is about natural building, Syntropic forestry (kind of food forest) and rewilding.
I always try to have 2 or more work awayers, so you can go on ......
**28 July 2025 update:**
We are only looking for a person that can help with small tasks and fix things around the farm, like:
-installing a mosquito net on the windows,
-repairing a tile on the floor,
-fixing a wood bench that is missing a ......
Hi there! I'm living on a big land on a quite mountain top overlooking the Atlantic, but only 5 min from Torres Vedras and 25 min from Santa Cruz🤗 40 min from Lisbon and place like Sintra or Obidos.
In return I would like a bit of help in the ......
😸👨🌾🏡 🐒 CAT/LAND/HOUSE SITTERS (August)
🐈⬛🐈 In addition to regular volunteering (below), we need cat/land/house sitters for the full month of August, we'd like to take a well-deserved holiday!
🏖️ 😎 During August, we are taking a long anticipated ......
I'm Portuguese/French :) and I live in the great city of Porto. Have 2 cats, a house in the city centre with a small garden. I'm a psychologist and yoga teacher, passionate by music, surf and Brazilian culture.
Hello hello,
I am looking for people to do a house sitting for at least a month and possibly longer. You would be taking care of a cat and a small aquarium with fish and do a bit of watering in the garden plus about once a month water fruittrees ......
Hi,
My name is David and I'll tell you a bit about me. I grew up in Lisboa and always lived, studied and worked there, until a few years ago I started feeling less and less happy with the kind of life I had in the city. So one day I decided to ......
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Hello workawayers!
We are a German family with 4 kids, now 5, 7, 14 and 17 years old. We grow fruit trees and vegetables, dreaming of having a fruitforest someday....We started the projekt about 7 years ago and are still in construction... we ......
I have just bought a house with some land and a ruin. I would love a little help getting the place up and running- the house is modern and functioning, the ruin is not. The yard was just grass, I am slowly removing it all and planting it with ......
House and cat sitters wanted: Enjoying country life in Valle Ferro,Reliquias, Alentejo, Portugal
I am looking for a reliable, animal-loving person to look after my house in the beautiful, rural area of Valle Ferro during this period. The T2 house ......
Hi!
We're the Catarina's!
Me and my partner, both 26, have begun our joint life in my home town of Montijo, Portugal. It's a growing city, about a 20 minute bus ride from Lisbon.
You can experience day-to-day life in a town built by the river, ......
Hi Folks.
Hosting travelers on a piece of land...
I have to say this is one the best thing I've got into.
You are welcome as House Sitters or helping out ( Volunteer) and sharing this wonder piece of land as a place to live close to the nature ......
My name is Geraldine, I am a therapist and travel frequently. My kids are all studying abroad so when I travel my dogs need petsitting. Walking three times a day. On the plus side, I live in front of the beach in Carcavelos. train takes 20 minutes ......
Hello!
My name is Alessandra, I'm 33yo and after traveling and working as a digital nomad for a few years I decided to move to Portugal, embrace a slower pace in life and I start a building project with an old house in the countryside.
ABOUT ......
We are a young couple trying to lead healthier and as sustainable life as possible at THIS moment, learning something new with every day. We love everything that grows, taking care of animals and coming up with new ideas to create a better, more ......
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.