Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Coimbra and Center, Portugal

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Learn about wine making and vine husbandry and experience rural life near Viseu, Portugal
We moved from the UK in 2005 when we found and restored an old farmhouse (Quinta) . We have our own vineyard with 6000 vines for our own consumption and for our extended family and friends ,in the center of the Dao wine region. The property has an ......
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Garden and property maintenance by the Serra d'Aire National Park, Portugal
My profile..omnivore, hetero male. .. living in Portugal since 1990, with diverse interests, mostly things 'classic' I have bikes to restore, a boat to maintain, an old stone built cottage and various workshops and outbuildings that need attention, ......
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Join us on our off-grid land living project near Aldeia de Santa Margarida, central Portugal
Hi We’re David (33) and Patrick (44) two friends who met at a plant medicine ceremony in Scotland five years ago and have stayed close friends ever since. We share a vision of creating a meaningful life project together here in central ......
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Creating a non-profit circus school and permaculture garden near Nazaré, Portugal
✨🎪WELCOME! 🎪✨ ⚡HELP US RECOVER FROM THE AFTERMATH OF STORM KRISTIN⚡ We are in the very beginning phases of creating a beautiful Circus School, Theatre and Permiculture Garden at the edge of a small Portugese Village. Out here it is a mix of hard ......
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Help us fulfil our dream of making our own wine in the Dao Region, Portugal
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 ......
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Experience family life in the peaceful rural village of Tondela in Central Portugal
We’re a young family of three living, with our two friendly dogs, Winston and Fred. Our home sits on 1.2 acres of land, just a 10-minute drive from the nearest town, so it’s the perfect mix of countryside calm and easy access to amenities. After ......
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Help me with projects at my countryside house near Sertã, in central Portugal
My name is Pedro and I'm a freelancer graphic designer & illustrator living in the bucolic county of Sertã deep in the Portuguese countryside. It was in the inspiring depths of Portugal that I chose to reinvent myself. Among quietness, rurality and ......
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Share our family life and experience country life in a rural village near Tomar, Central Portugal
We fell in love with a house in Central Portugal (between Fátima and Tomar) and are working on our dream of converting this space into a retreat center. We love our location up on a hill in a little village that provides you with the basics (train ......
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Learn about rural life and help all round on our quinta up in the Magic Mountains, Arcozelo das Maias, Portugal
Hi there! We are Annemiek, Martijn and young daughter Nelli, a family from the Netherlands that moved to Portugal four years ago to start a new, more quiet life in the countryside surrounded by nature. To pursue this dream we are renovating a ......
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Help out in a self-sufficient quinta in the making in Tabua, Central Portugal
Laura and Andrew own a small farm in Central Portugal. We are committed Christians. We aim to become as self-sufficient as possible on our land, producing wood for fuel, vegetables and fruit for food and wine and keeping some livestock for meat, ......
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Explore natural off-grid living in the mountains in São Vicente da Beira, Portugal
!!UPDATE!! We, alongside many of our friends, were affected by the wildfires in the Serra da Gardunha. (August 2025) We now need more immediate help and will also be on the farm for the most part the coming months to rebuild. Fortunately the living ......
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Learn about ecological gardening in Bombarral, Portugal
Changing our environment in central Portugal into a more sustainable micro-world. We are a gay couple doing vegetable and floristic gardening in an ecological way. The gardening we do for our fun (physically and mentally) and for our own ......
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Enjoy nature, eco-projects, beekeeping and gardening in rural Benfeita, Portugal
~ This spring we will be preparing our communal gardens, preparing and checking beehives, putting bee boxes up to catch swarms and do more tree planting on my new piece of land to turn it into a fruit yard. Also work on the house as this is a work ......
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Non-profit off-grid camp project in Tinalhas, Portugal
Hey, I’m Dan. This place is in a transition phase right now. I’m reorganizing everything here and preparing to move the bigger vision to Ghana. So this is not a typical “community project.” It’s more simple: we work together a few hours a day, get ......
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Learn about yoga and meditation near the beaches in Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Hi I have retired and bought a small farm of 6000sqm and a large yoga center near the beach at Figueira da Foz Portugal, We have land but no animals. I am a yoga teacher, a builder, architect, farmer, and cook. I was born in New Zealand, lived most ......
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Join us on an eco farm to experience traditional village life in Avô, Central Portugal
We live in a 6-ha organic farm in Central Portugal that offers stunning views of the nearby mountain range. The farm produces olive oil, wine, vinegar, vegetables and a variety of fruits. The land stretches over a series of ancient stone terraces ......
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Permaculture, Wild swimming, eco projects, Regenerative farming, Off grid, Upcycling, Reforesting in Seia, Portugal
Are looking for a longer term escape in nature- back to basics, un-plug from the world and re-connect to your wilder side - or maybe you are interested in a taste of living off grid and what it really means! (we ask for a mimimum two week stay, but ......
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Off-grid crystal mountain community in Vila Longa, Portugal
Hello lovely people❤️, I am your host Matias, from Denmark. I live in a small community together with two old friends and some other good friends that own the land next to us. There are 3 other communities (in total, we are around 50 people) based ......
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Live in connection with nature on an off grid farm in Mangualde, the heart of Portugal
Hi,I´m Annette, living on a huge, biodivers farm surrounded by native forest, fields, running water all year. River-beach on the bottom of the farm, some animal and garden I started the farm 88 . Make a abandoned farm liveable keeps in process. A ......
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Outdoors and other projects near Serpins Lousa, Portugal
We are a mature, active couple from Britain and came to live in Portugal about fifteen years ago. We are generally busy most days with garden maintenance and the usual household tasks. We have a smallish, friendly dog.
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