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

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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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Help with some outdoor planting projects and join our family near Castelo Novo, Portugal
We are a couple with 2 daughters. Our move to the country side serves the purpose of having a new experience. Although we continue to work remotely, we are developing our knowledge about gardening, farming and land care. In a near future we also ......
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Stay on our family farm with goats and other animals in Seia, central Portugal
We are David & Eli, a Belgium couple and since 2014 we live and work on our 12 hectare beautiful land with view on the Serra da Estrellla mountains. We have cats, dogs, chickens, ducks and goats and we have a (seasonal) organic fruit and vegetable ......
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Help welcome for young family and farm near Castelo Branco, Portugal
UPDATE: LOOKING FOR HOUSESITTERS FOR 22ND OF MAY UNTILL THE 2ND OF JUNE Hello dear readers, Welcome! My name is Steef, and I live in the countryside near Castelo Branco. My children and I share a piece of land in a peaceful, natural setting. My ......
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Join our summer tribe and take part in contributing to our vision in Gonçalo, Portugal
Hi, and welcome to my workaway profile! I am Luca, 45 yo mixed race, half Italian half Philippino. In the past 4 years, since moving to Portugal, I have been learning, and I still am, how to craft a new lifestyle, after getting myself a 5ha ......
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Learn about permaculture and enjoy an off grid adventure near Oliveria do Hospital, 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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Learn new skills and explore the local villages in the beautiful Beira Litoral, Portugal
Hi ,my name is Alex I am Portuguese ,my husband Julian is English and we live in a large slightly rundown 18th century manor house near to Anadia in the centre of Portugal with our extended family of 21 dogs, 15 cats and 5 Guinea pigs and we have ......
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Come and gain experience of sustainable practices with our family in Algodres, Portugal
We are a family of three. Kayley, Rick and our son Martin. We have lived in Portugal since 2018 but come from The UK. We moved here to start a family and live more sustainably. We always have plenty to do so if you’re looking for a long stay or ......
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Live in nature and help around our family home in Coimbra, Portugal
I'm a 18old teen but my parents have 54 an 66 years and we could use help at home, my mom is a nice lady , she needs help at our home because it's too big for her to take care alone, and we are nice people so come and join us
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A syntropic farm and garden experience , good food and comfortable living in Tomar, Portugal
We are an international couple in our early sixties. We live on a farmstead in the Ribatejo area of Portugal, 5km from Tomar. We have travelled, worked, and lived in many parts of the world but have now decided to settle here since 2020 and to ......
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Transform the education in my city, teaching in nature and creative ways in Vestiaria, Portugal
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 ......
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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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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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Become a co-creator on our land and learn about the principles of permaculture in Sobral, Portugal
For the month of May , we would like to dry medicinal plants and maintenance of the fruit- & vegetable garden and still continuing to seed and planting. Our chickens deserve a new fence also and we will make also a construction for holding our ......
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Help around our peaceful household and enjoy pool and countryside in Antanhol, Portugal
We live in a peaceful village 7 minutes by car from Coimbra. We love exercising and argentine tango. I am vegan, and my wife is vegetarian. We love healthy nutrition. We are a bit introverts, a bit extroverts and we care about people. Next to the ......
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Join us on our family-friendly quinta, sharing daily life near Tábua, central Portugal
We are a family of 5 living in central Portugal. We at the end of a small village surrounded by fields and forest. Thanks for our 3 kids our house is very family friendly and baby safe. We have enough toys, books (in Czech, Russian and ......
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Experience our sustainable off-grid life in Vila do Mato, Portugal
Sebastien is from France originally and lived in Switzerland then Indonesia where he met Felicity from Uk. We moved to Portugal 5+ years ago with our original cat Odin traveling around in a truck searching for the dreamland, we found it and now work ......
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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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Garden and property maintenance by the Serra d'Aire National Park, Portugal
My profile..omnivore, hetero male. . I'm not Vaccinated ,Don't mind if you are or not. 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 ......
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Create a mindful homestead: permaculture, olives & puppy cuddles in Juncal do campo, Portugal
Welcome to my peaceful quinta in the rolling hills of central Portugal where the shepherds still walk their sheep through the olive fields! I live on 1.5 hectares of land with over 100 olive trees, amazing views onto the mountains, and a dream: to ......
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