Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Help on my off-grid land to become self-sufficient in Carlao, Portugal
In the summer of 2023 i purchased a small piece of land in the north of Portugal, just outside a village called Franzilhal, in the region of Vila Real, located about 40 minutes to the east of the main city of the region, which is also called Vila ......

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Help in the garden and woodlands near Coimbra, Central Portugal
Hi, I have a small holding in a beautiful area of Central Portugal. Apart from a garden I have a lot of woodland that needs to be kept clean. There is always something to do around the place. I need to construct shelters for a caravan and a tractor. ......
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Help us around the land in the Algarve, Portugal
We are a small family with two kids, who already left for university, one dog and three cats. We are interested in biology, ecology, and geology and spend most of our time and energy outdoors in setting up a sustainable project. Things like ......

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Daily tasks around our small farm and painting murals in Fundão, Central Portugal
Olá! We are Lois, Max and little Fauna and we are seeking a person, or a couple, to come and help us out with our daily tasks! Me (Lois) spent 2 years travelling Europe in my campervan, using Helpx to volunteer on farms before settling here on my ......

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Experience natural living, natural building and community living in North Portugal
Hellooooo !!! We are a family of 4 ( 2 adults and 2 kids aged 6 and 47 ) living in Amarante, North Portugal. We live within a beautiful 3ha piece of land full of water and native trees and our lovely animals. We also welcomed a friend to live with ......

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Come and try out life on an off-grid eco-project in the mountains of central Portugal
*️️️️️️️UPDATE*️️️️️️️ *️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️At the moment we are looking for a responsible person or couple to join us for the month of December: The first half of the month, you'll learn about all aspects of running this off-grid home; for the ......

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Support rewilding efforts to restore native forests in Algarve, Portugal
"Hi, I’m Erwin, originally from the Netherlands. After exploring the world, I found my home in the stunning town of Aljezur in the southwest Algarve. While I love surfing—especially with the great waves here—what really drew me to this place is the ......
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Remodeling and/or cleaning the house. You could help with various stages of the tasks or with cleaning in in Serra da Estrela, Portugal
My name is Henrique, I'm Brazilian, but I've been living in Portugal since 2018. My wife and I really enjoy traveling and, of course, meeting people from different cultures or even meeting our compatriots.

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Discover natural building, permaculture and gardening in central Portugal
We are a family living on the edge of a small portuguese village. Our quite home faces the fields and forest. We cultivate veggies, herbs, seeds, fruits and olive oil for our own consumption and for wildlife. We have been naturally renovating our ......

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Social project with animals in the Algarve, Portugal
Hello, my name is Svenja and i live with my 10 and more dogs and three horses on a very nice spot at the south coast of Portugal. I looking for help to build some little Projekt and cleaning the horses and help me with the animals. I can’t do not ......

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Help me build a cultural center in Alqueva, Portugal
I'm Diogo, I'm starting a project in Alqueva, a small countryside village in Portugal. I work with Permaculture and regenerative approaches. I love to learn about new places and people and to travel. Currently, I'm working as a facilitator and ......

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Earthen plastering, growing food and landcare at our finca in São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
I am an American-born & French woman who, after 5 years biking through 15 countries & teaching 35+ cob building workshops, has chosen to create a beautiful cob ecovillage on beautiful São Miguel Island in the Azores (Portugal) in the middle of the ......
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Gardening and land help, increase your music and science knowledge in Catraia de São Paio, Portugal
We own a beautiful private Quinta on the side of a mountain with amazing views of the Rio Alva and Serra da Estrella mountains. I am a retired scientist, who did Diabetes research for 25 years. I also am a musician and play and record music. My ......

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Welcoming help with burnt forest and eco project Odeceixe, Portugal
The idea was and still is to exchange the invasive eucalyptus trees with more sustainable and local trees like cork oaks. But I did not expect a huge forest fire last year to burn the entire eucalyptus plantation of 27,5 ha with 2,5 mountains, 2,5 ......
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Come help at our beautiful farm close to Setubal, Portugal
Hello everyone! My name is Mariana and I’m a visual artist from Lisbon. I relocated from Copenhagen five years ago. Now I live with my daughter and boyfriend at our family farm 5 Km from Setúbal, an hour drive away from Lisbon. We have a few houses ......

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Looking for house sitters for the Earthship in Monsanto, Portugal
I came here to the charming medieval village of Monsanto in 2014 to find land and live more sustainably. Since then and thanks to the help of many friends we have built an earthship/strawbale house, a workshop and 45,000 litre water tank. I'm now ......

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A taste of farm life on a beautiful rural Quinta near Oliveira do Hospital, Central Portugal
I moved onto the Quinta about three years ago and have already restored and moved into one of the houses that was damaged in the 2017 wildfire. There is another house still to restore as well as several outbuildings and stables. We now have a small ......

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Help our local team welcome guests at our guesthouse in Peniche-Baleal, Portugal
Hi all, We are looking for a helper at our beautiful guesthouse, We are looking for someone who likes to do housekeeping and is passionate about meeting new people everyday :) The guest house is small and wonderful, comprised of 4 private rooms, all ......

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Join a French family and help with our permaculture projects in Olhão, South Portugal
We are a French family of four living in South Portugal for 10 years now. At the Quinta, we are trying to implement a life logic agriculture project with as much biodiversity as possible. Our 2.6 ha (6 and 1/4 acre) plot is composed of citrus, ......

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Help me become self reliant and manage my small organic farm in Fundão, Portugal
I am a Dutch 60+, single woman managing a small organic farm with olive trees, fruit trees, vegetable garden and some livestock as 5 goats, 20 chickens.Twice a year I raise some chicks for meat. I have two cats and two dogs. I try to be as self ......