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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 please contact the embassy in your home country BEFORE travelling.

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Peaceful rural homestead, surrounded by nature, van life friendly amazing park-up East Algarve, Portugal

Home is in a once abandoned beautiful traditional village in the foothills behind Santa Catarina, It is situated in the east Algarve ... just 20 mins drive from the stunning Rio Formosa coastline, between Tavira and Faro. We are a creative, active ......

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Community, inclusive, sustainable, health giving project in rural Leiria, Portugal

Community care is Self care. Ubuntu (interconnectedness). "The good of other people must be invoked as well as the good for oneself. It is quite clear that purely inter-psychic individualist psychology without reference to other people and social ......

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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 and garden is very family friendly and baby safe. We have enough toys, books (in Czech, Russian and ......

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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 our self-sufficient non-profit community to protect nature near Lagos, Portugal

Our community with members from different countries has come together on a picturesque property in the Algarve. We are a non-profit association dedicated to the well-being of nature and rent out the space for holistic events. The pristine beaches ......

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Join our small family in a big house in the countryside near Santarém, Portugal

Hello everybody! We are a Portuguese family living in a peaceful little village called São Vicente do Paul, near Santarém, and we would love to welcome you into our home ☀️ I’m José (57), and I live with my wife Claudia (55) and our son Miguel ......

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Stay on a farm near Evora, Portugal

Hi, we have a small farm near Évora in Portugal. The farm is located 35km (20miles) from the city of Evora just 150 Km from Lisbon and 100km from Spain. This farm was bought mainly to have our horses close to us since we work in this region and to ......

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Become part of our spot for travellers in sunny Algarve close to Silves, Portugal

We are Maurits and Femke, We moved to the Algarve in February 2026 with our son Bram who is 2 years old. We are renovating an old Quinta close to Silves into a small guesthouse. We choose the Algarve and Silves because we have some family living ......

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Join us and experience family life near Silves, Portugal

Hello! We are Lisa, Steve, and our two children, Molly and Sebastian. Alongside our theee rescue cats and numerous chickens. We left the rat race in the UK three years ago to pursue a simpler, more fulfilling lifestyle in the beautiful Algarve ......

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Picking olives on an organic smallholding in Central Portugal

I am living in an old 'farm' in an abandoned hamlet located in the Serra do Acor in Central Portugal. I am Jean (37) from Belgium. There is some close neighbours and regularly friends staying. In the beginning of 2015 we moved in to the farm and ......

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Help with gardening on our small farm in Arrábida Natural Parque near Sesimbra, Portugal

Hello :) We are looking for someone that has interest in gardening and farm life with the biggest respect for all living things. Ideally a handyman/woman somewhat experienced with tools and so on (extra point for natural construction skills :) ) ......

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Mum to 2 crazy puppies and a cuddly kitty looking for gardening help in Vale da Pinta, Portugal

I moved into my family house in a small village, just off Cartaxo, 5 years ago. Working from home for a company in Lisbon. Mum to 2 crazy puppies and a cuddly kitty. I live a simple lifestyle with the main goal of doing no harm to people, animal and ......

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Join us at our new off-grid home along the Dão River near Lugar da Costa, Portugal

Come and join us in the heart of Portugal, We live on a Quinta, surrounded by forest, with the river running through our gardens. When we first arrived, the place was quite overgrown and felt almost forgotten. We are fully off-grid, with water ......

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Join our family and explore most stunning beaches in Aljezur, Portugal

I am looking for a volunteer to take care of my dogs and cat in our house while I am away and does some cleaning work from june 21st til july 1st. In Aljezur close to the most beautiful beaches of the Algarve. It's a very nice area to explore, ......

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Experience life on our small family farm in Lustosa, North of Porto, Portugal

Hi, my name is Leyre and, with my husband, we have a family farmhouse full of history that will continue to create history and good memories.

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Join me at a very beautiful, small and cozy campsite in Meruge, Portugal

Hello, hello, My name is Mieke and I am the happy and proud owner of a very beautifull, small and cozy campsite in Central Portugal. Because of my busy life I'm looking for volunteers to help me with the maintenance in general, there is always ......

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Be part of our family in the paradise of Figueira, Portugal

----------------------- ENGLISH ----------------------- Hi traveller, WHO: We are Philip (6), Benno (8), Leonie (9) and Steffen. We love to travel and meet people I work 100% remote from home and the kids go to school in Budens. The kids are a ......

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Help rescue animals and enjoy living in central Algarve in Lagoa, Portugal

1 month minimum stay applications only please don’t apply for less. We live on a Quinta in the central Algarve, Portugal. We have some land that came with our property and have some rescue animals - donkeys, goats, chickens, dogs. We have lots of ......

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Relax and host our friends in northern Portugal

We are a family (myself David, my sister Dominique and our mom Maria) trying to manage a big piece of land just by ourselves. We host people and friends all year long but summer is too busy for us to manage and I (David) live in Spain so I can't ......

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Join our family projects on our land while discovering beautiful nature and beaches in South Alentejo, Portugal

We are Ibon from Euskadi, Gala from Venezuela and our 4 year old boy Odei. We are a family leading a life based on sustainability, guiding ourselves through the principles of permaculture, and basically love and respect for Nature. We are nature ......

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Join us at our vegan animal sanctuary in Palmela, Portugal

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Join us on our sustainable project in Grandola, Portugal

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Help our family take care of our rescue animals, help training horses in a fair and friendly way

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Help with the garden at our home near Mata do Bussaco, Portugal

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Volunteer with a German family living near Lagos, Algarve, Portugal