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

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Help with home projects and gardening while learning about off-grid life in Sao Christavao de lafoes, Portugal
We fell in love with this land in 2023 mostly because of the epic waterfall. There are two rivers running through the 12 acres with multiple private swimming spots to choose from. We are in a beautiful valley with amazing views, and you can always ......
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Beautiful new permaculture food forest and healing community near Viseu, Portugal
Heya :) I'm Andrew, a 37 year old English guy, and have very recently bought a small quinta (just under 1 hectare) near to Sao Pedro do Sul in the Viseu area of central Portugal. This is the very start of an exciting long term project where the ......
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Experience Community, Nature & Wellness in the Portuguese Mountains
Imagine waking up each day in the heart of the Portuguese mountains, central Portugal, surrounded by lush nature, birdsong, and the quiet rhythm of the land. If you’re seeking a Workaway adventure that brings you back to balance and deeper ......
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Life on a vineyard in Seia, central Portugal
*Help with the horses and grape harvest? We are looking for a couple of strong volunteers to assist with the upcoming grape harvest. Mid to end September probably. Also is there anyone out there who is an experienced horse rider who would like to ......
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Join us while living off-grid on a small quinta in the Serra do Açor region of central Portugal
**We need extra help after our land and infrastructure were damaged by recent wildfires - get in touch if you'd like to come and lend a hand.** We are a family of six, originally from the UK. Since 2014, we have been living off-grid on a small ......
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Join our journey creating a self-sufficient and sustainable home in Monsanto, Portugal
We live in the Castelo Branco region/ Central Portugal since 2020. Covid brought us here and we fell in love with the area. We bought a piece of land (4 ha) and want to live a simple self-sufficient lifestyle. It is a long way to get there but with ......
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Enjoy life in our quintana in Tramagal, Portugal
We are a German and English couple in our mid 60's. My mother who has Alzheimer and is 86 years old lives with us. We spend 20 years sailing on our own small boat around the world and for the last 20 years we settled down 5 years in England and 15 ......
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Nature loving people needed for off-grid paradise, near Monsanto, Portugalj
Update: Our beautiful retreat was damaged by the recent wildfires in central Portugal. We are looking for a person or couple to help us clear the damaged trees on the land and clear space in the barn for winter. We will be cleaning and cutting the ......
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Learn about permaculture by experiencing it on our land in Aradas-Podentes, Portugal
We are living on our homestead at the very edge of a small hamlet, in the middle of an Olive Grove. 30 years permaculture experience. Medicine herb garden. Self sufficiency for delicious meals, Solar cooker . Visit Farmers Markets and our famous ......
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Olive harvest in Montes da Senhora, Portugal
Looking for two volunteers for our olive harvest Oct 25th-Nov 5th 2025 **FALL 2025** --- We are a small homestead in central Portugal, trying as much as possible to be self sufficient and learning as we go. We have 70 olive trees, 4 prolific ......
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Join us creating a paradise and share time and space with us in Tomar, Portugal
Hello! We are a family of three and we live at a lovely quinta close to Tomar. The quinta is work in progress, we live here with our little boy of three years old, two dogs, chickens, two terrace cats and lots of visitors on the edge of a tiny ......
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Yoga mornings, festival vibes and meaningful help in Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal
Hi, I’m Giel! My entire life I lived in the Netherlands but I’ve always had the dream to leave it all behind and start a new life abroad. In 2019 my dream came through when I bought a piece of land in central Portugal. Since then my dog Máka and I ......
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Share our off-grid life between 2 wild mountains rivers in Central Portugal
We're a family of four from Germany. Over the past years, we've traveled all across Europe and Africa in our beloved 52-year-old restored Mercedes truck, even crossing the Sahara Desert twice! A year and a half ago, we traded our home on wheels for ......
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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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Join us in our garden and home with a view of the Serra de Estrela mountains, Portugal
Hello I'm Rachel, Current needs - a helpful person that is happy to assist with tidying in and around my garden, including some trips to the recycle centre. Possibly a little olive picking and processing and other gardening jobs. Please get in ......
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Maintain an indigenous forest in the Serra da Estrela mountains, Guarda, Portugal
We are a retired couple (in our mid 60's) living a somewhat isolated and off-grid existence with some animal companions (6 goats, 4 sheep, 6 chickens, 3 dogs, 2 cats) on a densely forested 10ha plot in the mountains of the Serra da Estrela Nature ......
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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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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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Permaculture food forest and care for the animals near Pedrogaõ Grande, Portugal
Let's just get right into what in the world exactly are we trying to do here: In 1988, a book was published titled "Permaculture - A Designer's Manual," and towards the end of chapter 12, it talks about species of plants that can stop the spread of ......
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Care for foster dogs and join me at my new home in Alfarelos, Portugal
I am English, a retired teacher and have just moved to a house in Alfarelos, Portugal. It needs a lot of work and there will will be builders around working on the exterior from September onwards so I shall need help with my FIVE dogs and generally ......
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