Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Island life in Lombada Velha, Madeira, Portugal
Hello, we are Polish-Slovak couple living with our two cats in a very calm area of island Madeira. I (Oktawia) am working remotely and my husband Tomas is renovating an old house we are living in. The earliest moment that we would need some help ......
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Join me on my farm and learn about agriculture in Aljezur, Portugal
Hello! My name is Filippo, born and raised in Italy but permanently moved to Portugal at the end of 2019. Here, together with a small group of people, we're developing a small quinta/azienda agricola with the aim of creating a dreamy place where we ......
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Join a family and live surrounded by nature near the river in exchange for some help around the house in Orca, Portugal
We are a Dutch family of 5. I Yentl (38) and Barry (46) and our three sons aged 18, 13 and 11 have been living for almost a year now on am old farm, 3 km outside a small village isolated in nature along a river in central Portugal. Our base is in ......
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Aupair opportunity in a sunny beach town - Ericeira, Portugal
Hello! We are a family of three: my Portuguese wife, myself (French & German), and our 3 year old son. We are looking for an aupair to stay with us for minimum of 6 months, ideally 1 year, and who can help us take care of our son after school and ......
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Learn Portuguese and enjoy the seaside in Apulia, Portugal
Hi I´m Diogo, I start my own project in Apulia. I live in a fishing village on the seafront with many closed or abandoned houses, I`m currently renovating some of them, making the place charming. The place is fantastic surrounded by nature on the ......
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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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Be part of our nature project in Penamacor, Portugal
Our project - self-sufficient nature-pure agriculture on 3 ha Start - 2018 Location - central Portugal near Penamacor Philosophy - vegetarian , spiritual but not religious, We love - all kinds of music, art, meditation, yoga etc. Nutrition - ......
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Live with us and help build a beautiful Algarvian wild garden and unique place to live in Portugal
============= September 2025) ============= I am looking for a strong person to help with hedge cutting and garden / outside house maintenance starting towards the summers end for a couple of weeks + and autumn cleaning . We will work together at ......
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Help with land clearance near the city of 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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Explore permaculture home and an off-grid living in a nature reserve close to Odemira, Portugal
Oi! My name is Nicolas and I had a dream to create a beautiful place in nature. It' is an old olive grove with a house in a nature reserve close to Odemira. The land and the olive trees need love and the house needs some restoration. Long term plan ......
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Join me in my home and help me build my own little ashram/communal house in Fundao, Portugal
I am Chris a dreamer, an art teacher, a tourist guide, a traveller and a lover of life. The more I grow the more i appreciate simplicity and quietude, with some quality sharing of course. This is why I bought this piece of land and a house here, I ......
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Join us in reviving a stunning place in Castelões, Portugal
FOR WINTER 8 HOURS A WEEK FOR ACCOMODATION In December 2024 we moved to a beautiful 10hectacre quinta. The place is full of character and life, with a small forest, a vegetable garden, lots of fruit trees, green terraces, an abundance of water and ......
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Join us to create an eco-friendly farm and explore Cercal do Alentejo, Portugal
Hello, We are Cam and Vera. I (Cam) am originally from California. Vera is from Porto in the north of Portugal. We met while both living in New York back in 2016. We decided to trade in the pace of NY for the lifestyle of Alentejo. We purchased a ......
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Join us on a small family farmstead in Vila Cova de Alva, Central Portugal
Hi! We're a British/German family living in Central Portugal with our two teens, the boyfriend of our daughter, 2 dogs and 4 cats. We live in a beautiful location in Central Portugal, about an hour east from Coimbra and the coast and a little over ......
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Off-grid Fablab and a food forest in Barão de São João, Lagos, Portugal
Who we are We are a non-commercial, not-for-profit initiative, building a FabLab within a once-abandoned farm. Our goal is to create a place where thinkers, artists, makers, and farmers come together to learn, share, and create. This is not a ......
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Help with some home projects in Atougia da Baleia, Peniche, Portugal
Hi. My name is Caroline, Belgian, 54 years old. Me and my dog (Teckel) recently moved to a big house in Atougia da Baleia, Peniche. Capital of the wave. Surf, surf and more surf.. The house came with a lot of furniture. Decent quality, but very ......
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Re-develop an old house in stone and a small cottage in wood near the city of Ponte de Lima, Portugal
Hello. I'm Detlev, a German French man who traveled the world from many countries, the Guyana jungle, Thailand, Nepal (NGO), Tahiti….. Five years ago I walked the Portuguese Camino (Lisbonne to Santiago). At the very north of Portugal I passed an ......
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Stay in my beautiful rural area and enjoy the forest in Pinheiro da Bemposta, Portugal
My house is a 15th century house located in a small village, Pinheiro da Bemposta, at 40 kilometers south of Porto, in Portugal. It has been renovated recently. I love the rural atmosphere of it. It has a land of 5 hectares, made of meadows and old ......
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Learn about permaculture with our family, surrounded by mountains in Gouveia, Portugal
We are a Portuguese couple with experience on permaculture and self-sufficient-living that in 2015 got 15ha of abundant land in a beautiful valley and an amazing community at the highest mountains inside the biggest natural park of our country. ......
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Be part of a sustainable project in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
Olá and hello! We, Johannes and Claudia, warmly welcome you here, a unique place in the green north of Portugal. Here, we are building a sustainable project focused on self-sufficiency, permaculture, and living with nature since 2023. Our wish is to ......
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