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Meaning of the colours:
Workawayers needed
Possibility that workawayers are needed
No availability
By default (toggle switch to the left) hosts who have both yellow AND green indicated for the months
you have selected will be shown. If you move the toggle to the right ONLY hosts who have indicated
green will be shown.
Meaning of this:
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marked as available. This means that some of the months might be marked red (no availability.) If
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PLEASE READ THE FULL PROFILE BEFORE APPLYING — AND CHECK THE CALENDAR FIRST
Hi everyone,
My name is Teresa, and I’m a retired English teacher from Portugal with a lifelong love for animals — especially dogs.
Over 20 years ago, I began rescuing ......
🏡 Welcome to My Countryside Home in Melides
Olá 👋 I’m Laura (47), HR manager / gardener / mother of dogs, working remotely in the startup world for 15+ years. I live in a family home in the countryside near Melides, really in the middle of nowhere ......
I recently moved to the Algarve and am gradually building a new life for myself here; much is still in its early stages. It's a quiet, rural area with plenty of nature, little hustle and bustle, and a rather relaxed daily routine. My goal isn't for ......
We'd like to welcome 2 volunteers aged 18 to 30 – for the end of June 2026.
We are a forest school for young children aged 2 – 12 years old, and are part of a non-profit organization that takes care of an 8ha farm, in Portagem - Marvão. We strongly ......
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UPDATE: Please read to the end.
If in the calendar is marked red, I have NO availability to host in this period.
1-14 JUNE - FULL
15-21 - AVAILABLE
22-28 JUNE - FULL
29 and 30 JUNE - AVAILABLE
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Hey! I’m Miguel, born in ......
Laura and Andrew own a small farm in Central Portugal. We are committed Christians. We aim to become as self-sufficient as possible on our land, producing wood for fuel, vegetables and fruit for food and wine and keeping some livestock for meat, ......
We are an English family living in Portugal, and we have an idea to create a small holding farm with as much ecological input as we can implement with intent to improve as it rolls along.
We are in the early stage of this project and are looking ......
Changing our environment in central Portugal into a more sustainable micro-world. We are a gay couple doing vegetable and floristic gardening in an ecological way. The gardening we do for our fun (physically and mentally) and for our own ......
Hey, I’m Dan.
This place is in a transition phase right now. I’m reorganizing everything here and preparing to move the bigger vision to Ghana.
So this is not a typical “community project.”
It’s more simple: we work together a few hours a day, get ......
Belgian-Azorean family (2 adults, 1 child: Virginie (42) Mario (52 ), and Méline ( 10) . Settled since 2021 on the north coast of the island of Sao Miguel, we take care of a beautiful wooded land. On our land there are hens, ducks, 2 dogs, a ......
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We are currently looking for positive practical people to come help us on our small farm house project.
Bonus if you have any building or gardening skills.
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We are also always looking for reliable couples to house and ......
Hi, I am Bart. I moved to my farm in Portugal in 2022, at the time the land was mostly completely overgrown because of decades of no maintenance. The land is around 31 hectares of which roughly ¾ is forest with many cork oak, oak, and strawberry ......
Canadian/Iranian living in the beautiful mountain top of Madeira Island. I live in a small traditional home along with my two English bulldogs 🥰🐶
I also have a dwarf goat whose name is Pia and 6 chickens. I work in the field of natural medicine and ......
Hello everyone!
I am Thomas, welcome on my Workaway Profile.
I try to give you here a first impression of what you can expect at my place on São Miguel. I would appreciate it, if you take the time to read it, before messaging.
- Accommodation ......
*Before you continue, we have a 4 week minimum stay*
Hi I'm Nathaniel. My girlfriend Diana and I live on this little farm which has a very lucky location, with breath taking views to the highest Algarvian mountains, close to the beautiful beach of ......
Hi I have retired and bought a small farm of 6000sqm and a large yoga center near the beach at Figueira da Foz Portugal, We have land but no animals. I am a yoga teacher, a builder, architect, farmer, and cook. I was born in New Zealand, lived most ......
We live in a 6-ha organic farm in Central Portugal that offers stunning views of the nearby mountain range.
The farm produces olive oil, wine, vinegar, vegetables and a variety of fruits. The land stretches over a series of ancient stone terraces ......
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 ......
Hello,
My name is Alexandre from the beautiful french Alps , i have been living in the North of Portugal for 6 years
It took me 4 years to rebuilt an old stone house cause summers are hot and winters are rainy
I want to give life to a non ......
We are a couple on a nice and quit place near São Teotónio. We have a rustic land with a A-frame house and a beautiful lake, hot showers and a compost toilet. We need some help to create our small paradise. Building a social area and a outdoor ......
Sustainable project
Cultural exchange
