Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Join our family committed to creativity, nature, and self-sufficiency in Marmelete, Portugal
Hey there! We’re a small family of three living in the hills of Monchique, Portugal. We homeschool our son and also host regular meetups with friends and their kids, so there’s often a lively little crew here exploring, playing, and discovering the ......
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Living off-grid on a magical slice of nature in Aljezur, Portugal
Hi! I'm a single dad from the Netherlands living with my two wonderful kids, Kiki (11) and Sam (9) and two dogs on a magical slice of natural paradise near Aljezur. Our place is tucked deep in nature, surrounded with natural springs, pools and a ......
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Contribute to the growth of our permaculture project in Casa Nova da Cruz, Portugal
A Permaculture Project on a beautiful Land in Alentejo, surrounded by a lovely growing Neighborhood as Friends and Families. Planting of eatible forest garden and vegetable garden and building a wooden house. The current mission is to create a ......
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Experience life on a horse refuge farm in the Western Algarve close to Lagos, Portugal
I am running a horse refuge farm in the Western Algarve close to Lagos and need help with the farm and the animals. People with building experience welcome, I need to do some renovating. This year I would like to find somebody with experience in ......
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Looking for help with horse-care, house-care, general farm maintenance, South Alentejo, Portugal
We live 'off grid' in South Alentejo, Portugal, on 30 hectares of wild land with our herd of horses. Nayana teaches essential oils for animals and natural horse care type things, here and online. We are here to learn about ourselves, horses and how ......
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Sustainability, permaculture and learn weaving in Viana do Castelo, Portugal
I am Tita, 59 years old and have been living the last 16 years working on myself sustainability in the ethics of permaculture and Love. My main job now is taking care of 2 routes in my region, as a route manager, but I´m also a yoga teacher, ......
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Join a familiy of six doing regenerative agriculture in the beautiful Alentejo, Portugal
# Generally: even for times that our calendar shows limited availability, we can always host self-catering families with kids around the same age as our older ones (~ 7 to 14), who travel with their own accomodation (caravan / camper / tent) - also ......
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Join our journey towards a self-sufficient life in Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal
Hello everyone, I'm Mick, 42, born and grown in the italian alps. After many years of traveling the desire to saddle and have my ovn little harbor grew bigger than ever so I decided to buy a little farm in Portugal where I now live since 5 years ......
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Join a Regenerative project with our Family in São Mamede Natural Park, Portugal
Hello there! We're a family of human beings, Ana, Ale and our baby, and 2 cats, Fletchie and Micio. We have very recently found the piece of land we have been dreaming of for years and have commited to being its guardians. The farm needs a lot of ......
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Help us care for and beautify our peaceful family home and land in the hills of Figueiró dos Vinhos, Central Portugal
We’re looking for someone grounded, kind, and steady — someone who enjoys quiet spaces, nature, and real, hands-on work. You’ll need to be comfortable with solitude, early mornings, and a simple life close to the land. Life here follows the rhythm ......
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Transform the education in my city, teaching in nature and creative ways in Vestiaria, Portugal
Hi, I'm Margarida,a mom full of big dreams to transform the education in my town. I have a project of nature activities for children, where a small family community meet together every month to play free in the woods. Now i'm starting a journey to ......
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Wild swimming and off-grid adventure near Oliveria do Hospital, Portugal
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 ......
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Share our family life living a small farm life in harmony with nature in Aljezur, Portugal
Welcome to our quinta, we are located 2 km from the town Aljezur (South-West Algarve). We are a family, with two girls of 7 and 9 years old. We love to enjoy being outdoors. Going for walks, going to beach, surfing, hanging out with friends, doing ......
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Help with natural permaculture project in Algarve, Portugal
We are Nimea and Vittoria (42 years old), Paolo and Edoardo (44 years old), and the little ones Oceano and Deva (3 years old). We are two Italian families who chose to build our lives here in Portugal. In 2021, we moved into our home, located on a ......
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Join us at a vegan animal sanctuary near the Serra da Estrela National Park, central Portugal
Hi, From our Animal Sanctuary we are looking for motivated by their love of animals, volunteers to help with Fencing, cleaning animal areas, cleaning and painting the volunteers house. It's physical work, so if you are injured or unfit, it probably ......
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Join our projects and enjoy peaceful getaway near Peniche, Portugal
Hi, we are Sophie (44, german) and Boris (49, dutch). After being workawayers ourselves for some time, we are now living in a place where we are able to host. Just an hour north of Lisbon, close to the most beautiful beaches, is our home with a big ......
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Help on a smallholding with horses in Portugal
We live on a 3.5 hectare smallholding with 4 horses, 2 dogs, 4 cats, and 3 hens. There is a cosy caravan or a campervan with your own kitchen facilities to host volunteers, and a shared bathroom. Some of the projects we have planned include ......
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Bush Retreat and Holistic Sanctuary – Looking for Help-full Volunteers in Vila Ruiva, Portugal
Hi, we’re Lucy and Millo. We live here with our two kids (Leo, 2 and Aria, little baby!) Paul joined us in 2020 and now lives here. He’s helped to regenerate the soil and now runs his own market garden on the land. Gardening is what gets him up in ......
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Join us with organic gardening and care for the animals near Monchique and Aljezur, Portugal
Hello, We are a Portuguese family of four, living in Algarve and we are keeping a permaculture project. We need help with organic gardenning, open the coop and feed the chickens, sometimes help with cleanning and organising inside the house, for ......
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Join us off grid, in the middle of pure nature near Coruche, Portugal
Hi, thank you for reading about our farm! If you are around and looking for a calm peaceful place in Nature with animals, be welcome! We need help for the animals, but also now with the outdoor jobs after the heatwaves. The guesthouse has a new roof ......
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