Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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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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Food forest, reforestation project and small permaculture farm in Aljezur, Portugal
Some people wonder why I do the things I do. I wonder why they don't. Hello! Thank you for visiting my profile. I’m Dirk, living in this beautiful part of South Portugal since a couple of years. I am a vegetarian, non-smoker, 60 years old and ......
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Help with my pets at my cozy home while enjoying the Algarve coast in Portimão, Portugal
Hey! I’m Miguel, born in Portugal, in my thirties, splitting my time between Lisbon and the Algarve. Whenever I can, I escape back to Portimão: sunny weather, beach days, coastal trails… it’s where I feel most alive. I live in a traditional Algarve ......
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Restore soil, grow vegetables and manage the forest and infrastructure for self-sufficiency near Aljezur, Portugal
*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 ......
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Join us and our dogs at an animal rescue on the Algarve, Portugal
Come and help an animal rescue and protection association in the South-West Algarve, Portugal -- Our current availability for 2025 and 2026 is below. As people's plans sometimes change, so this changes and it is updated regularly. Large Caravan ......
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Welcome nature and off-grid lovers to take part in a mystical project in Caldas Sangemil, Portugal
Ola beautiful people, We are looking for some nature loving people on our magnificent quinta bordering the magical mystic Dao river in Caldas De Sangemil “central Portugal” 20min from Viseu city.
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Join a community based organic farming project in Campelo, Portugal
We are a vibrant, heart centered Christian family/community. We work, live and eat from abundant, organic gardens that are spread out below beautiful terraces, surrounded by a wonderful river with a waterfall and many secluded places to find peace ......
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Get a taste of the quiet, simple life in the beautiful Ribatejo-Region, Portugal
Hello! We are Sonja and Holger, a german couple of 58 yo and are living the simple life on a small farm in Portugal since 2017. As farm-life goes, we are not able to travel a lot. So we really enjoy to sometimes have people from all around the world ......
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Get in contact with nature in West-Algarve, Portugal
7 hectar land with 3 small houses and 1 Tinyhouse. 1 wood house is occupied with a family with 4 children (1,5,8 and 10 years old girls). In the Tinyhouse is living our new neighbour and friend Kamile, who help me on the land. I live close by in ......
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Join us out at our family Quinta with varied projects near Tomar, central Portugal
Welcome….. Hi, I am Janine , my partner Terry both originally from the UK, we have two boys of 11 and 10yrs old and we live on a Quinta (tiny farm) in central Portugal next to the country's second biggest lake Castello Do Bode. We own 2 acres of ......
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Join our family and help us with horse handling in Sao Teotonio, Portugal
We are a family living in the sw alentejo, costa vicentina, working in 3 different fields: -Horsetraining / Horsetrails -pedagogical work w. teenagers and also medical mushrooms in the winter season. Our ranch is 12km from the ocean in the middle of ......
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Be welcome at our piece of paradise located in the peaceful mountains of Monchique, Portugal
Are you on a journey of discovery? Do you yearn for meaningful experiences with like-minded, sovereign individuals? Perhaps our little chunk of paradise will put a smile on your face. Hi... we're James and Nadine. We are a couple of Canadian ......
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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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Community Living, Nature restoration, Personal Development with Radical and Conscious Responsibility, Alentejo, Portugal
This is more than just a regenerative project; it is a dynamic and evolving rotational community space that bridges ecological stewardship, personal growth, and community living. Nestled in the Alentejo region, we are situated in one of Europe’s ......
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Explore natural off-grid living in the mountains in São Vicente da Beira, Portugal
!!UPDATE!! We, alongside many of our friends, were affected by the wildfires in the Serra da Gardunha. (August) We now need more immediate help and will also be on the farm for the most part the coming months to rebuild. Fortunately the living ......
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Join me in my countryside home near Santarém, rural Portugal
I'm a self-employed woman with two lovely Havanese dogs living near historical Santarém, Portugal. I have a self-contained annex with a kitchen and bathroom for accommodation in return for the help. The quiet countryside is beautiful, the sunsets ......
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Join me on my off-grid home while exploring Sabugal, Portugal
About me: Hello! My name is Carlos, I'm 47 and I'm portuguese. I grew up in a city close to Lisbon, went to college in Lisbon to study computer sciences and I started to work as a programmer. 6 years later I started to feel meaningless and took a ......
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Join our family and learn new skills in S.B. Messines, Portugal
We're a German-Portuguese family with two school aged children. We home school. Our project is an already established, 20 year old permaculture homestead. We produce our own eggs and milk and some meat. The holistic land management approach of ......
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Musicians at heart welcome on board to join me at sea in Mouriscas, Portugal
Bavaria 32 with 10 meters, 2 bedrooms, A new idea, much desired by me, your musician, friend, human, and finally, Alfitrion!! Space is limited, so for comfort there can only be 2 or maybe three of us. Everything is still in the planning stages; it ......
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Caring for land and re-imagining education in North Alentejo, Portugal
I welcome maturity, while collaborating as neighbours on Land caring Guardianship and integrating childhood on the daily relationship with the ecosystem. Your self-managed, autonomous support, is welcome to create balance while this mother ......