Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Stay in peaceful place in nature in a decorated gypsy wagon with your own kitchen and outside shower in the Algarve, Portugal
Ola! I am Sabine, enthousiast Asia traveller, former fashion designer, former ballet dancer, yoga teacher, reiki master, healer, herbalist, now farmer. I live with my big dog Shiva iand my little dog Sinta in a typical portuguese Quinta. We have a ......
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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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Join an off-grid project 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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Would welcome an extra pair of hands in Benfeita, Central Portugal
Hi there, I am River an Englishman of mature years living on a terraced hillside of olive trees, bottoming down to a mixed woodland of Chestnut and Walnut and a swirling meandering stream as the border. Its over two years since my partner Emma died ......
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Help create a harmonious space for sustainable living and restore our quinta in Lobāo da Beira, Portugal
“” Urgent ”” We're embarking on an exciting journey of restoration and creation, and we need your help! ❤️ We are Rick and Yasmin, a couple from Manchester...Between the mist of the madness in 2020 and with an end date for Brexit set.. We found ......
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Enjoy this beautiful and relaxing camping place in Monchique, Portugal
Hello, I am Mark, Dutch but living close to Monchique. 9 years ago I started doing workaway myself in order to find a place where I felt home. I had 3 workaway experiences in Portugal which I enjoyed a lot. Finally, I ended up in Monchique which I ......
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Eco conscious home creation while enjoying wild beaches in sunny Alentejo, Portugal
Update spring/summer 2026 I would love to host some dedicated people who carry love for living beeings and earth in their hearts and some skills in their hands. You will have your own beautiful space. Hi People After some years of traveling i ......
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Join our family improve our land next to the ocean near Lisbon, Portugal
Looking for volunteers June 15th until the end of September. Hi there, Thank you for checking my profile :) My name is David and I'll tell you a bit about me. I grew up in Lisboa and always lived, studied and worked there, until a few years ago I ......
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Join my quinta with pets in the beautiful surroundings of Tabua, Portugal
I am a retired teacher living in a beautiful tranquil part of Central Portugal with my two senior dogs who are loving and playful. I need some help around the garden and occasional pet sitting The property is located between Tabua and Oliviera do ......
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Peaceful rural homestead, surrounded by nature, van life friendly amazing park-up East Algarve, Portugal
Home is in a once abandoned beautiful traditional village in the foothills behind Santa Catarina, It is situated in the east Algarve ... just 20 mins drive from the stunning Rio Formosa coastline, between Tavira and Faro. We are a creative, active ......
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Community, inclusive, sustainable, health giving project in rural Leiria, Portugal
Community care is Self care. Ubuntu (interconnectedness). "The good of other people must be invoked as well as the good for oneself. It is quite clear that purely inter-psychic individualist psychology without reference to other people and social ......
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Join us on our family-friendly quinta, sharing daily life near Tábua, central Portugal
We are a family of 5 living in central Portugal. We at the end of a small village surrounded by fields and forest. Thanks for our 3 kids our house and garden is very family friendly and baby safe. We have enough toys, books (in Czech, Russian and ......
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Join our small family in a big house in the countryside near Santarém, Portugal
Hello everybody! We are a Portuguese family living in a peaceful little village called São Vicente do Paul, near Santarém, and we would love to welcome you into our home ☀️ I’m José (57), and I live with my wife Claudia (55) and our son Miguel ......
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Join us and experience family life near Silves, Portugal
Hello! We are Lisa, Steve, and our two children, Molly and Sebastian. Alongside our theee rescue cats and numerous chickens. We left the rat race in the UK three years ago to pursue a simpler, more fulfilling lifestyle in the beautiful Algarve ......
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Picking olives on an organic smallholding in Central Portugal
I am living in an old 'farm' in an abandoned hamlet located in the Serra do Acor in Central Portugal. I am Jean (37) from Belgium. There is some close neighbours and regularly friends staying. In the beginning of 2015 we moved in to the farm and ......
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Mum to 2 crazy puppies and a cuddly kitty looking for gardening help in Vale da Pinta, Portugal
I moved into my family house in a small village, just off Cartaxo, 5 years ago. Working from home for a company in Lisbon. Mum to 2 crazy puppies and a cuddly kitty. I live a simple lifestyle with the main goal of doing no harm to people, animal and ......
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Join us at our new off-grid home along the Dão River near Lugar da Costa, Portugal
Come and join us in the heart of Portugal, We live on a Quinta, surrounded by forest, with the river running through our gardens. When we first arrived, the place was quite overgrown and felt almost forgotten. We are fully off-grid, with water ......
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Join our family and explore most stunning beaches in Aljezur, Portugal
I am looking for a volunteer to take care of my dogs and cat in our house while I am away and does some cleaning work from june 21st til july 1st. In Aljezur close to the most beautiful beaches of the Algarve. It's a very nice area to explore, ......
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Join me at a very beautiful, small and cozy campsite in Meruge, Portugal
Hello, hello, My name is Mieke and I am the happy and proud owner of a very beautifull, small and cozy campsite in Central Portugal. Because of my busy life I'm looking for volunteers to help me with the maintenance in general, there is always ......
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Help rescue animals and enjoy living in central Algarve in Lagoa, Portugal
1 month minimum stay applications only please don’t apply for less. We live on a Quinta in the central Algarve, Portugal. We have some land that came with our property and have some rescue animals - donkeys, goats, chickens, dogs. We have lots of ......
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