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Stay close to the ocean at our off-the-grid land in Ovar, Portugal

Hi, we are Carine (the Netherlands) and Ricardo (Portugal) and we are aiming to live an off-grid life at the coast in the north of Portugal. Our land lies between the Aveiro lagoon and the Atlantic ocean in a forest that ends at the beach. We live ......

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Join me in a beautiful and peaceful area in Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal

Hello lovely folk, Long term volunteer opportunity available, preferably 3 months minimum. Our family home has been in Portugal for over 40 years, near Vila Nova de Milfontes (approximately 1.5 km outside town). It is a traditional Alentejo house, ......

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Help with creative projects at our paradise beachside house near Ferrel, Portugal

We’re looking for a friendly couple (or two friends) to join us on our land this summer/autumn and be part of our little coastal community. If you're handy with building, gardening and/or DIY savvy, please get in touch! We're ideally looking for a ......

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Help us create a more sustainable life between Caldas da Raina and Óbidos, Portugal

Hi there! We are a Traditional portuguese family of 5 vegetarians, Tiago, Joana, and three little kids. Plus 1 cat, few hens and 4 goats. We are trying to live a sustainable life, so we bought a piece of land between Caldas da Raina and Óbidos, ......

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Experience off-grid living and permaculture in the Guadiana valley, Portugal

You want to slow down, listen to birds and bees whilst doing something lasting for the planet? Come and join us! We are an English-German couple living on a small off-the-grid farm near Serpa in the Guadiana river valley. Our focus is on ......

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Farm near the stunning beaches in Algarve, Portugal

Welcome to the paradise close to the most stunning beaches in the South West coast of the Algarve (Praia Bordeira 1km, Praia Amado 3km). The help from Workawayers allows the families of farmers to continue to work and live on their farms. The ......

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Join a German/Dutch family camping community and stay in a caravan near Lagoa, Portugal

Hey I am Robbert, single dad from Amsterdam, living with Lucy (9) near Lagoa Portugal. We live on a community/camping where mostly families (mainly German/Dutch) live in tiny houses and construct their home environments. There is a village square ......

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Join a natural permaculture and foodforest project in Quelfes, Algarve, Portugal

We are a Belgian couple living in a beautiful Quinta in Portugal. We found an old Portuguese farmhouse in 2014, in Quelfes, not far from Olhao, east of Faro, finished renovating but extending cultures and trying to improve continuously our ......

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River beaches, olive groves and schist villages

HELLO!! We, Cami and Iain, moved to Portugal 6 years ago on a whim, spending all our long-saved travelling money to buy this piece of land with 200 dead blackened trees, a burned out Toyota, and a ruin with four walls and not much else. Today the ......

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Share our off-grid life between 2 wild mountains rivers in Central Portugal

We're a family of four from Germany. Over the past years, we've traveled all across Europe and Africa in our beloved 52-year-old restored Mercedes truck, even crossing the Sahara Desert twice! A year and a half ago, we traded our home on wheels for ......

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House sit and take care of the dogs one hour north of Lisbon two hours south of Porto, Portugal

At the moment: I'm looking for a workway for 2 different dates: June 14-18 or June 22-26(or 27) If you be available for either or both of those dates, please ask for my email and contact details My name is Kellie. I am married to Joe. We are ......

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Off grid community in Costa Vicentina, the heart of Western Algarve, Portugal

Our property is located at the Costa Vicentina. It’s the heart of Western Algarve with magnificent beaches and a young, international community. We are off-grid with own water and electricity. You would be living with us in the middle of ......

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Help around the house and garden middle of Portugal, North of Lisbon

Living in Portugal in a little village long time , after visiting Portugal for years and years. The village is a quiet and adorable and a lvery peaceful place, I live in a house with a view on the mountains and in the front it is green ......

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Explore our island, its natural wonders and bluest of waters - São Jorge, Portugal

If you’d like to embark on a special adventure, working and living in a little slice of paradise, then this is the place for you. Come and join our team at a local, family-run campsite right by the Atlantic Ocean, on the beautiful and breathtaking ......

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Hostel, surf camp, exchange great experiences and happiness in Ericeira, Portugal

Open in 2012 in the center of the lovely fishing village and surfing Meca of Ericeira. The hostel is set in a fully recovered 1933 typical house with a big garden. It is the biggest and one of the best located hostels in Ericeira and works as a Surf ......

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Experience rural lifestyle at a watermill in Ponte de Lima, Portugal

Hi! I'm Mario, I spent 12 years working for a humanitarian aid organization in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. For the last couple of years I've been living in a small farm in Ponte de Lima together with a bunch of chickens, 3 ......

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Join various small outdoor and garden projects in Alentejo, Portugal

The three of us – José (68), (58) and Alessandra (36) – moved from Switzerland to Portugal a few years ago. We recently moved to a smaller quinta as we wanted to downsize. Naturally, there’s a lot of work to be done now, as we’re keen to create a ......

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Join me on my community farm in Travanca de Lagos, Portugal

I am in my early 60s , fit and healthy and have two wonderful girls in their 20s who are at university in England and who visit regularly to help out. I am developing a community syntropic/agroforestry farm in Central Portugal. The land is 8 ......

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Join our family in wooden cabin in nature, Aljezur, Portugal

We are a family with 3 children : 18, 15 and 10 years old. We are on a beautiful place near Aljezur, Algarve. We are living in wooden's cabin and yurt in the middle of the nature. We have a simple life, connecting with the nature. We planted an ......

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Share skills and enjoy community life on a beautiful farm and vineyard in Pedrógão Grande, Portugal

Come join a 5 acre farm in stunning central Portugal! This unique building was designed by its previous owner, an architect who poured as much love into the house as he did into the surrounding grounds, which feature a working vineyard, fruit trees, ......

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