Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Algarve, Portugal

Learn how to build a sustainable house near the ocean in the Algarve, Portugal
Hi! We are a family of three Rafa Niko Vaili plus a super cuddeling cat a very shy but lovely doggi and 3 chickens. We love surfing, gardening and building stuff (mainly out of earth). Projects that are going on right now: -natural construction ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Healthy life on a permaculture farm near Budens in the Algarve, Portugal
============== The biological garden is waiting with many vegetables, we can use for our meals! We are in this moment two persons who are living on the farm. Also 3 dogs, many wild animals, included the insects and the birds. I am looking for help ......
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Porto and North, Portugal

Join Dutch family life in an authentic village Alombada, Portugal
We are a Dutch family who moved to a small, authentic village in central Portugal a few years ago to create a different way of life. Together with our two children, our dogs, cats and chickens, we enjoy living surrounded by nature, hills and ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Community life and rural living near Loulé, Portugal
Welcome to a developing land-regeneration project in a quiet rural valley near Loulé, Algarve, Portugal. We are restoring the land, developing gardens, improving outdoor infrastructure, and creating a low-impact place for people to live, learn, ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Share boating life on my solar motor trimaran in a nature reserve lagoon in the Algarve, Portugal
I am 79, male, living on my own, on my Unique Solar Motor Trimaran. It’s in the sunshine, moored in a sheltered lagoon within a nature reserve, in the bay of Alvor, a charming Algarvean fishing village. My motor trimaran does not have sails. It.is ......
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Alentejo, Portugal

Join our family projects in Brejao, the coastline of south west Portugal
we are Noam and Or , living with our three children Nayo (6) and Ya'ar (3) and Libi (6 month) in the beautiful area of south west Portugal (costa vicentina), just 5 min drive from stunning beaches. we have a 2 hectare land where we live with more ......
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about 3 hours ago

Lisbon, Portugal

House and pet sitting for cat lovers in Bombarral, Portugal
Hey Workawayers, thank you for your volunteering spirit! I'm currently living with another flatmate in the house of my friend in Bombarral, Portugal with 4 cats in a quiet and very pleasant neighborhood. Bombarral is the heart of Oeste region with ......
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about 8 days ago

Alentejo, Portugal

Outdoor living with our family in Casa Branca, Sousel, Portugal
Hi everyone We are Frazer (40), Mireia (45), Elliot (8) and Gaia (6), a small family living in the heart of Portugal, surrounded by nature, cork oak trees, holm oaks and olive trees. We arrived here five years ago to help with some family matters ......
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Azores, Portugal

Sustainable Food Sovereignty project near the waterfalls & ocean, on the lost island of Atlantis (Flores), Portugal
Hello, I am Konswan with sons Odin and Mitra, 14 and 12 years old. I have a cat too, named Baby. I am an English tutor and landscape designer, focusing on independent living also known as sustainable living. I have done and mastered off-grid ......
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about 3 days ago

Alentejo, Portugal

Join our non-profit forest school and spend your days outdoors in Marvão, Portugal
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 believe that education in nature is best for human health and the health of ......
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Alentejo, Portugal

Help create a countryside hideaway retreat in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Hi! My name is Ana and we are currently bringing new life to a beautiful countryside property in Alentejo, just outside Montemor-o-Novo (Évora), only one hour from Lisbon. Our 7-hectare family estate has been in transformation for over 15 years. ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Help needed to continue with our DIY project of a Rammed Earth quinta, near Odeceixe, Portugal
We are Rob and Cate, both from England, age 60. We left the UK in a van in 2011 to come to Portugal as volunteer workers ourselves, via Workaway. When we visited our place it was love at first sight! We have been here coming up to 7 years and ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Experience country life while looking after our home near Serta, central Portugal
Hello, I am Kendall and my husband is Karl. We are looking for an individual or a couple that can come and take care of our place and water the garden for the period of around mid August to mid September with flexibility while we are away ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Social family with different farm animals welcome positive-minded people in Algarve, Portugal
Bom dia, We are a family with 2 daughters (°2008 and °2010) and moved from Belgium to Portugal in 2016! We did it because we wanted a completely change of our lifes. In the meantime, we live in an organically formed Fazenda. We have 5 dogs, 6 ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Stay in a charming countryside and discover the Eastern Algarve, Portugal
My name is Marie, I'm french and I have been living for 30 years. in Quelfes, near Olhão in the Algarve. This is countryside, with view on the sea. It's a calm and charming environment, only 5 km away from the coast. This is a place to disconnect, ......

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Porto and North, Portugal

Learn about botany and permaculture with us in Braga, Portugal
"It takes a village." This idiom has been an important idea in my mind for 20 years and I have finally started a village for myself and my family (blood family and chosen family). Radically queer-friendly and intersectional. My name is Jéo. I have ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Learning creative stuff in a strange yet cosy suburban oasis in Loulé, Portugal
We are Rui, Karina and two year old Sami. We are a creative family who enjoys art, nature, science, education, and we have a DIY approach to most problems. Right now we need help in our home where we are restarting our artistic projects and taking ......
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about 10 days ago

Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Enjoy time with our pups in São Mamede, Portugal
We live in São Mamede - very close to Fátima. We have a lovely multilevel house with 2 very sweet (and entertaining) dogs. Hank loves balls, and Madi loves taking balls away from Hank. The village of São Mamede has some incredible caves nearby that ......
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Alentejo, Portugal

Help a family in Monte da Pedra, Portugal
Hi! I am Ana! I am a city girl who moved to my husband's family's farm, in Monte da Pedra, Alentejo. We live with our 5 boys (born in 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2026), in this lovely and quite place. The farm is away from the city, and the nearest ......
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Lisbon, Portugal

Dog and House sitting in Lisbon, Portugal
I will be travelling to my home town this year 1 week in September and also 24 th of October through 20 th of November and i am looking for a nice responsible clean person to take of my dogs while i am gone, Taking care meaning feeding them twice a ......
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