Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Join our community permaculture project in Barco, Portugal
Are you looking for a meaningful way to live, learn, and contribute to a project centered on community, spirituality, and education? We are a family living in a beautiful Portuguese village, working on building a creative and conscious way of life, ......
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House sitting and help with childminding on Madeira Island, Portugal
I live on the beautiful Madeira Island. Westpart (Calheta). i live here with my 2 daughters, 5 and 4 Years old. we are happy to have a bit more life in our home and want to welcome you!
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Stay in a place surrounded by nature, close to the ocean and mountains in Praia das Maçãs, Portugal
We are looking for a volunteer with photography skills to capture the best possible angle of our little village.If you have a camera, sharp creativity and availability to spend two weeks with us, send us a message :) We'd love to have you! You ......
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Join us harvesting olives in Central Portugal
Dear Workawayers I bought a property with 5 old stone houses in January 2020 and moved to Portugal in August of the same year. I renovated 1,5 houses so far. At the moment I need help with the garden and the dog. I would like to build a compost ......
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Family projects on our small off-grid homestead near Guarda , Portugal
Hi! I’m Daniel, 32, and I live here with my friend Aled, 26. We’re originally from the UK but now building a small off-grid homestead. Life here is relaxed — we balance practical learning with good food, movies, music, and laughter. The homestead is ......
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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, 3 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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Help with home projects and gardening while learning about off-grid life in Sao Christavao de Lafoes, Portugal
We fell in love with this land in 2023 mostly because of the epic waterfall. There are two rivers running through the 12 acres with multiple private swimming spots to choose from. We are in a beautiful valley with amazing views, and you can always ......
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Join us while living off-grid on a small quinta in the Serra do Açor region of central Portugal
**We need extra help after our land and infrastructure were damaged by recent wildfires - get in touch if you'd like to come and lend a hand.** We are a family of six, originally from the UK. Since 2014, we have been living off-grid on a small ......
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Join our family and enjoy the Algarve, Portugal
Hi, me and Sebastião live in a one-story house in the city of Olhão and we are mooving to Spain. We have 2 dogs and 1 bird. We need to take care of and make some improvements inside and outside the house, such as painting walls and taking care of ......
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Join us on a small cork oak forest in Alentejo (Sonega, near Porto Covo), Portugal
Hi there! I live with my two daughters in a small wooden house I built myself, off-grid, in the middle of a 6-hectare cork oak forest near the village of Sonega, just 10 minutes from Porto Covo, on the Alentejo coast. We live simply, close to ......
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Join me and surf around Peniche, Portugal
Hello, I'm Marije, I live with my 17 year old son in Portugal in our new wooden house! we love surfing, gardening and living close to the surfing capital of Europe, Peniche! we lead an outdoor life and are going to work on our garden as well as ......
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Help us to create our space near Aveiro in Portugal
We are Catherine and Simon, our project involves the renovation of large farmhouse and 5 acres of surrounding land. Our aim is to create a retreat space for holistic practices like yoga and Qi Gong and creative workshops. We have been here for ......
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Help us create a self sufficient farm in the beautiful Alentejo, Portugal
We are a couple from Denmark that bought a farm in the beautiful Alentejo. The long term goal for the farm is to become a self-sufficient camping site, and also a community with room for everybody! It has changed a lot in how many people we have ......
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Enjoy life in our quintana in Tramagal, Portugal
We are a German and English couple in our mid 60's. My mother who has Alzheimer and is 86 years old lives with us. We spend 20 years sailing on our own small boat around the world and for the last 20 years we settled down 5 years in England and 15 ......
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Nature loving people needed for off-grid paradise, near Monsanto, Portugalj
Update: Our beautiful retreat was damaged by the recent wildfires in central Portugal. We are looking for a person or couple to help us clear the damaged trees on the land and clear space in the barn for winter. We will be cleaning and cutting the ......
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Stay on a stunning land in Arrabida Nature Park, just south of Lisbon, Portugal
Hello dears, Right now we are looking for help starting early October. Physical tasks involve using a hoe, shovel, wheel barrows etc, to improve paths, build the base of a chicken house, plant some trees, enlarge the vegetable beds etc. This can be ......
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Learn about permaculture by experiencing it on our land in Aradas-Podentes, Portugal
We are living on our homestead at the very edge of a small hamlet, in the middle of an Olive Grove. 30 years permaculture experience. Medicine herb garden. Self sufficiency for delicious meals, Solar cooker . Visit Farmers Markets and our famous ......
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Learn about syntropic farming in NE Alentejo, Portugal
Hi! We are currently a small group of people, who are living on land in inland southern Portugal, by Estremoz (which is due east of Lisbon not far from the Spanish border). The land is large and diverse, with traditional Alentejo "montado" - cork ......
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Leave your stamp on our Algarvian townhouse project in Sunny Silves, Portugal
Hello! We are a family of three* - Sam, Mike and our very loving beagle. *UPDATE* 2 young cats have joined the team! Originally from UK, we moved out to Portugal 4 years ago and have been loving life ever since. We have a house in the lovely town ......
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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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