Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Help me with projects at my countryside house near Sertã, in central Portugal
My name is Pedro and I'm a freelancer graphic designer & illustrator living in the bucolic county of Sertã deep in the Portuguese countryside. It was in the inspiring depths of Portugal that I chose to reinvent myself. Among quietness, rurality and ......
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Help with gardening and eco-projects in Alvares, Portugal
We, Angelika (70) and Christof (68) are living in an old shist-house at the edge of the village Chã de Alvares in the mountains. The house is completely restored with 4 rooms, 2 guestrooms, kitchen and bathroom with solar warm water. There is a ......

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Learn about yoga and meditation near the beaches in Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Hi I have retired and bought a small farm of 6000sqm near the beach at Figueira da Foz Portugal, We have land but no animals. I am a yoga teacher, a builder, architect, farmer, and cook. I was born in New Zealand, lived most of my life in Australia, ......
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Produce good qualtiy food using organic methods and permaculture principles in Viseu, central Portugal
I'm Scott and I've been travelling around Europe since 2004. I recently got my own piece of land to settle on where I can put into practice all of the different techniques and principles of ecological building and growing I've picked up over the ......

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Come and join a retired couple in Serta- Coimbra and Center, Portugal
We are a couple of retired folks who decided life could begin at 70 and on our first visit to Portugal 10 years ago fell in love with the place and its people. When we saw the place, nestled in a secluded valley, we immediately knew it was for us ......

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Join our low-tech, tiny-scale, earth-honouring permaculture project in Monsanto mountain, near Castelo Branco, Portugal
Hi there, thanks for choosing to read our entry :)) We live on a small farm (2.5 hectares) inland of Central Portugal, 30km from the Spanish border in a beautiful wild area. From our land you can see the mountain of Monsanto (Sacred Mountain). We ......

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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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Join our small family in the beautiful countryside of Mexilhoeira Grande, in the Algarve, Portugal
We are a small family of 4 who moved to the Algarve 3 yrs ago. We have completed renovating our house, and are now trying to work towards creating a smallholding farm. We are situated in the beautiful countryside, 20 mins drive to Alvor or Portimao, ......
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Share our family life near the picturesque towns in Vale de Maceira, Portugal
We are a family of four, nestled near the picturesque towns of São Martinho do Porto and Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Our little slice of paradise spans an acre of land, brimming with potential. Our cosy independent apartment awaits you, complete ......

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Help with maintaining a spacious villa while enjoying the serenity of Sintra, Portugal
We have a beautiful, comfortable, REFINED and SOPHISTICATED country house and large garden with pool in the hills near the village of Sintra, Portugal. We are eager to host INTELLIGENT, HIGHLY COMPETENT, agreeable people with GOOD MANNERS, who can ......
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Pet and home sitting near São Pedro do Sul, Central Portugal
Pet & Home sitting My name is Rita (48), and I live since a little less than one year in the Magic Mountains of Portugal together with my son Leo (9) and our dog Lufa (5). If you have never had the chance to deeply connect to the land, you will ......
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Help with the house and garden in the Portimão countryside, Portugal
We are a couple (Arlindo and Natália) we are about 60 years old. We work in the field of fine arts (sculpture and painting). We live in Algarve, the municipality of Portimão, in the countryside, where we have our house with a large garden, swimming ......

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Help with projects at an old house in Lombo Galego, Madeira
Hi I'm Jan - recently bought a house in Faial (Lombo Galego) on Madeira. I have less time than I had thought so i need some help:P It's just me here for now or the house is empty as I normally live in Camara de lobos. A little bit about me - I've ......

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Join the co-creation of an off-grid conscious community in Sarzades, Central Portugal
✨ Fancy learning some hands on eco-building skills in the Portuguese summer Sun? 👐 How many volunteers: three at one time What we'll be doing: • Landscaping our event space; • Building two walls, one with earthbags and the other a dry stone wall; • ......
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Join an artistic and eco-friendly cultural journey in Palmela, Portugal
Please read our complete description before applying, thank you! Arriving here you’ll find yourself on multiple hectares of beautiful land in Palmela, Portugal. The land is a part of Arrábida National Park, some 30 minutes from Lisbon and just 10 ......

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Join our permaculture farm and learning community on Madeira island, Portugal
OUR STORY Eight years ago our founder Markus began restoring an abandoned terraced valley in Tábua, Ribeira Brava. What started as one person rebuilding stone walls has flourished into a 7-hectare permaculture farm and intentional community on ......

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Looking for female workwayer near Lisbon, Portugal
we offer acommodation and food.Minimum 2 weeks. We are a family (couple with four children). We have a farm and we are looking for workwayer to help us gardering and small projects related to the farm including bricolage. We speak English, French ......
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Join our green fingered and plant based home near Braga, Portugal
Come and visit our sanctuary near Braga, north Portugal! You are so welcome 🙂 We have a small and beautiful country home at the foot of the Gere mountains and we are in need of some help with creating vegetable and herb gardens, building an area ......
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Live in nature's harmony and and join me with wood-art in Alentejo, Portugal
We are Tess and Josh We live in the middle of nature We build wooden houses and natural accommodation in the forest from natural building materials. Here you can enjoy absolute silence. No cars, no noise (as long as we're not working) Josh: ......
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Enjoy the lush and abundant mountain of Serra da Gardunha, Portugal
MINIMUM STAY 3 WEEKS please do not contact us if you can't stay the minimum Hi! My name is Ines, I am portuguese and my partner Ariel is Israeli and we have 2 dogs and 2 cats. We moved to this beautiful land in the Serra da gardunha last year, and ......
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