Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Alentejo, Portugal

Join our family and help with gardening and natural projects in beautiful Alantejo, Portugal
We are a family of four people, with our dog Alma and the cats. We love the quiet life and peaceful nature, so we moved to the southwest of Portugal to start a new life in 2017. In 2021 we found this piece of land and have been cultivating our ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Join a community based organic farming project in Campelo, Portugal
We are a vibrant, heart centered Christian family/community. We work, live and eat from abundant, organic gardens that are spread out below beautiful terraces, surrounded by a wonderful river with a waterfall and many secluded places to find peace ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Help with gardening and house work at our rustic family villa near the beach in the Algarve, Portugal
Please note; we only accept couples or 2 friends that are traveling together. We don’t accept solo travelers. We are a family who have lived in Portugal for over 30 years. Angela (the mum), Lucy, Sophie and Daisy (the daughters) We have 3 dogs, 4 ......
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Lisbon, Portugal

Pet and housesitting in Montijo, Portugal
============ Dates: November 10th - Novemeber 23rd December 26th - January 5th ============ Hi! I'm Catarina, and this is my furry best friend, Sasha. We live in Montijo, Portugal, a riverside town just a 20-minute bus ride from Lisbon. It's a ......
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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 around November 22nd until Christmas 😊 for about + - 10 days. Please only reach out if you can come during this period! :) I am working on a terrace in the bamboo jungle and I also need to ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Various projects around our family home in the East Algarve, Portugal
============== We are currently looking for positive practical people to come help us on our small farm house project. Bonus if you have any building or gardening skills. ============== We are also always looking for reliable couples to house and ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Restore, create and reconnect with nature on a riverside homestead in Figueiredo das Donas, Portugal
Hello everyone, I'm Mick, 43 years old, originally from the Italian Alps. After many years of travelling, I felt a strong desire to slow down and create a place I could truly call home. Seven years ago, I decided to settle in Portugal, where I ......
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Lisbon, Portugal

Get a taste of the quiet, simple life in the beautiful Ribatejo-Region, Portugal
Hello! We are Sonja and Holger, a german couple of 59 yo and are living the simple life on a small farm in Portugal since 2017. As farm-life goes, we are not able to travel a lot. So we really enjoy to sometimes have people from all around the world ......
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about 8 hours ago

Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Join us while living off-grid on a small quinta in the Serra do Açor region of central Portugal
**We are looking for help from January 2027 onwards looking after our very sweet, funny and friendly toddler and helping out on the land.** We are a family of six, originally from the UK. Since 2014, we have been living off-grid on a small quinta ......
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Alentejo, Portugal

Join us in the forest of Alentejo, Portugal
Permaculture project with idea and space to create an eco-village. The quinta is located in Alto Alentejo 2 km from Portalegre. Fifteen hectares with magical forests and a beautiful valley provided by seventeen sources and several mines with ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Join us on our farm and to build mountain bike tracks near Fuseta, Algarve, Portugal
------------- We are looking for someone from now till December for carob, olives and almond picking!!! ------------- I live in an old portuguese farmhouse and have organic vegetable production for own use. The farm is 2km from the next village ......
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Azores, Portugal

Help us take care of this beautiful wooded land in Ribeirinha, Sao Miguel, Azores
Belgian-Azorean family (2 adults, 1 child: Virginie (44) Mario (54), and Méline ( 12) . Settled since 2021 on the north coast of the island of Sao Miguel, we take care of a beautiful wooded land. On our land there are hens, ducks, 2 dogs, a ......
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about 10 hours ago
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Help out in a self-sufficient quinta in the making in Tabua, Central Portugal
Laura and Andrew own a small farm in Central Portugal. We are committed Christians. We aim to become as self-sufficient as possible on our land, producing wood for fuel, vegetables and fruit for food and wine and keeping some livestock for meat, ......
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about 5 hours ago
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Join us at a vegan animal sanctuary near the Serra da Estrela National Park, central Portugal
Welcome to our vegan sanctuary for all animals to live in peace Hello, I’m Annie, the founder of a registered non-profit animal sanctuary located in the breathtaking Serra da Estrela National Park in central Portugal. Our mission is to rescue, ......
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about 5 hours ago
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Algarve, Portugal

Join our tribe and at an ecological off-grid oasis in Aljezur, Portugal
LAST MINUTE help is needed for the community cooking To start as soon as possible :) *** Help that we are always open to receive: - permaculture food gardens & farm animals care; - general maintenance of the existing natural building ......
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Porto and North, Portugal

Experience off grid and farm living with the comfort of own private space in Tondela, Portugal
Hello everyone, we are Helen and Antony, two Mancunians who embarked on a different way of living five years ago. We now live in our off grid ruin in central / north Portugal *depending on who you speak to* nestled in a stunning valley surrounded by ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Looking for help on our off-grid herbalist farm in Midões TBU, Portugal
Hi ! We are a family living in a paradise land in Central Portugal : Marie (Belgian), Gabor (Hungarian) and our son Elouan (9 years old). We are also living with three dogs (Guanche, Zinnia and Kizu), a cat (Fluffy) and seven chicken. Our land is ......
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about 5 hours ago
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Permaculture food forest and care for the animals near Pedrogaõ Grande, Portugal
Let's just get right into what in the world exactly are we trying to do here: In 1988, a book was published titled "Permaculture - A Designer's Manual," and towards the end of chapter 12, it talks about species of plants that can stop the spread of ......
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about 6 hours ago

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Creating a peaceful rural family oasis in Western Algarve, Portugal
Hello, nice to meet you! My name is Eve, I'm a retired English teacher and a big animal and nature lover, and I have been spending most of my time in this beautiful part of the Algarve for almost 20 years now, so I have a fair bit of local ......
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about 5 days ago

Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Help with gardening and eco projects on our permaculture farm in Coimbra, Portugal
I'm Lucas, 34 years old, my parents are German, and I was born and raised on this little farm living all my life in Portugal. I learned a bit about farming and in my early twenties I started to get enthusiastic about permaculture. Since 2012 I'm ......
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