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Relaunch a handicraft workshop, and join us with some daily life activities... Alfeizerão, Portugal

I love cats. I've always had and keep lots of cats because they often turn up here or I rescue them from the street. And, as well as making a lot of handicrafts dedicated to and alluding to cats, the profits from these handicrafts go precisely ......

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Join our family in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in Lagoa, São Miguel

Welcome! I'm Catarina, a passionate freelancer, entrepreneur, and proud mama to a joyful and kind-hearted 4-year-old boy named Lorenzo. I’m a yoga instructor, registered dietitian, and teacher, deeply dedicated to wellness, natural living, and ......

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Help in our garden and with our horses in the Portuguese mountains, Portugal

We are Menno and Jacqueline. In the summer of 2011 we moved to Portugal together with our 3 children, Finn (now 26), Thijm (now 24) and Caitlin (now 20). We wanted to create something special for and by ourselves, where we can both live and share ......

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Join us with childcare and at our sustainable home near Peniche, Portugal

Welcome to our family home renovation project near Peniche, Portugal! Our cozy home, located in a charming village just 6 km from Peniche, is undergoing renovations, and we're striving to make it sustainable. We're committed to reusing and recycling ......

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Dog-sitting in Sagres, a small surfers paradise in the Algarve, Portugal

My name is Zara i live in Sagres, Portugal ,where i have a small quiet guesthouse. sagres is a small surf town, where the sun shines 365 days a year.

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Help us to land maintenance, animals, gardening and more in Alcochete, Portugal

We are a private homestead farm, with 27ha of cork oak forest. We seek self-sufficiency through a domestic family farming economy. We are not a business, we do not sell our products, everything we produce is for our own consumption. We offer direct ......

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Collaborate on a project for an ecological farm near Tomar, land of the Templars, Portugal

Most of the time I live alone but I have two children who visit me when they can, and I visit them! I live on a family farm where there is an organic vegetable garden, fruit trees and centuries-old olive trees. I have an orchard in organic ......

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Spend an amazing winter with us in the beautiful Ria Formosa natural park, Portugal

Hi! We are Alexia and Laurent, a Belgian family living in the Algarve with our two sons, a dog, and a few horses. During the high season we run the guest house, but in winter we take a well‑deserved break — and we love having friendly company ......

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Join our country houses nestled on the bank of the Douro River near Oporto, Portugal

Built under the concept of country houses, we are nestled on the right bank of the Douro River, in Santa Cruz do Douro, Baião (75 Km Porto I 1hour). They comprise a group of four houses, ideal for friends or family, presenting a natural haven and a ......

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Forestry, organic gardening and donkey love in Troviscais, Portugal

Hello everybody, So my place is a quiet place in a wild natural environment . For summer 25 most of the work will be involved around the gardens and living spaces, besides that there's also light forestry , which includes chopi'dropi, shredding ......

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Beautiful property, community, being outdoors in Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal

We are a couple from Holland and France, we are spiritual, and are in the process of building a base for seasonal homes, retreats and conscious vacation stays. Our location is based on a quartz mountain and we are surrounded by granite stones. We ......

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Come and help on our beautiful farm in Resende, Portugal

Hey there, I am Harry from the UK and my wife is Lior from Israel and we recently moved to the North of Portugal and bought an absoloutely wonderful 5 acre farm. Still pinching ourselves that we get to call it our own. We have so much going on here, ......

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Help welcome around the house and garden in Ponta Delgada, Azores

Hey there! We are Petra and Georg, a german couple in our early sixties that has been living on this beautiful island since ten years. We live on the slope of the big crater of the extinct volcano sete cidades, on the western tip of Sao Miguel ......

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Join us in nature and just go with the flow in Serra de Monchique, Portugal

Small collective surrounded by nature, very quiet and isolated place, without internet. The place is without alcohol and drugs, also without coffee, chemicals.....interest in raw food, yoga, walking, and everything that nourishes the joy of living! ......

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Organic olive grove in the countryside near Faia, Portugal

Our property is a 16.6 ha organic farm with 800 olive trees, a vineyard, 50 Bordelaira sheep, 2 horses, chickens and 3 cats and 2 dogs. We are living in Parque Serra da Estrela, close to Guarda but in the middle of nature with a special micro ......

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Dog and housesitting in sunny mountain location surrounded by countryside and beauty near lousã, Portugal

DOG and HOUSE SIT ... 3rd - 10th July Hello we live here in Portugal .. a sunny mountain location surrounded by countryside and beauty, close to riverbeaches We are a British family living in Portugal (lived here for 14 years) .. we have a great ......

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Help with our off-grid home and land project in a rural valley, Benfeita, Portugal

Hi, I am a holistic therapist, working with sound, music, dance, ceremony and theatre to promote deep shifts in consciousness. I also write and I live with my 2 sons, who are home/community educated. We have some land in a beautiful valley, with a ......

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House-sitting in the valley in Monsanto, Portugal

Hello hello, I am looking for people to do a house sitting for at least a month and possibly longer. You would be taking care of a cat and a small aquarium with fish and do a bit of watering in the garden plus about once a month water fruittrees ......

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Join our multilingual family for a cultural exchange in the Algarve, Portugal

We are a German-speaking, single-parent family with three children (6, 8, and 10 years old) and three dogs. We live in a detached house with a large garden and pool on the outskirts of Portimão, in the sunny Algarve. Our daily life is lively, ......

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Sustainable project in the countryside of Algarve next to Tavira, Portugal

My name is Mare, born in Seville 50 years ago and living in the south of Portugal for the last ten years. I made my life project with children and families in a traditional country side house , between the sea and the mountain, surrounding by ......

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