Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Experience life at a conscious place in the middle of Alentejo, Portugal
We are two city guys who have decided to change their lives and start their personal utopia. We try to combine the benefits of technology with the beauty of living with nature. Farming, construction, and work with the animals are daily tasks. Our ......
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Join us at our ecological place in Cercal do Alentejo, Portugal
We're looking for help in Cercal do Alentejo from June to September. This is a small ecological glamping (4 rooms) that we created with the aim of offering a peaceful and mindful hideaway to travellers. We are planting the seeds of change :) We are ......
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Laid-back off-grid land with mountain views and a veggie garden near Serra da Estrela, Portugal
Hello beautiful people! My name is Shine. Welcome to my off-grid project in the Portuguese countryside. I live here with my cats in a peaceful, quiet valley, focused on building a sustainable lifestyle, growing food, and enjoying a simpler routine ......
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Learn about rural life and help all round on our quinta up in the Magic Mountains, Arcozelo das Maias, Portugal
Hi there! We are Annemiek, Martijn and young daughter Nelli, a family from the Netherlands that moved to Portugal four years ago to start a new, more quiet life in the countryside surrounded by nature. To pursue this dream we are renovating a ......
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Come and gain experience of sustainable practices with our family in Algodres, Portugal
We are a family of three. Kayley, Rick and our son Martin. We have lived in Portugal since 2018 but come from The UK. We moved here to start a family and live more sustainably. We always have plenty to do so if you’re looking for a long stay or ......
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Beautiful, organic off-grid Quinta near Monsanto in Central Portugal
Update: We are nature lovers living on an Organic, off-grid Quinta close to the historic, ancient village of Monsanto in central Portugal. We are looking for nature and dog loving volunteers to help us maintain and care for our beautiful home and ......
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Stay on our family farm with goats and other animals in Seia, central Portugal
We are David & Eli, a Belgium couple and since 2014 we live and work on our 12 hectare beautiful land with view on the Serra da Estrellla mountains. We have cats, dogs, chickens, ducks and goats and we have a (seasonal) organic fruit and vegetable ......
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Join an off-grid community permaculture farm in the beautiful São João Da Serra, Portugal
Hi, I’m Sebastian. I recently took over this beautiful 3-hectare quinta in the Magic Mountains of central Portugal, continuing its story while gradually shaping it into a place of regeneration, simplicity, and connection. The land rests in a ......
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Become a part of a non-profit agroforestry project and enjoy the stunning nature of Rubiães, Portugal
WORKAWAYERS WELCOME (July 1-July 15): This is a housesitting/petsitting request. We are looking for one or two workwayers looking to slow down and enjoy the nature of our region. The necessities are to take care of our cats (one diabetic), take care ......
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Community living, gardening and eco projects in the Algarve, Portugal
This place is a piece of land with agricultural activities. We are planting fruit trees such as oranges, mango, guava, figs, pears, peaches, almonds, moringa etc.. We also offer the possibility to live in a community with other guets we are ......
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Join our farm project and help take care of the land, and have fun in Portugal, Lisbon
We are Vlada and Francisco. We have a small farm, an embrionary project, open to new ideas. The cornerstone of the project is to take care of this land, under permaculture principles, and Ayuvedic values, help in the garden, having fun, apply well ......
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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 wildfires and floods in the last months - 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 ......
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Experience off-grid life in central Portugal
Hi, I’m Marina! I’m from São Paulo, Brazil, I share my life with my partner Kaegh, who is half English and half Colombian, and together we are currently based in Central Portugal. We are building a new chapter of our lives here, creating a slow and ......
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Help to create our off-grid paradise and have a great time :) 12km from Castelo Branco, Portugal
Hey :) we are Baru and Kathi. Young, married queer couple. Living our best live and want to share it with people. Last year we bought our dream property and started to live here in March 2023. Baru started to study so next 3 years we are only going ......
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Help with housesitting and care for my pets in Porto, Portugal
Hi! I'm Chandni I'm 32 years old, Indian-Portuguese, and I traded city life for a slower life in the Portuguese countryside. A few years ago I sold my apartment in Porto, packed my life into boxes, and moved into a large countryside house ......
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Learn about wine making and vine husbandry and experience rural life near Viseu, Portugal
We moved from the UK in 2005 when we found and restored an old farmhouse (Quinta) . We have our own vineyard with 6000 vines for our own consumption and for our extended family and friends ,in the center of the Dao wine region. The property has an ......
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Good conversations, spontaneous adventures and creating a cozy home in Ericeira, Portugal
Live With Us in Portugal 🌿 Hi! We're Kathi and Adrian, both 29 years old, and we live in a house surrounded by 3 hectares of land on the Portuguese coast together with Carlos, our friendly dog (a cockapoo). What makes this place special is that ......
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Food forest and other projects near Lisbon, Portugal
We are a family of four. My name is Lucia, I am an Environmental Advisor, Lucas and Gui, my two sons, 18 and 16 and more recently José, my retired father, 81. We moved 9 years ago to the country near Lisbon, to a 1/2 hectare little farm with a wood ......
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Volunteer on a Portugese Farm in the heart of Serra da Malcata, near the River Bazágueda
Quinta is a traditional cow farm in the heart of Serra da Malcata, located in an almost desertified area of Central Portugal. We have animals, trees, a vegetable garden, forest, and ancient stone houses to restore. Minimum stay: 26 days.Schedule: 5 ......
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Participate in building and cultivating the garden while staying in a wooden cabin in Alcafozes, Portugal
Come and participate in building and gardening in a peaceful beautiful valley. Hello! My name is Elad. I live in my land here for almost four years now. I have been working so far mainly on building three houses here - two wooden cabins and a stone ......
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