Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Be part of our family 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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Rural life in a passivhaus, sustainability, permaculture and more in Nelas, Portugal
We are a bilingual English Portuguese family living in a beautiful rural area of central Portugal, 1 hour drive to the Serra da Estrela mountains. My parents are Portuguese immigrants they live next door and share their home with workaways, and we ......
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Experience life among our permaculture projects and animals near Aveiro in Portugal
We are a Portuguese couple living on a small farm in Pinheiro, Albergaria, Aveiro district, surrounded by beautiful forest and nature. We share our home with many animals, and caring for them is a big part of our life. Our farm is not a business, ......
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Stay with us close to the world's most stunning beaches in Machados, Portugal
Hello, We are a retired couple with an old farm in need of restoration. We have done up the house and have a 2 bedroom apartment for family and friends . It has a fully remodeled kitchen and bathroom with all new appliances including a dishwasher ......
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Become part of our outdoor projects in Coimbrão on the beautiful coast of Portugal
Welcome to our small and peaceful home nestled in nature near Coimbrão, on Portugal’s beautiful west coast 🌿 We are a retired international couple who enjoy sharing a calm, meaningful lifestyle close to the ocean, forests, and traditional village ......
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Explore natural off-grid living in the mountains in São Vicente da Beira, Portugal
!!UPDATE!! We, alongside many of our friends, were affected by the wildfires in the Serra da Gardunha. (August 2025) We now need more immediate help and will also be on the farm for the most part the coming months to rebuild. Fortunately the living ......
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Experience the project on our ecological yoga and meditation farm near Trafaria, Portugal
family farm project Availability to host: 20 of April to May 11th or even extended up to May 18th (max 1 month). Please motivate your reasons and how you relate to what we ask here if you can join? Looking for help from a kind and respectful ......
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Off grid wild life farm near Sandomil, Central Portugal
A Unique Opportunity to Live Close to Nature in the Heart of Portugal 🌿 Looking for a lifestyle change? Slower pace, fresh air, real connection to the land and yourself? Join our off-grid farm in central Portugal – a peaceful, wild place full of ......
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Join our tribe and at an ecological off-grid oasis in Aljezur, Portugal
LAST MINUTE help is needed for the following teams: - maintenance team - forest clearing and replantation To start as soon as possible :) *** Help that we are always open to receive: - permaculture food gardens & farm animals care; - general ......
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Regenerating an abandonned farm and establishing a permaculture and natural healing space in Tripeiro, Portugal
Our Quinta is an old schist-stone farmhouse in the foothills of the Gardunha mountains, central Portugal — abandoned for 30 years before we started renovating in 2021. We also restored the former winemaking ruin into "the tiny wine house." That’s ......
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Collaborate with us at our tourist accommodation and discover Lisbon, Portugal
We have exclusive tourist accommodation in Lisbon, Portugal, with antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries, we accepting people to work in Lisbon as receptionists for tourist apartments and maintenance to ensure a high-quality experience for ......
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Offgrid community life and reforestation in rural Alentejo, Portugal
Hi everyone! We are a group of people who are – like so many other projects and people around us - striving to turn a little piece of our planet into a piece of our little haven/ Heaven . We are giving it our best to live more conscious and more ......
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Join us creating a paradise and share time and space with us in Tomar, Portugal
Hello! We are a family of three and we live at a lovely quinta close to Tomar. The quinta is work in progress, we live here with our little boy of three years old, two dogs, chickens, two terrace cats and lots of visitors on the edge of a tiny ......
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Learn Portuguese and enjoy the seaside in Apulia, Portugal
Hi I´m Diogo, I start my own project in Apulia. I live in a fishing village on the seafront with many closed or abandoned houses, I`m currently renovating some of them, making the place charming. The place is fantastic surrounded by nature on the ......
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Help create a harmonious space for sustainable living and restore our quinta in Lobāo da Beira, Portugal
“” Urgent ”” We're embarking on an exciting journey of restoration and creation, and we need your help! ❤️ We are Rick and Yasmin, a couple from Manchester...Between the mist of the madness in 2020 and with an end date for Brexit set.. We found ......
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Enjoy a unique cultural exchange on our environmentally conscious land in Vila do Bispo, Portugal
Since about 20 years we own a property in the southwest of the Algarve. Since then, many projects have developed around 2 small houses, a groundwater borehole, solar energy, a composting toilet and a way of life that is as self-sufficient and ......
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Join us at our off grid farm in Anseriz, Portugal
Hello ☺ ➡ We are looking for a couple or friends to join us on our off-grid farm and help with hands-on restoration and land care. This is not a holiday experience—we need enthusiastic, hardworking volunteers who are ready to get stuck in and ......
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Join our traditional family home and farm project near Lisbon, Carnota, Portugal
We're Lucas and Annamaria. We live on an old 18th century farm with our newborn - together with our dog Pinga and our chickens. The Quinta is a historic Portuguese farm, 35 minutes north of Lisbon. It used to make olive oil, wine, grow fruit and ......
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Permaculture family adventures in Aljezur, South-Westcoast of Portugal
About us: As a family of four we moved from the Netherlands to Portugal in 2021. We found this beautiful land in South West Portugal close to a few of the best surfing spots this land has to offer. We live in this beautiful valley on a 3 hectare ......
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Island life in Lombada Velha, Madeira, Portugal
Hello, we are Polish-Slovak couple living with our two cats in a very calm area of island Madeira. We would need somebody to help us with cat-sitting, doing gardening, cleaning and various tasks around the house while we are on holidays (probably ......
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