Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Porto and North, Portugal

Immerse yourself in Portuguese lifestyle while taking care of our house and cat in Ponte da Barca, Portugal
Help needed to look after a cat. We are a french couple living in Portugal since 2018. We spent the last 3 years renovating our little house. We are now starting a vegetable garden in permaculture. We are based near the Geres park, where there are ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Help with our self-sufficient family farm in Monsanto, Portugal
We are trying to create a little self-sufficiency, ecological home-stead, producing quality products from our farm for ourselves and volunteers . We produce fruit juice(apple ,pear, grapes, orange,...), Wine, olive oil, dried fruits , and little bit ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Experience life in our Quinta and help with gardening, construction and childcare in Ervedal da Beira, Portugal
We are a French couple with 3 children ( 12,9 and 5 years) living on a farm with 1 hectare of terraced olive trees and a small house-yurt house. Chickens accompany us, giving us eggs every day and an adorable donkey cleans and makes rich manure for ......
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about 3 days ago

Porto and North, Portugal

Help us at our horse farm and enjoy a nice time at our home in Cabeceiras de Baso, Portugal
Hello, we are Renato and Ana and we are living on a house who need your help in some renovation work. we have a horse farm and the animals gona need your skills to feed and some care. Sometimes to ride and teach them, if you have that skill. Our ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Help us create an eco-farm conscious community project from nearby Aljezur, Portugal
Oct - November We are a small community project looking for support to develop our project. We value spirituality, play, collaboration, and exploration. Our vision is to build the infrastructure for 5-10 families to co-exsist and spaces for ......
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Alentejo, Portugal

Help us restore the natural ecosystem to our land in Atalaia, Portugal
We are a family improving lands passed onto us by our ancestors. We wish to restore some of the natural scenery and ecosystem and build a community based on sustainability and companionship;
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Alentejo, Portugal

Family Farm needs help in landscaping, gardening, woodworks in South-West-Alentejo near São Teotonio
We, Lars (55) and Jacqui (55) live in the area since more than 20 years. Since 20years on this place we renovated the clay-house,making garden, planting trees, but run also a company for solar-installations. On the place are also dogs, cats,chickens ......
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about 7 days ago

Algarve, Portugal

Come and help us create a play area for our children and help with landscaping in Odiaxere, Portugal
Come help our family of five on our 3 hectares at the coast in the western Algarve. We have three children, a newborn, 2 year old and 5 year old, 3 big dogs, 1 cat and 3 chickens. We live in a relaxed 4 bedroom villa on 3 hectares of land on the ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Help wanted with just about everything in a village near Castelo Branco in Portugal
My husband and I live on the outskirts of a tiny village near Castelo Branco in Portugal. It is very, very quiet so perfect for people looking for peace. Better if you are a couple or two friends, as otherwise you could get a bit bored. The house is ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Help with our natural project in Estoi Faro, Portugal
Olá Olá : ) we are : Laura, Ruben, Migo and Mika and Pascal ( Lauras brother ) and Willy Yaro crazy cat we are building our real own house! what a journey! we love to use natural materials to build our home because they are harmless for our world ......
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Porto and North, Portugal

Help with a clay building project in Calde, Portugal
We are a family (2 + 2 children) living our dream and constructing our own house in the forest/ Community Portugal! We need help building with clay. We will use different bioconstruction techniques and we are immersed in the forest. The community ......
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Azores, Portugal

Do house keeping and take Care of our lands while enjoying the Azores (Flores island), Portugal
we are looking for someone to do house keeping and take Care of our Land during thé winter(6 month)!!! You néed to bé in good fysical condition and ready to leave in thé nature and bé use to dry toilet,making fire using chaîne Saw live with Solar ......
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about 10 days ago

Algarve, Portugal

Join our family and help us with our little farm, Bensafrim, Lagos, Portugal
Based near Bensafrim, 8km from Lagos, on a 3 hectares property we are a family of 9: mama, 2 teens, 2 kids, 2 dogs and 2 cats. These southwest area is rich in sightseeings, perfect for hiking, cycling, surf etc but there are also a lot of ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Join me at my off-grid living experience project in Tavira, Portugal
Hi, my name is Rui,  
  
I am developing an off-grid living experience project and need help with lots of different projects. I am looking to grow food, trees, herbs etc. with soil regeneration and sustainability in mind and a Recycle reuse ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Back to basics at Reino Magico is on the Camhino footpath, Portugal
Ivor and Blou are a British couple from an eclectic background of events management, performance arts, community ventures, making magical things happen and creative solutions. Recently we became Permaculture consultants and aim to build a self ......
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Alentejo, Portugal

Home gardening project in Alentejo, Portugal
We have a house project in Alentejo. With a garden, close to the Coast. Actually we are 3 people living permanently here and many people coming for shorttime stay.
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about 23 days ago

Lisbon, Portugal

Help me with DIY and art projects in the countryside near Lisbon, Portugal
i live in small village in the countryside Im a profissional photographer, and a idealist artist. i work with diverse material and técnics. Arrowd me have a big house, two dogs and my girl friend. My objective is create one artistic house, and i ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Help around family homestead as well as cultural association and experience rural cultural life in Portugal, Sertã
Hello! I'm Isabela and I mother 3 kids. I learned how to do a lot of things during my life and worked in different areas. Nowadays I'm a professional firefighter and a 'peculiar style' tattooist. I am part of a cultural association in rural centre ......
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Alentejo, Portugal

Help on the beautiful estuary town of Milfontes in southwest of Portugal. ONLY for single persons!
I am a single lady, living near to the sea - 3 km to Vila Nova de Milfontes where the river Mira is flowing into the Atlantic. Last year i thought that i need some help in my garden and arround the house; my daughter rented an own appartement in ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Help with my building project and language practice near Pedrogao Grande, Portugal
Hi. I am Alex and originally from the United Kingdom. About 18 months ago I fell for a property in Central Portugal, a few kilometers from Pedrogao Grande. It had been uninhabited for over a decade, consisting of two houses (four bedrooms and one ......
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