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Experience life on the land in Sao Teotonio, Portugal

In 2017 we traveled as a family of 4 (Myrthe, Marnix and our two girls) from Amsterdam to Portugal in our Volkswagen van not knowing what this adventure would bring us. Not even half a year later we ended up buying a beautiful rural land (30 years ......

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We need a helping hand on our land with building wooden structures, painting and carpentry, Alentejo, Portugal

We are Ibon and Gala, a couple leading a life based on sustainability and permaculture. We have a agritourism project bassed in: nature, self-reliance, permaculture and art, and we give these concepts to our offer of accommodation. Currently we ......

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Help with restoration projects, learn and enjoy your time in Alentejo, Portugal

Hello, i'm Guillaume (35 y ) , belgian guy and do it yourself addict who wanna make a nice typycal alentejano house even more beautiful and peacefull. I have started this project few years ago .I thought it would be done more or less quickly but ......

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Help me create a small off-grid life in the mountains of Central Portugal

In the mountains of Central Portugal, surrounded by pine forests, is a small offgrid farm. The farm has been built with discarded resources from other projects. All by hand, no powertools. Just a hammer, some muscle and hard work. Terms of ......

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Help on a family farm with gardening in Pessegueiro do Vouga, Portugal

Me, Ana, and my 5-year-old daughter Maria live on a family farm, in a house with agricultural land and garden, in a very beautiful valley next to the Vouga river and we would like help to care for and make our farm even more beautiful, providing a ......

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Come and experience Quinta Aguia de Pedra - an Eco Off-Grid-Farm close to Castelo Branco, Portugal

Hi, I'm Sven-Lena, Pleiadian and 54 years old. Living on my farm since over 5 years which is build from scratch. I love nature, people, universe and the land. The project - Aguia de Pedra - was started to escape the hustle of the so called "normal" ......

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Light domestic help and general assistance in DIY, gardening and Tourism related activities based in a converted farmhouse centrally located in the Algarve , Portugal

Mature and calm country-loving individuals sought for some help around the house, light gardening, watering, meal preparation, some driving and shopping trips and general help around the property as well as with preparations and visiting tourists ......

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Regenerative family farm in Mangualde, Portugal

We are a family farm, Raquel (31), João (32) and Teresa (2). We live and work on our 10h farm, in the hills of the Dão river near Mangualde, Viseu district. We do regenerative agriculture, permaculture and bio dinamics to grow our own food and for ......

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Family life in Lagos - Algarve - Portugal

Hi, our names are Holly, David and our girls Anissa (5) and Wyllow (9 months), along with our most recent family member, Winston, an 8 month old puppy we met at the beach a few weeks ago! We arrived in Portugal 6 years ago with backpacks and the ......

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Help around the house while I'm busy in Rogil Portogallo, Portugal

hello my name is Erasmo, I am the owner and I work in my pizzeria, I am very busy with work during the high season. for this reason i need some help. live alone with 2 dogs (border collie) in a house in the field 500 meters from the beach. the ......

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Help out with some projects at our quinta in Pinhal Novo outside Lisbon, Portugal

Hello, I am Marco and since 2016 Portugal was the choice of a place to live with my family. That came after my journey between Brazil, United Kingdom and Brazil again. I am a Lawyer by trade and also involved in international trading, mainly ......

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Live in nature in Aljezur, Portugal

We are Borja (Spanish), Luiza (Romanian), Sebi (8 years old) and Adrian (2 years old). After living in South America for almost 7 years; with the birth of our first son, Sebi, we decided to come back to Europe and put our roots closer to our ......

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Help renovate the farm in Casais, Portugal

We are a family trying to create the ideal . My wife is an achitect and I am a creative living. Our land has 2 acres and we are renovating two houses, one of them is a B&B with six bedrooms and the other one is still to be finished. The property is ......

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this a very new project about permaculture, ecobuilding and self sustainablity!!! Are you readdy? Alentejo, Portugal

Hello! I have a beautiful land in south alentejo and looking for people to work there. I need do a new part of the roof in a tiny house and help in gardening... Im just starting the works there so have a lot of things to do it... My project will be ......

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Share our off grid, low impact lifestyle among the cork oaks near historic Monsanto, central Portugal

We are John and Stef. Eight years ago, we 'retired' early from rural development work in southern Africa to 4 hectares of overgrown scrub in central Portugal which we are gradually converting to natural woodland dominated by cork oak and other ......

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Help me with cleaning up the land and making wood for the next winter in Sao Teotonio, Portugal

I live with two cats on 6.5 ha in the Portuguese Alentejo and I need help, mainly in spring, with cleaning up the land and making wood for the next winter: felling dead trees, sawing and chopping the wood. I'm involved in all the work, speak English ......

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Come and help create a living space in a piece of forest land, near São Pedro do Sul, Portugal

Hello dear one I'm thankful that you have interest in connecting with me and to visit the land which Im living in. I inherited 1.4 hectares of forest land, which has been in my family for 3 generations. This is my life project now. For me, life is ......

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Portuguese Language Help and Farmstay in Western Algarve, Portugal

Project Farm in Western Algarve close to beaches and 300m from market town Vila do Bispo We are currently working to 1 Clear the land 2 Plant fruit trees, vegetables, bushes, flowers, and bamboo and cane wind breaks 3. Install solar power 4 ......

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Organic farm near the beautiful village of Monsanto, Castelo Branco, Portugal

We grow organic diverse crops and trees. Current projects: - Organic self grown and processed tobacco. - 450 grape vines - Polytunnels with hydroponics, greenhouses and hugel beds - Tropical fruit and exotic species like cocoa, banana, palm trees, ......

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Help a family transform an old bus into an eco friendly off grid home in Azóia, Portugal

We are a family of 3, Luis, Rita and our almost 1 year old little girl. We are travel lovers and sustainably seakers. We bought a 2 floor bus that we are transforming into a house, in a magical piece of land looking into the Atlantic ocean, in great ......

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