Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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about 4 hours ago

Alentejo, Portugal

Join our family and help us with rescued horses in Sao Teotonio, Portugal
We are a family living in the SW Alentejo, Costa Vicentina, running a small rescue horse sanctuary in the middle of a forest, 12 km from the ocean. Our main passion is the care and rehabilitation of rescued horses — providing them with a safe and ......
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about 5 days ago

Algarve, Portugal

Stay at our little oasis in the countryside in Sao Bras de Alportel, Portugal
We are a family of 3 (German/English, 57,62 and 15 years old), a dog a cat and some chickens. We have relocated to Portugal about 30 years ago, our son was born here and we love living in this beautiful country. We are looking for a couple/or 2 ......
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about 11 days ago

Algarve, Portugal

Join our multilingual family with kids, animals and a big garden in the sunny Algarve, Portugal
Hi and welcome to our family! I'm a single mother of three children (7, 10 and 12 years old), and we live just outside Portimão in the Algarve in southern Portugal. I work as a language teacher, and life at home is usually quite busy! We live in a ......
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Azores, Portugal

Island life and cultural exchange via creative projects and minimalism in São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
My husband and I live in the middle of the Atlantic, on the beautiful island of São Miguel, with our cows, cats, dogs, and chickens. Our ocean view home, in the village of Achadinha, is walking distance to 4 stunning trails - Poço Azul, Lomba D'el ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Join us on an eco farm to experience traditional village life in Avô, Central Portugal
We live on a 6-hectare organic farm in Central Portugal that offers stunning views of the nearby mountain range. The farm produces olive oil, wine, vinegar, vegetables, and a variety of fruits. The land stretches over a series of ancient stone ......
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Lisbon, Portugal

Join us at our vegan animal sanctuary in Palmela, Portugal
PLEASE READ THE WHOLE PROFILE BEFORE APPLYING 🙏 Hi everyone, My name is Alice, and together with my partner Noel, we run a vegan, abolitionist, feminist, interseccional non-profit NGO for the past 8 years in Portugal. We run an Animal Sanctuary ......
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about 2 days ago

Madeira, Portugal

Experience everyday life in multicultural home in Funchal, Portugal
We are a family of five living in beautiful Funchal, Madeira: a Polish mom, an Italian dad, and our three children, Aleksander (9), Sofia (6), and Dante (1). As a multilingual family, our children speak Polish, Italian, and English, and our oldest ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Help with horses and garden in the mountains of Monchique, Portugal
We live in the mountains of Monchique (Algarve) with my now thirteen-year-old son, two ponies and a dog. My partner, Paul, lives next door and is here mainly at weekends. I stay a few nights with my son in Monchique (not here) during the week when ......
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Porto and North, Portugal

Experience Life at a small family homestead in the Green Hills of Alto Minho, Portugal
Hi there! 😊 We are an Iberian family of three: Carmen from Spain, João from Portugal, and our daughter Mafi. A few years ago, we found this old quinta in the green hills of Alto Minho and decided to make it our home. Since then, we’ve been slowly ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Learn new skills outside with us and while exploring surroundings of Quelfes, Portugal
We are a married couple in our early 60’s and have owned our Portuguese Farmhouse for just over 20 years. It is a rural property situated in Quelfes, near Olhao in the Eastern Algarve. Our house is about a 15minute drive from Faro airport and a 10 ......
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Algarve, Portugal

Help us with projects in the midst of wild nature in Marmelete, Portugal
Hello, Bom dia ★★★ WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTIVE SUPPORT AND INSPIRING EXCHANGES. ★★★ Are you looking for a beautiful and inspiring place in the middle of the untouched nature of the Algarve/Portugal? - then you have come to the right ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Experience farm life and chill on our homestead in Póvoa de Rio de Moinhos, Portugal
We are a couple in our 50's- Andreea (55) and Yoav (60), living on our beautiful farm near Castelo Branco, Central Portugal with our dog- Heevie and our cats- Tikki and Vanessa, and our sheep and chicken. After 20 years in NYC, we decided to set ......
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Azores, Portugal

Explore the beautiful island of Pico and join us at our property in Piedade, Portugal
Hello all , we are a small family, living in the beautiful island of Pico in the Azores, we need at the moment responsible and trustworthy volunteers for mostly pet sitting when we on vacation. Dates required from December 10th to January 8 ,we are ......
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about 15 days ago

Algarve, Portugal

Join our family on the Algarve, Portugal
JAMBO (what does Jambo mean? Check below!) Looking for support for 3 weeks from November 16th till December 6th. Dates not negotiable. Only females. You NEED to have a valid driver license and be comfortable in driving kids around in Portugal I ......
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about 4 days ago

Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Come and learn on a biodynamic farm with vineyard and olive grove in Central Portugal
Urgent message: *** the person who was supposed to come just cancelled! We need immediate farm, domestic help,and help with the animals**. - If you are interested for period 17 October to 30 November, please contact us. .** We purchased a badly ......
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about 2 days ago

Lisbon, Portugal

Rural stay in beautiful house & gardens in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Hi, We are looking for a fabulous person to help us out looking after our ambitious formal garden and family of cats, goats, chickens, a horse and carp . We live in a rural setting which is quiet but not isolated. There are buses to the local town ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Lend a hand and explore Pedrógão Grande, Portugal
**** We are Gail and Mike. We moved from rural Devon to our quinta in Portugal in 2020. We left our jobs and been working on the house and cottage/annexe and our land/forest ever since. If you come and stay with us you will have your own ( ......
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about 6 hours ago

Madeira, Portugal

Spend some good time with us and give a hand in Madeira Island, Portugal
We are Anouk from Switzwerland and Telmo from Portugal with two daughters (8 and 17 years old) and 2 cats, living in the countryside of Câmara de Lobos, very close to Funchal, the capital of the region. We leave in Madeira more then 20 years from ......
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Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Join us with our horses and dogs near Chãos, Portugal
We are James and Sarah, based in beautiful Central Portugal, on small quinta (3Ha) with four horses, six dogs, two cats, 15 chickens, and two dwarf goats. Accommodation is in a large converted caravan (more of a studio flat than a caravan and ......

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about 1 day ago

Coimbra and Center, Portugal

Join our summer tribe and take part in contributing to our vision in Gonçalo, Portugal
Hi, and welcome to my workaway profile! I am Luca, 45 yo mixed race, half Italian half Philippino. In the past 4 years, since moving to Portugal, I have been learning, and I still am, how to craft a new lifestyle, after getting myself a 5ha ......
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