Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Join out family projects on our land while discovering beautiful nature and beaches in South Alentejo, Portugal
We are Ibon from Euskadi, Gala from Venezuela and our 4 year old boy Odei. We are a family leading a life based on sustainability, guiding ourselves through the principles of permaculture, and basically love and respect for Nature. We are nature ......
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House-sit my dogs and cats near the beach in Carcavelos, Portugal
My name is Geraldine, I am a therapist and travel frequently. My kids are all studying abroad so when I travel my dogs need petsitting. Walking four times a day. On the plus side, I live in front of the beach in Carcavelos. train takes 20 minutes to ......
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Join our family’s creative & soulful home in Porto, Portugal
Description: My name is Francisco. I’m an architect originally from Porto, currently working on the rehabilitation of a historical building from 1830, located in the heart of the city, just 5 minutes walking from the central area, in one of the most ......
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Converting an abandoned vyniard into a food forest in Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Hello traveler! We are a young family of four looking for help turning 5420 square meters of abandoned land into a beautiful food forest. The land is located in Capelas, the north shore of the island, with an ocean bathing spot 10 minutes walking ......
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Join us in our eco-friendly events and retreat center near Cercal do Alentejo, Portugal
Hello, We are Ami & Samy. Our project was born out of our mutual dream to live close to nature, completely off-grid, with a self-sustained but comfortable regenerative lifestyle. We found our dream land in Alentejo, between the picturesque hills ......
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Join our regenerative community project in the Serra da São Mamede, Portugal
We are a family with four kids , aged between 4 and 12 and living the off grid life between cork-oaks and olives, in the middle of the beautiful Serra da São Mamede. Before we settled we used to travel a lot and are loving it to meet and welcome ......
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Help on an off-grid quinta in the middle of nature in Abrunhosa-a-Velha, Portugal
Hey hello, My name is Margon, I am Dutch and I live in Central Portugal. In 2024 I purchased a plot of land of 1 hectare near a small village, called Abrunhosa-a-Velha, in between Gouveia and Mangualde. I fell in love with this piece of land, ......
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Share your healthy cooking skills with our friendly family in the heart of Lisbon, Portugal
Hello dear volunteer, We are a family of five. A Turkish couple ( Nazli- the mother and Ilker- the father) with a 1.5 year old baby and two cats, Ponçik and Biber. We have been living in Lisbon since October 2023. We need help for cooking to be ......
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Looking for help on our off-grid herbalist farm in Midões TBU, Portugal
Hi ! We are a family living in a paradise land in Central Portugal : Marie (Belgian), Gabor (Hungarian) and our son Elouan (9 years old). We are also living with three dogs (Guanche, Zinnia and Kizu), a cat (Fluffy) and seven chicken. Our land is ......
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Enjoy life and nearby beaches in Lagoa, Portugal
We are a small family with a cat and a big dog, we live near to the nicest beaches of the algarve, only 5 min. away. We are ronovating an old villa at the moment. Our cat Tiggi lives inside and outside, if you are home, he will follow you.. our dog ......
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Help out in a self-sufficient quinta in the making in Tabua, Central Portugal
Laura and Andrew own a small farm in Central Portugal. We are committed Christians. We aim to become as self-sufficient as possible on our land, producing wood for fuel, vegetables and fruit for food and wine and keeping some livestock for meat and ......
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Help us on our rescue donkey farm in Alentejo, Portugal
5 years I bought a large piece of land in Portugal in the beautiful Alentejo and renovated the house, planted trees, started a garden .... i am an animal lover and healer, i rescued horses, donkeys mules and when they recovered i found good homes ......
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Permaculture cheese and goat farm in the Serra of Monchique, Portugal
Located in the beautiful Serra de Monchique, we run our farm along Permaculture and self-sustainable lines. We are: Tom and Monique; Oxford our dog, 11 chickens, the goats & our buck Boris and their kids. We have a small scale goat dairy business ......
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Outdoor family projects and peaceful living in São João da Ribeira, Portugal
We are a Dutch family living in Portugal – my husband, our 15-year-old son and I. We moved to Portugal now 3 years ago. Step by step, we are creating a beautiful, free place where we aim to be as self-sufficient as possible. It’s still very much a ......
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Permaculture food forest and holistic healing community in Viseu, Portugal
Heya :) I'm Andrew, a 38 year old English guy, and have very recently bought a small quinta (around 1.5 hectares) near to Sao Pedro do Sul in the Viseu area of central Portugal. This is still the start of an exciting long term project where the ......
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Experience the natural beauty of Marateca while helping in our dog rescue shelter in Portugal
PLEASE READ THE FULL PROFILE BEFORE APPLYING — AND CHECK THE CALENDAR FIRST Hi everyone, My name is Teresa, and I’m a retired English teacher from Portugal with a lifelong love for animals — especially dogs. Over 20 years ago, I began rescuing ......
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Join my nature sanctuary with creative and practical projects in Porto, Portugal
Hi! My name is Chandni and I am indian-portuguese. I am 31 years old. I recently sold my apartment in the city, packed my life into boxes and started over in nature. I currently live with my pets - Shiva (1,5y dog), and 3 beautiful cats - Niko, ......
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Join our multilingual family in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
We are Miracy (Trinidad & Tobago), Jeroen (The Netherlands), our son Lucas is 12 and our daughter Mila is 8. We live in an old vineyard and olive grove in the mountains, 1 hour away from Porto in the city of Marco de Canaveses. The property ......
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Help our Portuguese-Russian family creating a small piece of sustainable paradise in SW Alentejo, Portugal
Hello beautiful people of the world! We are a small Portuguese-Russian family with a 9 year old child. We are artists, musicians, builders and gardeners doing our best to live a simple but meaningful life by creating a small piece of paradise where ......
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Regenerative co-living in Rubiães, Portugal
Since 2019, we've been nurturing the seeds of transformation on 1.5 hectares of young woodland near Paredes de Coura. Our aim is to grow a thriving food forest and co-living space while addressing the pressing challenges of our time. While we've ......
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