Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Off-grid crystal mountain community in Vila Longa, Portugal
Hello lovely people, I am your host Matias, from Denmark. I live in a small community together with two old friends and some other good friends that own the land next to us. There are 3 other communities (in total, we are around 50 people) based in ......
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Join my house and garden project in the quiet of nature near Tomar, Portugal
Update! > Help with reconstruction. > Help and learn from an experienced guy to build a stone wall to the neighbour (maybe also a terrace for sitting and watching the sunrise). > Maintain and fix the irrigation system (mainly weeding and putting ......
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Off-grid Fablab and a food forest in Barão de São João, Lagos, Portugal
Who we are We are a non-commercial, not-for-profit initiative, building a FabLab within a once-abandoned farm. Our goal is to create a place where thinkers, artists, makers, and farmers come together to learn, share, and create. This is not a ......
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Help with horses and garden in the mountains of Monchique, Portugal
We live in the mountains of Monchique (Algarve) with my now twelve-year-old son (the photos are not current), two ponies and a dog. My partner, Paul, lives next door and is here mainly at weekends. My son and I also spend some time during the week ......
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Maintain an indigenous forest in the Serra da Estrela mountains, Guarda, Portugal
We are a retired couple (in our mid 60's) living a somewhat isolated and off-grid existence with some animal companions (fully free range goats, sheep, chickens, dogs, cats and a rabbit) on a densely forested 10ha plot in the mountains of the Serra ......
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Wild swimming and off-grid adventure near Oliveria do Hospital, Portugal
Are looking for a longer term escape in nature- back to basics, un-plug from the world and re-connect to your wilder side - or maybe you are interested in a taste of living off grid and what it really means! (we ask for a mimimum two week stay, but ......
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Enjoy nature, eco-projects, beekeeping and gardening in rural Benfeita, Portugal
~ This spring we will be preparing our communal gardens, preparing and checking beehives, putting bee boxes up to catch swarms and do more tree planting on my new piece of land to turn it into a fruit yard. Also work on the house as this is a work ......
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Treehouse permaculture project near Castelo de vide in Portugal
In a lovely place with old cork trees and spring water, we living and try to building a small community as an Oasis for the next generation. I live with my 2 kids, Alice 12 and Olmo 10, some residents and volonteers, chickens, sheeps, dog and cats. ......
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Experience our sustainable off-grid life in Vila do Mato, Portugal
Sebastien is from France originally and lived in Switzerland then Indonesia where he met Felicity from Uk. We moved to Portugal 5+ years ago with our original cat Odin traveling around in a truck searching for the dreamland, we found it and now work ......
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Welcoming some help on our farm in Alentejo, Portugal
We are currently looking for one or two helpers to help us with several projects from the end of March 2024 onwards. Please note before accepting a position at our place we have 7yes 7 dogs which live in, yes live in the house with us. You must be ......
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Learn about permaculture with our family, surrounded by mountains in Gouveia, Portugal
We are a Portuguese couple with experience on permaculture and self-sufficient-living that in 2015 got 15ha of abundant land in a beautiful valley and an amazing community at the highest mountains inside the biggest natural park of our country. ......
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Creating a non-profit circus school and permaculture garden near Nazaré, Portugal
✨🎪WELCOME! 🎪✨ ⚡HELP US RECOVER FROM THE AFTERMATH OF STORM KRISTIN⚡ We are in the very beginning phases of creating a beautiful Circus School, Theatre and Permiculture Garden at the edge of a small Portugese Village. Out here it is a mix of hard ......
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Help at our place in a magical valley in a stunning part of the Algarve, Portugal
We are Jase & Kay,we are an English couple who escaped the Craziness in 2001 and decided to Travel the World with our 3 kids(all grown up now) and we run a project which has been evolving over the last 20 years.We arrived here with our family in our ......
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Connect with nature and learn about permaculture near Lisbon, Portugal
Born in Texas and I've been traveling around the world for 15 years. I’ve been fortunate enough to to visit 45 countries and lived on 6 continents. This all has been funded by a myriad of weird jobs along the way from combat soldier, gem dealer, ......
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Help us with gardening and explore beautiful Northern Portugal
Ola, I am Tracey living in the beautiful Minho region of Northern Portugal. I have a lovely home in a small village near the Geres Peneda national park. After many years of traveling and living in in different cultures around the world this is the ......
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Come and join us at our stunning eco off-grid escape in the Serra de Monchique area, Portugal
Hi there! *** Looking for immediate help after being let down by volunteers*** Regarding payment. We ONLY offer payment when we run retreats if we need a vegetarian cook for which we will pay in addition to board and lodging. To confirm that you ......
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Join us to restore and create a thriving habitat for wildlife in sunny Salguero do Campo, Portugal
We are Julian and Mardi & Steve , friends and owners of a small piece of paradise in central Portugal near Castello Branco. We are fortunate to own a few hectares of beautiful land and have two main objectives: rewilding and restoring the natural ......
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Restore soil, grow vegetables and manage the forest and infrastructure for self-sufficiency near Aljezur, Portugal
*Before you continue, we have a 4 week minimum stay* Hi I'm Nathaniel. My girlfriend Diana and I live on this little farm which has a very lucky location, with breath taking views to the highest Algarvian mountains, close to the beautiful beach of ......
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Help out around our botanique guesthouse by the sea in Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal
We have a large house with 8 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a large garden, its located in Cascais, with easy access to supermarkets, local shops, beaches, train station and bus terminal. There are several leisure options during your stay with us: - ......
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Join us and experience family life near Silves, Portugal
Hello! We are Lisa, Steve, and our two children, Molly and Sebastian. Alongside our theee rescue cats and numerous chickens. We left the rat race in the UK three years ago to pursue a simpler, more fulfilling lifestyle in the beautiful Algarve ......
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