Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Help at our animal welfare association on a farm in Sabóia, Portugal
Hello! We are a German family living on a farm in southern Portugal. Steffi and Marko are around 60 years old and live with 10 dogs on part of our very large property. Next door lives our daughter Pia (33) with her little daughter Ivy (4). We ......
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Join us in the plant nursery and our house and plot with animals in the Algarve, Portugal
Our small farm in Algarve/Portugal is situated near Faro with cats, dogs and chicken. Help is needed with plants e.g. Frangipanis (weeding, repotting etc) and the house and the plot (painting, cleaning, cutting bushes and trees). We can offer a nice ......
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Join us at our vegan animal sanctuary in Palmela, Portugal
URGENTLY LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR MAY - 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 ......
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Join us and our dogs at an animal rescue on the Algarve, Portugal
Come and help an animal rescue and protection association in the South-West Algarve, Portugal -- Our current availability for 2026 is below. As people's plans sometimes change, so this changes and it is updated regularly. Large Caravan for up to 2 ......
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Join our family and help us with horse handling in Sao Teotonio, Portugal
We are a family living in the sw alentejo, costa vicentina, working in 3 different fields: -Horsetraining / Horsetrails -pedagogical work w. teenagers and also medical mushrooms in the winter season. Our ranch is 12km from the ocean in the middle of ......
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House and farm sitting on my little farm in the Distrikt Portalegre, Alentejo, Portugal
Hello altogether 🌞 Who has time and feels addresse I urgently need help to tidy up the garden, plant things, and also make the chicken run escape-proof 😜! I'm living here in the Alto Alentejo since fife years – live my dream of a free life in the ......

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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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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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Help with collaborative projects and pet sitting in a green valley in Central Portugal
I am still settling into my new house. Gardening and lots of small DIY chores that cannot be done by local professionals. You need absolutely skills for chopping kindling and sawing and stacking firewood. The last bits of indoor painting when the ......
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Help with pet sitting in Porto, Portugal
This workaway is available just for one person Someone who is a dog lover, specially if has a dog himself, since I’ve a dog I'm Andreia, 35 yo, I studied social work among other things. In the past few years I have been working as a flight ......
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Help welcome at our dog shelter in a beautiful, mountainous and authentic part of the Eastern Algarve, Portugal
My husband & I moved to the Algarve in October 2016. Our home is situated within 5 acres of land. We run a registered dog shelter that also has charitable status. We love the workaway scheme which enables us to meet some truly amazing people and to ......

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Help at an animal shelter in Alentejo, Portugal
I, Evelyn, have been living here in Portugal for 12 years. 10 years ago, after almost 15 years of animal welfare experience abroad, I started doing animal welfare here as well. Twelve Years ago I moved to Portugal. Ten years ago I started with my ......
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Help welcome at our sanctuary for senior and handicapped dogs in Catrâo, Central Portugal
Hello, my name is Irene and I have a Sanctuary, a non-profit organization, for senior dogs, dogs who are sick and need extra care, and dogs with a handicap. We also have other animals; horses, cat Simba, goat Max, and chickens. It all started in ......

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Help with animals on a small farm by the sea, Sintra, Portugal
Small farm by the sea, with horses, pigs, dog, cats and other animals, it is also a bed and breakfast house for guests but not all year round. close access to three surfing beaches
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Beautify forests on an animal retreat in Almeida, Portugal
Clear bushes ✂️ , prune trees 🌳 and draw your own artworks on large outside walls 🎨 in a nearly wild mountain with an amazing view ⛰. You'll be doing the groundwork for the land to beautify itself, for the forest to grow healthy and, most ......

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Transformative experience at our animal sanctuary in Paredes de Coura, Portugal
Nestled in the countryside of Northern Portugal, is a refuge for animals in need. It is a non-profit NGO which is also a sanctuary for wild flora through the tireless work of Ivone, who manages the small organic farm and agroforestry project. We are ......
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Care for foster dogs and join me at my new home in Alfarelos, Portugal
I am English, a retired teacher and have just moved to a house in Alfarelos, Portugal. It needs a lot of work and there will will be builders around working on the exterior from September onwards so I shall need help with my FIVE dogs and generally ......
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Activities with rescue horses and dogs in beautiful Alentejo, Portugal
A non-profit organization We take care of the rescue animals ( horses and Dogs) in Portugal close to Evora Goal and vision of the organization is: • We rescue animals, especially horses that are mentally, physically damaged, no longer welcome to ......
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Dog-sitting in Sagres, a small surfers paradise in the Algarve, Portugal
My name is Zara i live in Sagres, Portugal ,where i have a small quiet guesthouse. sagres is a small surf town, where the sun shines 365 days a year.
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Forestry, organic gardening and donkey love in Troviscais, Portugal
Hello everybody, So my place is a quiet place in a wild natural environment . For summer 25 most of the work will be involved around the gardens and living spaces, besides that there's also light forestry , which includes chopi'dropi, shredding ......