Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Experience community, nature & wellness in Pardieiros, in the Portuguese Mountains
Imagine waking up each day in the heart of the Portuguese mountains, central Portugal, surrounded by lush nature, birdsong, and the quiet rhythm of the land. If you’re seeking a Workaway adventure that brings you back to balance and deeper ......
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Experience family life in the peaceful rural village of Tondela in Central Portugal
We’re a young family of three living, with our two friendly dogs, Winston and Fred. Our home sits on 1.2 acres of land, just a 10-minute drive from the nearest town, so it’s the perfect mix of countryside calm and easy access to amenities. After ......
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Join and relax in a family organic place, near Serra da Estrela, Portugal
We are a couple (Daniel and Reut) with our children (9 month, 4 yo and 6yo). Living in a beautiful land in the center of portugal. We invite you to join us for a while, enjoy the beautiful and peaceful farm life. And learn a bit about permaculture. ......
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Join us out at our family quinta with varied projects near Tomar, central Portugal
Welcome….. Hi, I am Janine , my partner Terry both originally from the UK, we have two boys of 11 and 12yrs old and we live on a Quinta (tiny farm) in central Portugal next to the country's second biggest lake Castello Do Bode. We own 2 acres of ......
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Help with some outdoor planting projects and join our family near Castelo Novo, Portugal
We are a couple with 2 daughters. Our move to the country side serves the purpose of having a new experience. Although we continue to work remotely, we are developing our knowledge about gardening, farming and land care. In a near future we also ......
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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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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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Join our family and share knowledge in beautiful Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
Hello :) We are Madeleine (35), Felix (32), Ayla (5) and Emil (2). Madeleine is originally from The Netherlands, Felix from Austria. We enjoy being outdoors and creating beautiful things. Felix works as a carpenter and is passionate about creating ......
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Straw bale house in Castelo Branco, Central Portugal
We are a couple of travellers who decided to settle down in Portugal, we live in a straw bale house. We bought a land, that had been neglected for many years, we are trying to restore it, clear it, finish off our house and take care of our animals ......
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Stay close to the ocean at our off-the-grid land with horses, dogs & cats in Ovar, Portugal
Hi, we are Carine (the Netherlands) and Ricardo (Portugal) and we are aiming to live an off-grid life at the coast in the north of Portugal. Our land lies between the Aveiro lagoon and the Atlantic ocean in a forest that ends at the beach. We live ......
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Help us create our very own small holding farm in Monchique , Portugal
We are an English family living in Portugal, and we have an idea to create a small holding farm with as much ecological input as we can implement with intent to improve as it rolls along. We are in the early stage of this project and are looking ......
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Join us at our new off-grid home along the Dão River near Lugar da Costa, Portugal
Come and join us in the heart of Portugal, We live on a Quinta that used to be a hidden camping spot, surrounded by forest with the river running through our gardens. When we first arrived, the place was quite overgrown and felt almost forgotten. ......
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Learn about rural life and help all round on our quinta up in the Magic Mountains, Arcozelo das Maias, Portugal
Hi there! We are Annemiek, Martijn and young daughter Nelli, a family from the Netherlands that moved to Portugal four years ago to start a new, more quiet life in the countryside surrounded by nature. To pursue this dream we are renovating a ......
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Help us create a more sustainable life between Caldas da Raina and Óbidos, Portugal
Hi there! We are a Traditional portuguese family of 5 vegetarians, Tiago, Joana, and three little kids. Plus 1 cat, few hens and 4 goats. We are trying to live a sustainable life, so we bought a piece of land between Caldas da Raina and Óbidos, ......
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Enjoy creating a relaxed, communal atmosphere near Tomar, Portugal
*** LAST MINUTE SPACE AVAILABLE*** Hello, I’m Annie, a retiree living in Pai Cabeça, a small village near the historic town of Tomar. My home sits on the edge of a forest and is within walking distance of the beautiful Castelo do Bode lake. My ......
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Experience off-grid living and permaculture in the Guadiana valley, Portugal
You want to slow down, listen to birds and bees whilst doing something lasting for the planet? Come and join us! We are an English-German couple living on a small off-the-grid farm near Serpa in the Guadiana river valley. Our focus is on ......
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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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Enthusiastic person interested in joining our place near Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal
We have land / a small farm (quinta) near to Oliveira do hospital, we are in need of help , from land clearing, gardening - we grow as much of our own vegetables that we can year round, small building projects, wood chopping for winter, along with a ......
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Join a natural permaculture and foodforest project in Quelfes, Algarve, Portugal
We are a Belgian couple living in a beautiful Quinta in Portugal. We found an old Portuguese farmhouse in 2014, in Quelfes, not far from Olhao, east of Faro, finished renovating but extending cultures and trying to improve continuously our ......
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River beaches, olive groves and schist villages
HELLO!! We, Cami and Iain, moved to Portugal 6 years ago on a whim, spending all our long-saved travelling money to buy this piece of land with 200 dead blackened trees, a burned out Toyota, and a ruin with four walls and not much else. Today the ......
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