Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Coimbra and Center, Portugal

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Experience off-grid life in central Portugal
Hi! My name is Kaegh. I am 36 and have recently bought an off-grid quinta in central Portugal. It is a lovely property and I live here with my animals and have a lot of projects that I would like to acheive. It is fully off-grid, so water comes ......
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Join a community based organic farming project in Campelo, Portugal
We are a vibrant, heart centered Christian family/community. We work, live and eat from abundant, organic gardens that are spread out below beautiful terraces, surrounded by a wonderful river with a waterfall and many secluded places to find peace ......
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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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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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Join me in creating a mini edible garden in a traditional village near Pedrógão Grande, Portugal
Hi WorkAwayers! Update(26/6/25): ************************************************************************* I am looking for someone to start immediately to help me in my garden building structures or on carpentry work. The land is 500m2 and I have ......
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Help to create a place of abundance and a healthy ecosystem in Sandomil, Portugal
The project is to create a place of abundance, a healthy ecosystem that thrives, where we have the time and space to put love into what we do. A space where gift economy is possible where we give our time because it is our wish and not because we ......
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Immerse yourself in a permaculture livestyle in Tábua, Portugal
Join us to be part of an abundant place with healthy food, eco-friendly designed buildings and positive mindset! We are Kasia (33) and Franz (40), living in Portugal since 2017 and during this time we have been mainly busy creating our 4ha ......
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Join our musical family and help with building, gardening and animals near the mountains of Serra da Estrela, Portugal
We are one of a few families living in a broad valley in the central Portuguese hills. Not far from Serra da Estrela, we are situated in the granite hills that central Portugal is known for. With oaks, willows, alders and ash as our main forest ......
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Explore natural off-grid living in the mountains in São Vicente da Beira, Portugal
!!UPDATE!! We, alongside many of our friends, were affected by the wildfires in the Serra da Gardunha. (August 2025) We now need more immediate help and will also be on the farm for the most part the coming months to rebuild. Fortunately the living ......
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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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Join us creating a soap studio in paradise, near Tomar Portugal
Hello! We are a family of three and we live at a lovely quinta close to Tomar. The quinta is work in progress, we live here with our boy of four years old, two dogs, chickens, goats, two terrace cats and lots of visitors on the edge of a tiny ......
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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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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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Off grid wild life farm near Sandomil, Central Portugal
A Unique Opportunity to Live Close to Nature in the Heart of Portugal 🌿 Looking for a lifestyle change? Slower pace, fresh air, real connection to the land and yourself? Join our off-grid farm in central Portugal – a peaceful, wild place full of ......
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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, ......
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Join us while living off-grid on a small quinta in the Serra do Açor region of central Portugal
**We need extra help after our land and infrastructure were damaged by wildfires and floods in the last months - get in touch if you'd like to come and lend a hand.** We are a family of six, originally from the UK. Since 2014, we have been living ......
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Creative rural non-profit project with animals, art and community life near Coimbra, central Portugal
My name is Carlota. I am a choreographer, costume designer, and scientific/nature illustrator and cooking for others is a very importante part of my life. My partner, Nuno, is a lighting designer and photographer. We are both 60 years old but we ......
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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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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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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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