Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Porto and North, Portugal

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Clear branches on our beautiful woodland garden in Arcos de Valdevez, Northern Portugal
We moved to this beautiful farm two years ago and have been working to open spaces to allow light into the fruit trees that were planted by a previous owner some years ago. We have plenty of trees, coppices and a vegetable garden as well as small ......
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Join our family in Portugal
🌿 2026 Projects Come Live, Work and Enjoy Life with Us! In 2026 we’re starting a new chapter full of exciting projects on our farm. We’ll be creating beautiful outdoor spaces for tents, cleaning and preparing the land, and helping with daily ......
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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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Join us at our new off-grid home along the Dão River near Viseu, Portugal
Come and join us at our new place in the heart of Portugal, right by the peaceful Dão River. We’ve just moved in an old Quinta and want to turn it into a co living paradise and meeting spot for good people. We are a three-generation family, living ......
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Join our small family in restoring our century old home in Alquerubim, Portugal
We live with four dogs and a cat on a property 20 minutes inland from Aveiro and just under an hour South of Porto. The house is over a hundred years old and is in need of restoring. Large iron gates need revitalising, windows and doors removed and ......
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Experience rural lifestyle at a watermill in Ponte de Lima, Portugal
Hi! I'm Mario, I spent 12 years working for a humanitarian aid organization in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. For the last couple of years I've been living in a small farm in Ponte de Lima together with a bunch of chickens, dogs, ......
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Experience village community life in Santa Cruz da Trapa, Portugal
Bom Dia! URGENT need. Workawayer + House minder December 5-- 28th... can stay longer. I'm Satya. Although native to New Zealand, I have lived all over the world and came to Portugal in 2022 looking for simplicity, deep connection to nature & ......
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Experience the lovely culture in Guimaraes, Portugal
Hello folks (: We are a English/Portuguese speaking family of 4 that live in the North of Portugal in the beautiful town of Guimarães , the city where Portugal was born. We live in a fairly big house with lots of room and space for the hosts to feel ......
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Gardening in the countryside in Minho, Portugal
Hello, My name is Alexandre from the beautiful french Alps , living now in the North of Portugal for about 6 years I had in mind to rebuilt an old stone house , We achieved this goal thanks to the volunteers energy and good mood Today, I need ......
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Learn about self-knowledge while supporting our holistic education in Braga, Portugal
We are an established education centre for children in the North of Portugal. Our aim is to provide our children with the best conditions to flourish into their unique potential. We want to teach them about life and what it means to be human. Our ......
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Contribute to our permaculture learning lab and eco-community in Sande, Porto-District, Northern Portugal
---{{IMPORTANT NOTE: Message us to receive our Volunteer Application Form}}--- Welcome! We are a growing permaculture living lab and eco-community stewarding 3.6 hectares of forest in northern Portugal. Our aim is to regenerate the land, support ......
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Discover mountain family life while exploring Cabril, Portugal
We are a small family living in the mountains of northern Portugal. Our home is surrounded by forest, stone terraces, water streams, and quiet nature. It is a peaceful place, but also remote, so the people who come here need to enjoy simple mountain ......
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Welcome to our little farm in Figueiredo das Donas, Portugal
Welcome to our little farm in Portugal🌿🐾 We are Titilayo (50) and Richy (55) from Hamburg, Germany. A few years ago we fulfilled our dream of a small farm in northern Portugal, and we’d love to share this adventure with you. Our family includes ......
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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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Learn Portuguese and enjoy the seaside in Apulia, Portugal
Hi I´m Diogo, I start my own project in Apulia. I live in a fishing village on the seafront with many closed or abandoned houses, I`m currently renovating some of them, making the place charming. The place is fantastic surrounded by nature on the ......
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Join us in reviving a stunning place in Castelões, Portugal
FOR WINTER 8 HOURS A WEEK FOR ACCOMODATION In December 2024 we moved to a beautiful 10hectacre quinta. The place is full of character and life, with a small forest, a vegetable garden, lots of fruit trees, green terraces, an abundance of water and ......
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Re-develop an old house in stone and a small cottage in wood near the city of Ponte de Lima, Portugal
Hello. I'm Detlev, a German French man who traveled the world from many countries, the Guyana jungle, Thailand, Nepal (NGO), Tahiti….. Five years ago I walked the Portuguese Camino (Lisbonne to Santiago). At the very north of Portugal I passed an ......
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Stay in my beautiful rural area and enjoy the forest in Pinheiro da Bemposta, Portugal
My house is a 15th century house located in a small village, Pinheiro da Bemposta, at 40 kilometers south of Porto, in Portugal. It has been renovated recently. I love the rural atmosphere of it. It has a land of 5 hectares, made of meadows and old ......
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Be part of a sustainable project in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
Olá and hello! We, Johannes and Claudia, warmly welcome you here, a unique place in the green north of Portugal. Here, we are building a sustainable project focused on self-sufficiency, permaculture, and living with nature since 2023. Our wish is 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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