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

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Enjoy a nice time at our home and support our art residency near Porto, Portugal
I am a Portuguese living with our two kids Tilda and Ivo at a wonderful place close to Porto. Architect born in Porto, I lived and work in Paris and Berlin for 10 years. Together with my family we decided to dive into a new adventure here ......
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Become a part of a non-profit agroforestry project and enjoy the stunning nature of Rubiães, Portugal
Come and spend your days on 1.5 hectares of young food forest near Paredes de Coura, in northern Portugal in exchange for you 3 hours a day. Help and get your hands in the soil and learn about food forest design. This is our way of facing the many ......
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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, close to the Dão River. We live on a Quinta that used to be a hidden camping spot, surrounded by forest with the river just nearby. When we first arrived, the place was quite overgrown and almost ......
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Join our family and share knowledge in beautiful Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
Hello :) We are Madeleine (35), Felix (31), Ayla (4) 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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Be part of our off grid organic farm and experience rural living in the Magic Mountains of Sul, Portugal
Hello! We are François, Suzie & family and we are excited to welcome motivated volunteers to our project in the Magic Mountains of Portugal. If you like working hard, have dedication & skill, and are looking for an awesomely rewarding ......
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Become part of an agroforestry project while enjoying surf and nature in Vilar de Mouros, Portugal
Dear community, We’re a young couple who chose a path rooted in simplicity, practical skills, sustainability, and building something real with our own hands. In the quiet hills of northern Portugal, we’re transforming an old place from the ground ......
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Relax and host our friends in northern Portugal
We are a family (myself David, my sister Dominique and our mom Maria) trying to manage a big piece of land just by ourselves. We host people and friends all year long but summer is too busy for us to manage and I (David) live in Spain so I can't ......
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Join our small family in restoring our century old home in Alquerubim, Portugal
We live with five dogs, cat and 3 chickens 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 ......
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Help with organic family farm project in Bragança, Portugal
We are Pedro and Nádia that started this agriculture project in 2012 when we returned to Pedro's birth town (Bragança) and wanted to revive the abandoned family lands. Our family grew last years and we have with us Afonso (born in 2013) and Gaspar ......
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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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Transforming an old vineyard into an Art yard, organic garden and food forest in Cinfaes, Portugal
Quinta Floresta is a project in the North of Portugal in the Vale do Bestanca, Douro Verde Region. The Land is in a mountainous valley with regrown natural forests and wild creeks. Help to transform the hectar of terraced land into a food ......
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Join our family and learn about sustainable living on our farm near Amarante, Portugal
Hi! We’re Guido, Elisah, our daughter, and a bunch of animals 🐴🐓🐶. In 2026, we’re starting a new chapter on our farm and are looking for a cheerful volunteer who loves being outdoors, caring for animals, helping and assisting with cooking and light ......
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Join us to support an international coliving and art residency surrounded by nature in Braga, Portugal
Volunteer Exchange + Creative Residency Programs 🎨 In a world that never stops, we forgot something simple: we’re not here only to produce — we’re here to create. We are a creative space in nature, near Braga, where artists, creators, and curious ......
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Garden and house near Vila nova de Cerveira, Portugal
Writer. North Portugal. Love the village. Write and work. Funny. Like to work by myself and with people. Read a lot and love to listento lives stories of people I meet. i am a journalist for the last 35 years and a writer of 11 books .
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Experience life among our permaculture projects and animals near Aveiro in Portugal
We are a Portuguese couple living on a small farm in Pinheiro, Albergaria, Aveiro district, surrounded by beautiful forest and nature. We share our home with many animals, and caring for them is a big part of our life. Our farm is not a business, ......
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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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Cultural exchange and daily life near the village of Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
Hello, I'm Eric, a french man who traveled the world from the amazonas jungle to the high seas. Three years ago I walked the portuguese camino. At the very north of Portugal I passed an overgrown plot of land with an old mill on it and a river going ......
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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, 3 ......
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Help at our off-grid Quinta in Sátão, Portugal
Help needed from april on!!! We are finishing an earthbag house, cultivating a big veggie and herbal garden, cleaning our land, ... For the moment we need help to collect stones for a floor, rendering a house with clay, gardening, cleaning the land ......

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Come and join me in this magical valley, Sao Pedro Do Sul, North Portugal
**Currently away taking time for myself - looking for land / house sitters all of Summer 2026 (May-September) to water trees - must be able to commit to long periods at least a few months** Hey folks, I have a solid little stone house nestled in a ......