Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Portugal

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Join us at a vegan animal sanctuary in Palmela, Portugal
LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR FEBRUARY and the months after 🌱 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 ......
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Wild swimming and off-grid adventure near Oliveria do Hospital, Portugal
Are looking for a longer term escape in nature- back to basics, un-plug from the world and re-connect to your wilder side - or maybe you are interested in a taste of living off grid and what it really means! (we ask for a mimimum two week stay, but ......
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Off-grid Fablab and a food forest in Barão de São João, Lagos, Portugal
Who we are We are a non-commercial, not-for-profit initiative, building a FabLab within a once-abandoned farm. Our goal is to create a place where thinkers, artists, makers, and farmers come together to learn, share, and create. This is not a ......
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Caring for land and re-imagining education in North Alentejo, Portugal
I am myself an ecosystem, creating, discovering and practicing collaborative and regenerative ways of Being. As well a Creator, a mature age Woman and a Mother. Im weaving this possibility of shared Land Guardianship in togethernesses, while ......
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Join my sustainable home and garden in Funchal, Portugal
I am a Wendy, a retired English woman who used to work with the homeless and other disadvantaged people in the UK . I moved to Madeira last year to live a simpler more sustainable life , and escape from the toxic politics of our times and meet new ......
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Refit a sailboat to conduct marine research in Faro, Portugal
UPDATE: we are looking for three workawayers from approximately 15 March - 7 April in Faro, Portugal. We'll try to answer every message, please forgive delays as we are quite busy and receive many requests. Thanks for your understanding 😊 *** We ......
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Community Living, Nature restoration, Personal Development with Radical and Conscious Responsibility, Alentejo, Portugal
This is more than just a regenerative project; it is a dynamic and evolving rotational community space that bridges ecological stewardship, personal growth, and community living. Nestled in the Alentejo region, we are situated in one of Europe’s ......
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Food forest, reforestation project and small permaculture farm in Aljezur, Portugal
Some people wonder why I do the things I do. I wonder why they don't. Hello! Thank you for visiting my profile. I’m Dirk, living in this beautiful part of South Portugal since a couple of years. I am a vegetarian, non-smoker, 60 years old and ......
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Join an off-grid project while exploring Sabugal, Portugal
About me: Hello! My name is Carlos, I'm 47 and I'm portuguese. I grew up in a city close to Lisbon, went to college in Lisbon to study computer sciences and I started to work as a programmer. 6 years later I started to feel meaningless and took a ......
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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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Stay in a little village just outside Lagos near beautiful beaches in Algarve, Portugal
I have a beautiful villa in the western algarve. I am in a little village just outside Lagos. 6 minute drive to the beach. Lovely walks, two cafes within walking distance and on the bus routes. Multiple beautiful beaches surround us as well as ......
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Family permaculture farm and home in Valença, Portugal
We are a family (Portuguese & German couple with three kids (13, 6, and 3 years old) living on a small Farmland right at the St. James Way (Camino de Santiago). The next town, 6km away from us, is Valença do Minho. We are also only half an hour ......
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Rural life in a passivhaus, sustainability, permaculture and more in Nelas, Portugal
My parents are Portuguese Imigrantes and we moved back to my origins 8 years ago. I moved here with my husband and 2 small children, we bought an old stone property with land and are creating the first ever Passivhaus in our area (there aren't many ......
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Enjoy the stunning wild coasts and get creative in sunny Alentejo, Portugal
Update January 2026 I'm looking for volunteers, single, couples (with a child) also welcome. I would love to host some dedicated people who carry love for living beeings and earth in their hearts and some skills in their hands. The land is still in ......
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Learn about permaculture and living off-grid in São Teotónio, Portugal
Welcome to a Creative, Off-Grid Project in Rural Portugal Hi! We’d like to welcome you to our beautiful place, where life is guided by nature, creativity, and connection. We make music, write poetry, create art, and explore sustainable living. Over ......
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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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Aupair opportunity on offgrid organic farm in the Magic Mountains of Sul, Portugal
Hello! Join our welcoming family on our beautiful, wild farm near São Pedro do Sul, Portugal! We are currently finishing the DIY renovation of our home and looking for an au pair to be a part of our daily lives. **About Us:** We are François, ......
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Join and relax in a family organic place, near Serra da Estrela, Portugal
👫Who we are? We are a couple (Daniel and Reut) with our children (2 month, 3 yo and 5 yo). 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 ......
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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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Help with my pets at my cozy home while enjoying the Algarve coast in Portimão, Portugal
Hey! I’m Miguel, born in Portugal, in my thirties, splitting my time between Lisbon and the Algarve. Whenever I can, I escape back to Portimão: sunny weather, beach days, coastal trails… it’s where I feel most alive. I live in a traditional Algarve ......
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