AlmaOhana
AlmaOhana is a cooperative community near Odemira, Portugal, that has spent years developing a homestead across two plots totalling over 88 …
Ecovillage
Quinta do Vale da Páscoa in central Portugal and communities like Loura show different stages of ecovillage life. In both, living together and reducing resource use are part of the same project.
Projects in this focus
Mosaic Village
Mosaic Village is a regenerative village and relational research centre near Odemira, Portugal, on 20 hectares of Alentejano hills, combinin…
Sete Fontes
Sete Fontes is a 15-hectare off-grid permaculture project near Portalegre, Portugal, founded by Michel Siebenaller and Isabel Valente and no…
Vila Akoya
A tiny house village, glamping site and eco-campsite on the river Mira in southern Alentejo, combining permaculture, creative arts and commu…
Tribodar
An eco-village in its early stages and a retreat centre in Nisa, Alentejo, offering eco-retreats, Kundalini yoga, agroforestry workshops and…
PurposeFlow Living
PurposeFlow Living is a regenerative living community and retreat centre in Pavia, Alentejo, Portugal, working on ecological restoration, we…
Traditional Dream Factory (TDF)
Traditional Dream Factory is turning a former poultry factory in Abela, Alentejo into a regenerative village that combines co-living, syntro…
A Quinta da Lage
A Quinta da Lage is an off-grid regenerative farm and intentional community in the South West Alentejo coastal natural park, offering co-liv…
Tamera
Tamera is an international peace research and education centre founded in 1995 in Odemira, Alentejo, Portugal, where over 160 residents live…
Neos Life
Neos Life is a visionary village and retreat project on 1,000 acres in the Alentejo region of Portugal, developing an intentional community …
Ecovillages in Portugal
Portugal has a long ecovillage history, shaped partly by ideas about community and partly by access to rural land. Some are decades old; others are still taking shape.
Quinta do Vale da Páscoa sits in the centre of the country. Loura is one of the newer communities still taking shape. What they have in common is that housing, food, water and decision-making are treated as one question rather than four.
Most publish their visiting terms (an open day, a work week, a trial period) on their own pages. If you are weighing up a move rather than a visit, the intentional communities and cooperatives focuses sit alongside this one. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.