Marruge Ecovillage
Marruge Ecovillage is a rural regeneration project in a schist village in the Caramulo Mountains, blending regenerative agriculture, bioclim…
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
Vale Ondula
A permaculture living lab and eco-community on 3.6 hectares of forest in Sande, Northern Portugal. Two families and their volunteers are bui…
Pure Portugal
Pure Portugal is a rural property listing platform with over 20 years behind it, connecting buyers with private sellers of quintas, smallhol…
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.