Toca do Coelho
Toca do Coelho is a small open community farm and creative sanctuary in the hills near Alferce, in the Algarve, built on permaculture, self-…
Intentional Communities
From Tamera's decades-old peace research village to Traditional Dream Factory's regenerative village-in-the-making, Portugal is a European hub for intentional community. Most welcome visitors, volunteers and new members.
Projects in this focus
Noma Village
Noma Village is a coliving and coworking space in Lagos, Algarve, for conscious digital nomads and remote workers looking for community, coa…
Cristaland Lagos
Cristaland Lagos is a conscious eco-community and event centre in the Algarve, Portugal, built around sustainable living, wellbeing and comm…
Vegoa
Vegoa is a platform and registered association promoting sustainable, ethical and vegan living through community-building. Its flagship proj…
Nature of Life Foundation
The Nature of Life Foundation, registered in the Netherlands, is building a regenerative intergenerational community and educational ecosyst…
Essência Nature Retreat
Essência is an off-grid, plant-based eco-village and healing centre in Aljezur, southern Portugal, with retreats, community living and natur…
O Cais - Eco Loja - Café - Comida
O Cais is an eco café, sustainable shop and community space in a 1765 building in Silves, beside the old Roman bridge. It serves plant-based…
Intentional communities in Portugal
An intentional community is a group of people who chose each other and wrote down how they will live together. In Portugal that covers a very wide range: Tamera in the Alentejo has been running peace and water research for decades, while Traditional Dream Factory is building a regenerative village around remote work and shared ownership.
The practical questions are the same everywhere (who owns the land, how decisions get made, what happens when someone leaves) and every community answers them differently. Reading the answers is most of the work of choosing one.
Project pages show whether a community takes visitors, volunteers or new members. Start with the project pages here, then look at the ecovillage and cooperatives focuses for the neighbouring models. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.