Monte do Aniche Eco Farm
Monte do Aniche Eco Farm is an off-grid, community-oriented permaculture project in rural Alentejo, Portugal, combining sustainable farming,…
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
Mosaic Village
Mosaic Village is a regenerative village and relational research centre near Odemira, Portugal, combining land stewardship, permaculture and…
Eco Vale Feridouro
Eco Vale Feridouro is a collective living in Feridouro, Águeda, dedicated to holistic regeneration of land, people and ecosystems around the…
Terra de Paz
Terra de Paz is a community-building initiative creating a new model of rural village in Portugal for 20–40 families, rooted in ecological f…
The Riverside Community
The Riverside Community is a grassroots family project in Central Portugal dedicated to land restoration, eco-building, and creating a self-…
Awakened Life Project (Quinta da Mizarela)
The Awakened Life Project is an evolutionary spiritual community, permaculture farm, and educational hub located at Quinta da Mizarela, a re…
Sete Fontes
Sete Fontes is a 15-hectare off-grid permaculture project near Portalegre, Portugal, founded by Michel Siebenaller and Isabel Valente, now e…
Mount of Oaks
Mount of Oaks (Monte dos Carvalhos) is a small, self-organising intentional community and permaculture farm on 5 hectares of terraced land n…
Eco Aldeia PERMALOGICA
Eco Aldeia PERMALOGICA is a family-led eco-project in Tábua, Portugal, working toward becoming a permaculture-based intentional community. I…
Ecoaldeia Silverto
Ecoaldeia Silverto is a rural co-housing and regenerative agroforestry project in Paredes de Coura, northern Portugal, combining a partly re…
Spirala Ecovillage
Spirala Ecovillage is a regenerative camping site and eco-hub in the Castelo Branco District of Portugal, offering community living, worksho…
O Fojo Permaculture | Integral Education Center
O Fojo is a pioneering permaculture project in central Portugal, founded in 2009, now evolving into an Integral Education Center offering co…
Vila Akoya
Vila Akoya is a tiny house village, glamping site and eco-campsite in southern Alentejo, Portugal, blending permaculture, creative arts and …
Nowhere Desk
Nowhere Desk is a rural coworking and co-living space in a stone farmhouse in Arcos de Valdevez, northern Portugal, combining remote work wi…
Rewild the Future
Rewild the Future is an off-grid community and education hub in a forest valley in central Portugal, focused on ecological restoration, Mont…
Folha Verde / Benfeita Ecozone
Folha Verde is a bilingual natural education project and intentional eco-community of over 270 people nestled in the mountains of Benfeita, …
Tribodar
Tribodar is an emerging eco-village and retreat centre in Nisa, Alentejo, offering eco-retreats, Kundalini yoga, agroforestry workshops, and…
Vale Ondula
Vale Ondula is a permaculture living lab and eco-community stewarding 3.6 hectares of forest in Sande, Northern Portugal. Two families, toge…
Aldeia Inclusiva
Aldeia Inclusiva is a non-profit association in Monção, Portugal, building a rural, nature-based community where people with disabilities ca…
Loural Ecovillage
Loural Ecovillage is a sustainable community and retreat centre located in Colmeal, Góis, Portugal, working towards food and energy self-suf…
Ananda Kalyani
Ananda Kalyani is an intentional community and Master Unit located in the Serra da Estrela region of central Portugal, founded in 2010 acros…
Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso
Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso (UDCB) is a local association in northeastern Portugal dedicated to protecting the environment, heritag…
Planetiers
Planetiers is a global ecosystem and active community based in Lisbon, Portugal, connecting sustainable solutions with organizations and ter…
Arambha Eco Village
Arambha Eco Village is a permaculture project and intentional community on Madeira Island, Portugal, founded in 2019, combining regenerative…
Sat Village
Sat Village is a small conscious eco-community being developed near Sintra and Ericeira, Portugal, rooted in sustainability, intentional liv…
The Hide PT
The Hide PT is a co-living and retreat centre nestled in a secluded valley near Oleiros, Central Portugal, offering a nurturing space for cr…
Four Trees
Four Trees is a 1.5-hectare farm retreat in the Alentejo region of Portugal offering co-living, co-working, retreats, workshops, and long-te…
Live With Earth
Live With Earth is a Portuguese non-profit association active since 2012 and formally founded in 2017, based at the Eco Campus Torres Vedras…
Vida em Transição
Vida em Transição is a family-run eco-project nestled in the village of Esculca, Serra do Açor, central Portugal, dedicated to conscious liv…
Servivo
SerVivo is a co-living community and event venue nestled in the Natural Park of Arrábida near Palmela, Portugal, dedicated to human developm…
PurposeFlow Living
PurposeFlow Living is a regenerative living community and retreat centre nestled in the wild heart of the Alentejo, Portugal, dedicated to e…
Traditional Dream Factory (TDF)
Traditional Dream Factory is transforming a former poultry factory in Portugal's Alentejo into a regenerative village combining co-living, s…
Pure Portugal
Pure Portugal is a values-led rural property listing platform with over 20 years of experience, connecting buyers and private sellers of qui…
A Quinta da Lage
A Quinta da Lage is an off-grid regenerative farm and intentional community nestled in the coastal natural park of South West Alentejo, Port…
Toca do Coelho
Toca do Coelho is a small open community farm and creative sanctuary nestled in the hills of the Algarve near Alferce, Southern Portugal, bu…
Noma Village
Noma Village is a coliving and coworking space in Lagos, Algarve, designed for conscious digital nomads and remote workers seeking community…
Cristaland Lagos
Cristaland Lagos is a conscious eco-community and event centre nestled in the Algarve, Portugal, dedicated to sustainable living, holistic w…
Tamera
Tamera is an international peace research and education centre founded in 1995 in Odemira, Alentejo, Portugal, where over 160 residents live…
Vegoa
Vegoa is a platform and registered association promoting sustainable, ethical, and vegan living through intentional community-building, with…
Nature of Life Foundation
Nature of Life Foundation is a Dutch-registered foundation building a regenerative intergenerational community and educational ecosystem at …
Living the Life Portugal
Living the Life Portugal is a family-run quinta near Figueiró dos Vinhos where Tom, Ros, and their children share their home, skills, and kn…
Essência Nature Retreat
Essência is an off-grid, plant-based eco-village and holistic healing centre nestled in the natural landscape of Aljezur, southern Portugal,…
O Cais - Eco Loja - Café - Comida
O Cais is an eco café, sustainable shop, and community space located in a historic 1765 building in Silves, Portugal, serving plant-based fo…
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 …
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.