Eco Life Experience
A sustainable eco-tourism and education platform in Sintra offering workshops, reconnection activities and eco-village experiences that prom…
Eco-Tourism & Experiential Learning
A wide way into this world: farm stays, revived schist villages like Cerdeira, educational estates like Quinta Vale da Lama, and off-grid retreats from the Serra de Monchique to the Azores. Travel that teaches, and gives back.
Projects in this focus
Portugal Farm Experience
Portugal Farm Experience is a tour platform that connects travellers with real farms across Portugal for hands-on activities such as fruit p…
Ericeira Tree Garden
A family-run agro-tourism project in Santo Isidoro, near Ericeira, with rooms and villas in quiet green countryside close to the sea. It bri…
Terra Alta Permaculture
Terra Alta Permaculture is an off-grid permaculture education and research centre in a protected valley near Sintra, Portugal. It runs immer…
Aldeia do Vale
Aldeia do Vale is an agroecological and permaculture project between Sintra and Mafra, Portugal, with courses, workshops and practical exper…
Biovilla Sustentabilidade
Biovilla Sustentabilidade is a sustainable development cooperative on the Herdade de Pinhal Basto in Palmela, combining nature tourism, sust…
Eco-tourism and experiential learning in Portugal
The difference between this and a holiday is that you leave knowing how something works. Keela Permaculture Farm in Beira Baixa, Quinta Alma in the Monchique hills and Parque de Natureza de Noudar are working projects first and places to stay second.
Some are farms that take guests, some are estates that teach, some are conservation areas that decided visitors were part of the mission. Quinta da Comenda has farmed organically near São Pedro do Sul for decades. Terramadome is seven hectares of experiment near Penamacor.
Ask before you book what the work of the week actually is; the good ones will tell you plainly. See also sustainable tourism, nature-based learning and workshops and trainings. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.