Quinta da Meia Eira
Quinta da Meia Eira is a rural guesthouse in Horta, Faial Island, Azores, set on a 60,000 m² property facing the Atlantic Ocean, combining f…
Sustainable Tourism
Stays that give back: eco-resorts near Tavira, off-grid retreats in the Monchique hills, and revived schist villages like Cerdeira. Travel that leaves the place better.
Projects in this focus
OTSA – Observatório do Turismo Sustentável dos Açores
OTSA is the Sustainable Tourism Observatory of the Azores, a non-profit association founded in 2006 by the Regional Government, the Azores T…
Retiro Atlântico
Retiro Atlântico is the first glamping site on São Jorge Island, Azores, set within a certified organic farm featuring Europe's largest coll…
Sustainable tourism in Portugal
Tourism is a large part of the Portuguese economy and a large part of the pressure on its coast and water. The places listed here are trying to be the other kind: small, off-season as well as on, staffed locally, and built or restored rather than newly cleared.
They range from eco-resorts near Tavira to off-grid retreats in the Monchique hills to Cerdeira, a schist village in the Serra da Lousã brought back from abandonment as a place for craft and residency.
Staying somewhere that also farms, teaches or restores land is the simplest version of travelling well here. See also the eco-tourism and experiential learning, retreat centres and low-impact travel focuses. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.