Aldeias do Xisto
Aldeias do Xisto is a territorial network of 28 schist villages in central Portugal, managed by ADXTUR, offering sustainable tourism, nature…
Education & Eco-tourism
Places where you learn by staying: the educational programmes of Novas Descobertas, the edible botanical garden Orchard of Flavours, and revived villages like Cerdeira in the Serra da Lousã. Workshops, nature-based learning and tourism that gives more than it takes.
Projects in this theme
Bambual Editora Portugal
Bambual Editora Portugal is a Portuguese publishing house focused on books about regeneration, sustainability, ancestral wisdom and alternat…
Inland Portugal
Inland Portugal is a licensed travel agency offering soulful, small-group journeys through Portugal's rural interior, connecting travelers w…
Casa das Palmeiras
Casa das Palmeiras is a sustainable rural tourism farmhouse in Gandufe, Mangualde, featuring a pedagogical farm, animal-assisted experiences…
Sterna - Aveiro Ria Tours & Birdwatching
Sterna is a nature tourism company operating solar-powered, silent boat tours and birdwatching experiences across the Ria de Aveiro. It comb…
Isatour Ecotourism
Isatour is a Biosphere-certified rural accommodation and tourism activity provider located in Adsamo, Vouzela, within the Vouga-Caramulo Nat…
Sementes - Núcleo de Capacitação Pessoal e Comunitária
Sementes is a Centre for Support to Home Education (Centro de Apoio ao Ensino Doméstico) in Torres Novas, Portugal, offering a regenerative,…
Pé Descalço
Pé Descalço is a nature-based learning center in Porto de Mós, Portugal, offering school visits, traditional workshops, weekly community gat…
Quinta das Relvas
Quinta das Relvas is a non-profit NGO based on a historic farm in Branca, Portugal, dedicated to non-formal education in Arts and Sustainabi…
Terramadome
Terramadome is a 7-hectare organic and experimental farm near Penamacor, Beira Baixa, offering eco-friendly self-built accommodations, works…
Quinta do Vale da Páscoa (Ecoaldeia do Vale)
Quinta do Vale da Páscoa is a sustainable luxury B&B and working farm in Póvoa de Midões, Tábua, central Portugal, blending eco-accommodatio…
Cerdeira - Home for Creativity
Cerdeira - Home for Creativity is a revived historic schist village in Serra da Lousã offering EU Eco-Label-certified accommodation, arts an…
Terra Verde
Terra Verde is a lovingly restored 150-year-old historic manor set on 60 hectares in Central Portugal, offering retreats, workshops, creativ…
Learning and eco-tourism in Portugal
The projects here teach by having you turn up. Some run formal courses; others simply put you in a place where the thing is being done and let you help.
Novas Descobertas runs educational programmes. The Orchard of Flavours is an edible botanical garden you can walk through. Cerdeira, a schist village in the Serra da Lousã brought back from near-abandonment, houses workshops and residencies. Between them sit farm stays, skill workshops, school programmes and documentary work.
Use the focus filter for sustainable tourism, workshops and trainings, eco-tourism and experiential learning, nature-based learning, community education, sustainability in schools, DIY skills and guides, online courses and resources, and storytelling and documentaries. Dates for anything running soon are on our events calendar rather than here, this page lists the projects, the calendar lists what they have coming up.