Instituto Português de Ecopsicologia - Alma Gaia
Instituto Português de Ecopsicologia (IPEP - Alma Gaia) is a clinic and training centre near Palmela, Setúbal, offering nature-based psychot…
Health & Wellbeing
Wellbeing rooted in land and community: retreats like Naturalmente in the Algarve hills, regenerative sanctuaries like Animame, and conscious venues like Awakeland. Herbalism, whole-person care and the quiet health benefits of simply being in nature.
Two Portuguese health units start prescribing walks and classesFrom October, family doctors near Porto can refer patients to exercise classes and cultural activities in much the way they prescribe medicine. In Barcelos, a trial is adding walks, aqua aerobics and two therapy dogs to treatment for depression.
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Projects
Ceratonia Gardens
Ceratonia Gardens is a herbal centre for healing and education in São Bartolomeu de Messines, Algarve, founded by medical herbalist Daisy Ma…
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WAKESEED
WAKESEED is a Lisbon association dedicated to personal and community sustainability. It combines human development, health and wellbeing pra…
Forests 4 Health
Forests4health is a Portuguese corporate wellbeing initiative based in Oeiras. It combines forest bathing (Shinrin-Yoku), the Finnish Forest…
Ninho do Guarda-Rios
Ninho do Guarda-Rios is a living sanctuary in the central Algarve offering horse-assisted embodiment and heart coherence sessions.
Naturalmente Retreat
Naturalmente Retreat sits near Alte, in the Central Algarve, Portugal, and runs immersive programmes on stress recovery, authentic connectio…
Over the Edge Farm
Over the Edge Farm is a 30-hectare off-grid eco-retreat in the Alentejo, southern Portugal, combining natural horsemanship, essential oil di…
Awakeland Portugal
Awakeland Portugal is a reforestation project and conscious event venue at the foothills of the Monchique mountains in the Algarve. It runs …
Barão de São João hosts free three-day walking and art festival in November
Cyanotype, botanical printing and pyrography workshops sit alongside the walks, and the village itself becomes the gallery for a trail of artworks.
Miguel Torga Institute and Bussaco Forest Foundation team up on forest therapy research
A Coimbra higher-education institute and one of Portugal's best-known forests are about to test what time among the trees does for people.
Historic Douro spa to reopen this year after €4m revamp
Abandoned for years beside the Douro, a historic spa once compared to Paris is getting a second life.
Portugal-Spain hospital sustainability project holds closing event in Portimão
After three years of cross-border work, Portuguese and Spanish health officials gather in Portimão to share what they found.
Mirandela to build five climate shelters against extreme heat
Summer heat near 50ºC and winter cold of minus five pushed one council to act first in the region.
Bussaco forest named first therapeutic forest in Iberia
A 105-hectare forest with 250 tree species just earned a title held by only five other sites in Europe.
Events
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Hands-on in the Solar Test Field & Garden
A 12-day hands-on programme at Tamera combining garden and solar test field work with community-building activities like Forum, focused on regenerative living and energy autonomy.
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A Farmácia da Horta
💚 A Farmácia da Horta - Theoretical and practical workshop 💚 💚 Bring a few jars, as we'll be making some home remedies with medicinal plants, with a focus on the autumn/winter season 💚 We'll also be tasting some herbal infusions 💚 With: Filomena Aivado (Hortas Ecológicas) 💚 Sign up here https://forms.gle/NtGXSrDGpdwd6NYU9 💚 You can also contact us at: insc.hortaseco@gmail.com 968165997 (Filomena) 💚 We invite you to look at the vegetable garden with fresh eyes 💚 For us, more than a place of production of…
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FLAME – Framing Leadership: Artivism Meets Ecovillages (Erasmus+ Partnership Building Activity)
An Erasmus+ Partnership Building Activity for youth workers on artivism, sustainability and ecovillage living, held at Ananda Kalyani Ecovillage in Portugal from 12–20 November 2026.
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Health and wellbeing rooted in land and community
Wellbeing here is not a spa category. It sits close to the land: what grows on it, who you share it with, and what happens to a person who spends time outside in it.
Naturalmente runs retreats in the Algarve hills. Animame is a sanctuary where animal care and land care are the same work. Awakeland hosts gatherings for people who want that kind of setting rather than a conference room. Around them work herbalists, therapists and teachers, often based on a farm or in a community rather than a clinic.
The focus filter above covers mental health and nature connection, holistic healing, herbalism, physical movement, nutrition and sustainable diets, and community health. Filter by region to find what is near you. Where a project offers courses, stays or open days, that is on its own page, we list what the project does, not a booking. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.