Eco Stays

5 places

Eco-resorts, eco-hotels and green places to stay in Portugal.

Hotels, resorts, lodges and retreats that run on renewable energy, build lightly and look after the land around them.

5 places

Eco StaysAveiro
A riverside rural hotel on the Caima — the first in Portugal to run entirely on green energy, with its own mini hydro plant and spa.
Eco StaysAzores
The first eco-beach resort in the Azores, opened in 2015 above the black-sand Santa Bárbara beach on São Miguel's north coast, built with cork and local cryptomeria wood.
Eco StaysMadeira
A small agritourism hotel built into the old farming terraces of Calheta, on Madeira's sunny south-west coast, run on permaculture principles with its own organic garden and orchard.
Eco StaysBeja
A farm-based retreat of 38 houses near São Teotónio, on the Alentejo coast close to Zambujeira do Mar, with an organic garden, farm animals, composting and solar power.
Eco StaysÉvora
A small off-grid nature campsite and holiday home in the holm oak country near Vimieiro, Arraiolos, running entirely on solar power and rainwater, with space for just 25 guests.