
AN OASIS NEAR ALENTEJO COAST
THE BEST OF TWO WORLDS
Only 25 km from Vila Nova de Milfontes beach, Figueirinha Ecoturismo is a place of absolute tranquility in a valley settled among oak and olive trees. Here its easy to wander between land and sea, between sand and fields covered with ferns and rockrose flowers.
Volunteer program 2025 (from April till October)

Would you like to live for a while in the countryside, to experience pure fresh air and be in a place that cherishes nature?
If your answer is yes, we count on you! We will share all our knowledge, everything we learned since we left the city, around eleven years ago, and since Figueirinha Ecoturismo became our home and the home of those who stay with us.
During this year (2025) we will accept volunteers that don’t mind sharing with us all the tasks of a rural tourism, from receiving guests to cook in the community kitchen, from taking care of a vegetable garden and the garden, to help with the compost, the biological swimming-pool, the dry toilets, and the chicken coop.
What do we ask of you: community spirit, exchange of know-how, good temper, sense of humour and collaboration for 4 hours a day.
What do we offer: two days off per week, lodging (it can be shared with another person) in a big tent and a shared toilet, food, the use of a bike and free wi-fi
Minimum stay: 3 weeks
Maximum stay: 3 months (that can be more if we really get along)
Contact us through the email (figueirinhaecoturismo@gmail.com)
or the the landline +351283623306 or by WhatsApp +351966706858
After our oasis in Alentejo, we crossed half of the Atlantic to settle ourselves on the beautiful island of São Miguel (Azores, Portugal). Visit our house, at the north-east side of São Miguel.
Open for bookings
(WhatsApp) +351 966 706 858
(Tel:) +351 283 623 306
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Paula Canha was awarded the Figueirinha Nature Award 2025
Professor and biologist Paula Canha was awarded the Figueirinha Nature Award 2025, for her unequivocal contribution to greater knowledge and protection of the fauna and flora of the Montado and the Alentejo Coast. Paula Canha has a degree in Biology from the University of Aveiro, with a master’s degree in Conservation Biology from the University of Évora.
She is a member of the Portuguese Botany Society and the Order of Biologists, among other scientific groups. She participated and coordinated numerous studies to survey natural values and environmental management at Sítio Costa Sudoeste and in the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina (PNSACV).
Paula Canha is a teacher at Escola Secundária Dr. Manuel Candeias Gonçalves, in Odemira, where she is also responsible for coordinating the Clube Ciência Viva and the Natural History Museum.
ECOTOURISM
The search for sustainability is a work in progress at Figueirinha Ecoturismo. The green vegetable garden growing free of chemicals, the biological swimming pool, the compost and the solar power are the first steps on the pursuit of life that respects nature and defends the environment.
ACCOMMODATION
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SWEET DREAMS
The access to the property and the garden is through a wrought iron gate designed by a friend of the family (Mário). On the right side, facing south is the century-old house where the owners of the hill live and where the family room is.
LIVING
A community kitchen was built around the ancient wooden oven, where in the old days people from the valley used to bake bread. Whoever then the Portuguese to develop human relationships around a great plate of food?
FIGUEIRINHA ECOSYSTEM
We grow a biological vegetable garden for our own consumption. Cabbages, tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, leaks, beets, onions, courgettes are a few examples of what we have in our land, depending of course on the season.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND US
Located only 25 km from Vila Nova de Milfontes and from Vicentina Coast, Figueirinha Ecoturismo is part of Odemira region and Relíquias administration. The closest village, Monte da Estrada, is distant 2.8 km on a dirt road.
ACTIVITIES
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Cycling
