Together we are Stronger

Greetings from Vale das Lobas, a valley in the highlands of Portugal, where we are creating a nature and health sanctuary to touch the heart and inspire the soul. It began as a dream in 2006, and lead to a quest. In the dream was a river valley, above 400m, with no industrial farming, with ancient olive groves, chestnut forests, a village with elders still working in the ancestral ways, and a Solar, with terraces and water mines. When we first entered the enchanted gardens of Solar de Girões, in the foothills of the Serra da Estrela, the spirit of the land welcomed us home, and we knew we had arrived. This would be the place to create our sanctuary. After buying the properties and the lands, we set about recovering this ancestral treasure from the spell of abandonment. The project has been through many phases. After Turismo de Portugal granted support for the creation of facilities for Nature Tourism, The Ceremony of the First Stone was attended by the Secretary of State for Tourism, and the Bishop of Viseu.  The pandemic presented great challenges, but working together, as a community with a common vision, we continue to advance towards the manifestation of this dream quest.