Sustainability

During the Roman occupation, trails that led to the iron mines crossed over here.

Probably, that was the time where man started extracting food from the land. In the last quarter of the 20th century, intensive agriculture and pastoralism turned it into a barren soil. The water run off down the desertified slopes, and floods became constant.

55 thousand trees have been planted

A growing estate since then ... Cork-oak (Quercus Suber), arbutus (Arbutus Unedo), Portuguese oak, and stone pine (Pinus Pinea).

The Waters Are Back to Feeding the Soils ...

The animals and plants settled here Matinha came to have a fruitful vegetable garden with tomatoes, courgettis, pumpkins, eggplants, onions, broad beans, peas, cabbages, kitchen herbs, fruits, growing at the pace of the seasons.

With feet tired of wandering the fields, the vegetable gardens, the rocks ...

It is not self-sustaining, but it is an important contribution to the kitchen.

Hand-Made Products

Quality and Dedication The rest comes from local producers - so the ecological footprint is almost non-existent -, not only the fresh products but also the regional cheeses and sausages and the bread that is baked in a neighbor’s oven.

Help Each Other

What life in the community should be Two decades after Matinha opened its doors, the ecosystem is restored, like a heart that, little by little, beats again.

Support the Soul

There were times when life had lost its meaning. He understood it better when he released himself from the sense of time and started living for today.
Live the day, the now and open the horizons of your well-being.

Wellness