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Open today
Neos Center
Our retreat center: guest houses, practice spaces and a courtyard under the cork oaks. Retreats, workshops and gatherings all year round.
Flower meadow under the oaks
Welcome to Neos Life
A place to retreat, gather and live, in the heart of the Alentejo.
Neos Life is a retreat center and a conscious village on 410 hectares of cork oaks, lakes and granite in southern Portugal. Come for a retreat, bring your own group, or make a home here.
A cork oak by the lake, at golden hour.
One place, three parts
A working retreat center today, a village in the making, and the long-term vision that holds them together.
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Being developed
Neos Village
144 homes for around 300 people among the oaks and lakes, built with nature and shaped by the people who will live in them. Pioneer pricing from EUR 175,000 until 30 November.
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The bigger picture
The Vision
Why Neos exists and how it is being built, step by step with nature and the community. Initial permits are expected in 2027, construction starts in 2028 and the first villagers arrive in early 2029.
What would you like to do?
Book a retreat
Join a retreat at the Neos Center, from a weekend to a week.
Host your retreat
Bring your group. Rooms, practice spaces, meals and the land, for your own retreat or event.
Artist's impressionBuy a house
Pioneer pricing from EUR 175,000 until 30 November. Reserve your home and help shape the village from the start.
Volunteer
Live and work on the land for a week or a few months. Food and a bed are included.
The community
Meet your future neighbours
Families and individuals from many countries have already chosen to build their life at Neos.
“We want to lead a life in harmony with my family, with nature and with other people. Helping each other, healing together instead of fighting each other. ‘It takes a loving village to raise a child’ because not everyone is kind to the children, and world peace begins at home.”
“Everything really showed me that you’ve been about this for years. You’ve built this not yesterday or the last twelve months but it’s deep inside you. And that’s a very moving and comforting situation.”
“Our dream is to create a simple yet meaningful life for our family, deeply connected to nature, community, and like-minded souls. We feel drawn to Neos as a village where we can grow together, surrounded by nature and connection, while giving our children, Devi (7), Milan (5) and Gaia (3), the freedom to explore, create, and find their own path.”
The land
410 hectares of living montado
Cork and holm oaks, lakes, streams and granite, with neolithic stones that stood here long before us. Everything at Neos starts from the land.
- 410 ha
- of cork-oak montado
- Lakes
- and streams to swim, sit and listen
- Neolithic
- dolmens and menhirs on the land
See it for yourself
Short films from the land, the retreats and the village in the making.
Newsletter
Stay close
Letters from the land: the retreats, the village and the journey so far.