Cerdeira – Home for Creativity
Cerdeira, Lousã
A schist village near Lousã, let as accommodation in houses the owners describe as remodelled in a traditional and sustainable manner. Individual houses are named — among them Casa do Forno, Casa da Escada and Casa da Azeitona — alongside Casa da Aldeia, a hostel sleeping twelve. The owners run artists' residencies, workshops and an Escola de Artes e Ofícios, and say guests' stays support the surrounding forest. No television in any house.
- Kind of place
- Converted village
- Size
- 11 houses
- Good to know
- No television in any house. Cars stay at the chapel square.
- Getting there
- Parking is free and sits at the entrance to the village; from there it is about a hundred metres on foot to reception, and no vehicles circulate inside the village. A shuttle can be arranged from Lisbon or Porto airport, or elsewhere, at €90 a person.
- Season
- Check-in 15.00 to 17.00 in person, or later by electronic key box; check-out by 11.00, extendable to 14.00 for €30.
Verification
Details last confirmed against the property's own site on 1 August 2026.
What we could not confirm: No accommodation rates are published on the pages we checked; the only figures given are for extras — breakfast €12.50 a head, pets €20 a stay, late check-out €30. The site does not say whether the village had been abandoned before it was restored, or how many houses it comprises.
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