Move the Meeting Portugal
An empty beach curving below the cliffs at Ribeira d'Ilhas, with fog rolling in from the Atlantic
Productivity Retreats · Workspace ready when you arrive

Take your team away. Get the work done.

Private villas set up for focused work, under an hour from Lisbon airport. For teams from 4 people. We plan and coordinate everything, so you can focus on the work.

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How It Works

The best work happens when nobody is managing the logistics.

We help plan the whole retreat and coordinate a trusted network of local partners, from the villa and the food to activities and airport pick-ups.

  1. 01We start with a call

    To understand your team, the goal and the budget.

  2. 02You get a proposal

    Our fee, plus a summary of every partner cost.

  3. 03Your team gets to work

    We coordinate the house, food, transport and activities. You arrive and get started.

Why It Works

Four things we never compromise on.

A team working side by side on laptops under pendant lights

Work Comes First

This is not a villa holiday with a laptop on the table. Every element is arranged around helping your team think, decide and finish, and the working setup is built before anything else.

Tables set for dinner under the pines

Fully Customisable

No tiers, no packages, no fixed programme. We start from a blank page each time and shape the schedule, the meals and the activities around your goals and your budget.

Two chefs plating dessert at the kitchen island

Distraction-free

One contact instead of eight suppliers. Meals cooked at the house, transfers and chores handled. Your team's only job is the work.

Whitewashed houses above the harbour in a Portuguese coastal village

Close To Lisbon

Under an hour from the airport. For teams from 4 people, one house, nobody else in it. Larger team? Get in touch.

Dinner tables set under the olive trees at a villa
Example Retreats

See what a retreat could look like.

Coffee and conversation at a round wooden table while others work in the background
Leadership & Founders · 4 Days

The Founder Strategy Retreat

The leadership team needs time away from the everyday business to step back, think strategically, and make decisions without constant interruptions.

  • Day 1 · Arrive & SettleSettle into a private villa and eat together, cooked by a local chef.
  • Day 2 · StrategyTwo focused work blocks, morning and afternoon, in a fully equipped meeting room, with every meal handled so the team can stick to the agenda.
  • Day 3 · Team DevelopmentA tailored challenge or workshop, with an external HR or leadership partner if useful, then a dinner worth staying up for.
  • Day 4 · DepartureA slow breakfast, then a private transfer from the villa to the airport, all arranged for you.
Leave Portugal with greater clarity, aligned priorities, and concrete next steps.
A team heads-down on laptops at a long table by arched windows
Engineering & Product · 4 Days

The Developer Sprint

Four days with one purpose: ship the thing. No commute, no meeting invites, no context switching. The team works, eats and sleeps in the same place, and every need is handled.

  • Day 1 · Settle & ScopeArrive, set up in the prepared meeting room, and agree the goal for the sprint over dinner.
  • Day 2 · Deep WorkA full day of focused building, with breakfast, lunch, snacks and coffee handled around the team's schedule.
  • Day 3 · Build & ResetMore uninterrupted building, broken up by a short outdoor reset in the afternoon.
  • Day 4 · Ship & DepartA final morning session to close out the work, a proper lunch together, and travel home.
Four days of uninterrupted focus, and a backlog shorter than when you arrived.
A long dinner table set beneath an olive tree
Sales & Commercial · 3 Days

Reward Your Team After A Major Milestone

Your sales team has exceeded its targets three times in a year. Instead of another team dinner, you bring them to Portugal for something they will still be talking about next year.

  • Day 1 · Focus & ConnectionA productive workday in a prepared meeting space, followed by a chef-prepared dinner at the villa.
  • Day 2 · ExperienceA surprise activity chosen for the group: a surf lesson, a yoga session, a cooking course. A relaxed evening to follow.
  • Day 3 · Wellness & DepartureBreakfast, a slower wellness-focused morning, and travel home later that day.
A reward the team actually remembers, and a closer group than the one that arrived.
A team stretching on yoga mats beside the pool
HR & People Teams · 3 Days

The Wellness Reset

A get-together for a team that has been running hot. Slow the pace down, sort out how the group actually works together, and leave feeling human again.

  • Day 1 · Arrive & UnwindSettle in, a sunset yoga session on the terrace, then a chef-prepared dinner and an early night.
  • Day 2 · Alignment & SpaA facilitated morning session on how the team works together, then a surprise afternoon at a local spa before a cooking lesson with a local chef and the meal you made for dinner.
  • Day 3 · Movement & DepartureMorning yoga or a coastal walk, a slow breakfast, and travel home later that day.
A team that has properly rested, and a clearer sense of how they want to work together.
Yours · Any Length

Your Retreat

Every retreat is built around your team. One day or ten, more work or more downtime. Tell us what you need to get done.

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The Houses

Private villas, set up for work.

Every retreat runs from a private house we have visited and checked ourselves. Each one has a proper place to work, so your team can open their laptops and get started on day one.

Pool deck under the stone pines
Poolside, shaded by the pines
Daybeds on the terrace
Dinner set under the pines
A long table beneath the olive tree
Dinner tables set under the olive trees
The kitchen island, with the chefs at work
Service in the open kitchen
Working on the terrace
A team gathered round a long wooden table with laptops open
A small group talking on a sofa with laptops
A team talking round a table in a leafy garden

In Every House
The whole houseJust your team, far from anything else.
A meeting roomSet up before you get there.
Fast internetWith a backup line, tested before you arrive.
A big screenFor presentations and calls.
Quiet spacesFor focused work and calls.
One contactReachable the whole time.
We Can Also Arrange, With Local Partners We Trust
Airport transfersPick-up and drop-off.
A local chefCooks at the house, so nobody has to go out.
ActivitiesFrom surf to yoga.
FacilitatorsHR and leadership partners.
BedroomsTo suit your team and budget.
Where You'll Stay

Two settings, both under an hour from the airport.

Coast or countryside. Not sure which suits your team? We'll help you choose.

A sheltered sandy cove below cliffs on the Portuguese Atlantic coast

Ericeira · Peniche · Baleal

The Coast

Surf, Atlantic cliffs and open horizons. Good for creative work and high-energy teams.

Best for: creative and sales teams, milestone retreats, high-energy groups
A historic Portuguese quinta among the quiet Oeste valleys

Mafra · The Oeste Valleys

The Countryside

Quiet hills, orchards and old Portuguese quintas. Calm and private, for teams that need to think without interruptions.

Best for: strategy and leadership teams, deep focus work, wellness
Experiences & Activities

Breaks that recharge the team.

Because nobody can work all the time. Our list of local partners is long, so tell us what your team is into and we'll arrange it.

Surfers waiting for a wave below the clifftop near Ericeira
Surf lessons
A yoga session on the pool deck under the pines
Yoga and wellness
Two chefs plating dessert at the kitchen island
Cooking courses
A sandy beach below golden cliffs with waves rolling in on the Ericeira coast
Beach and outdoors
Bowls of tomato salad with basil and pickled onion
Local food and culture
Whitewashed houses with orange roofs above the harbour cliff in Ericeira
Village and coastal tours
And much more.Tell us what your team is into  
Maarten, founder of Move the Meeting, in front of a blue azulejo tiled wall
Who We Are

Based here, not booking from afar.

We live on this stretch of coast, so we know the houses, the chefs, the drivers and the quiet beaches first-hand.

You deal with the same person from the first call to the last day.

Read our story →
Plated dishes ready to serve at a team dinner
Bougainvillea over a blue-trimmed wall
Dinner tables set under the pines
The Atlantic rolling into a bay
A chef slicing grilled beef
A cobbled square with a red Citroën 2CV
Tomato salad in wooden bowls
Waves breaking below golden sandstone rocks
A team on yoga mats by the pool
A narrow cobbled lane
Chefs at work in the open kitchen
Start Here

Let's plan your retreat.

Tell us the basics and we'll set up a short call to talk through your plans. No commitment.

1Your Details
2Your Team
3Dates & Goals

Your Details

Tell us who we're building for.

Please use a work address so we know who we'll be working with.

Your Team

Size and length shape everything else.

Dates & Goals

Anything else we should build around.

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Good To Know

Everything companies usually ask.

How our fee works, how far ahead to plan, what happens if plans change, and what the houses are really like.

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