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Experience Culture in Portugal
We are a cultural company dedicated to creating programs and experiences that reveal territories through culture.
Welcome!
Culturália is an independent cultural company dedicated to creating programmes and experiences connected to heritage, places, and cultural identity. All our programmes are conceived from the ground up and developed in collaboration with experts, institutions, and local communities.
Through tours, thematic programmes, training initiatives, and cultural projects, we bring together people, heritage, and knowledge, creating original experiences with a distinctive identity of their own.
What we believe
We believe that territories tell stories that deserve to be discovered, understood, and shared. This conviction inspires every program we create.
Our Guiding Principles
1. We created it from scratch.
Each program is born from research, creativity, and a unique vision. We don't reproduce existing models: we conceive original cultural experiences, built around a theme, a territory, and a narrative.
2. We reveal the identity of the territories.
We believe that each territory has a unique history, identity, and heritage. Our programs seek to give them meaning through culture, knowledge, and contact with those who know them best.
3. We work rigorously.
Every detail results from a demanding process of preparation, research, and collaboration with local experts and partners, ensuring consistent, high-quality experiences.
2018 – 2019
2020 – 2022
2023 – 2025
THE BEGINNING
Culturália was born from the desire to create more human, interpretive cultural experiences connected to the territory. During this period, the first cultural itineraries emerged, built around themes, narratives, and cultural mediation.
COMUNITY AND REINVENTION
During the pandemic, Culturália remained committed to its cultural mission through a range of online initiatives, including book presentations, thematic courses, cultural gatherings, and musical soirées. This period strengthened the community and further deepened the project's cultural identity.
CONSOLIDATION AND IBERIAN EXPANSION
Between 2023 and 2025, Culturália organised around 20 cultural journeys across Portugal and Spain, bringing together more than 400 participants and dozens of specialists and cultural institutions.
In 2025, the organisation strengthened its presence across the Iberian Peninsula and began collaborating with its first national and international institutional groups.
+ 20
CULTURAL TOURS DELIVERED
+ 15
GUIDED TOURS ORGANISED
+ 400
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS
+ 25
GUIDES AND EXPERTS
8
CULTURAL PROGRAMMES FOR GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS
The path we have already traveled.
Selected Programmes We Have Delivered
TOURS IN PORTUGAL
TOURS IN SPAIN
TAILOR MADE TOURS FOR GROUPS
The people behind Culturalia
Carla Almeida
Founder and Director
Luís Saavedra
Management Support
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Leonor Duarte
Management Support
Culturália is led by its founder and director, Carla Almeida, who holds a degree in European project management in education and culture and is responsible for the vision, curation, and conceptual development of the programs.
The team also includes Luís Saavedra, who has a degree in Management, and Leonor Duarte, who has a degree in Tourism Management, who provide support for the management and operational coordination of projects developed by Culturália.
In each program, we also collaborate with a network of local experts and partners—historians, archaeologists, cultural interpreters, photographers, musicians, writers, and cultural institutions—who contribute to the creation of culturally meaningful experiences.
We are an independent, human-centered organization deeply committed to the quality, personal connection, and authenticity of the work we do.
Cultural Network and Partnerships
Our Partners
We work in collaboration with municipalities, museums, interpretation centres, researchers, academics, specialist guides, cultural institutions, local partners, and communities.
These partnerships enable us to develop programmes with greater rigour, authenticity, and cultural depth.
NETWORK OF TRUSTED LOCAL PARTNERS
We work in partnership with locally sourced suppliers, carefully selected based on quality criteria. Our goal is to provide a high-quality service, building trust with both clients and partners.
IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF DESTINATIONS
We put our knowledge and experience entirely at your service to make your itineraries in Portugal a memorable experience for your clients.
How a Culturália Programme Comes to Life
Each program is conceived long before its launch. We investigate, explore possibilities, visit and talk with experts and local communities. We connect heritage, landscapes, stories, and people, building a coherent narrative that gives meaning to each experience.
Only then does the script come about.
I did the Grand Route of Gerês with Culturália and I highly recommend it. It was 5-star!
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We continue to create.
Culturália continues to develop new programs, new partnerships, and new ways to bring people, territories, and ideas closer together.
We believe that each project is an opportunity to discover, understand, and transform the way we see our territory.