Sortelha

Sortelha is one of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Portugal, preserving its urban and architectural physiognomy unchanged from the Renaissance to the present day. Visit the streets and alleys of the village, surrounded by a defensive ring from which it rises and guarded by a lofty 13th century castle. The Historic Village of Sortelha has been the inspiration for several national and international film and television productions, making this village an asset of great importance for the development of cultural and creative industries, initiatives oriented towards sustainability, with particular emphasis on the social and economic, bringing the community as an active element of these productions.
With this track record, we hope to develop this village into a Film Friendly/Green Shooting destination/territory, to be replicated in the remaining 11 Historic Villages. Adding value to this positioning is the installation of the 1st Collective Self-Consumption Community in terms of energy in rural areas, aimed at green production and consumption, the latter registered 24 hours a day due to the fact that an energy storage battery has been anchored to the Self-Consumption Community.
This is an initiative launched by the private sector as part of its corporate social responsibility to provide people with a 50 per cent rebate on the cost of energy and exemption from any investment to access greener, cheaper and fairer energy.
The dynamism that has been fostered in this historic village has earned it the recognition of Best Tourism Village in 2023 by the World Tourism Organisation.
The Historic Village of Sortelha has a wireless network for free use in public spaces and has developed actions in the field of physical and digital accessibility, two networking projects promoted by the AHP-ADT with the 10 municipalities that make part of the Historic Villages of Portugal Network.